Yes Linus, Microsoft hating is a disease. And it's a pandemic

URL: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/yes_linus_microsoft_hating_disease_and_its_pandemic

The submission by Microsoft of twenty thousand lines of code to the Kernel has, predictably, caused many an eyebrow to arch. The phrase “beware Greeks bearing gifts” comes swiftly to mind. I checked the press release. I also checked the calendar just to make sure I hadn’t fallen into a wormhole and emerged back on April Fools Day. I hadn’t. That reaction was probably replicated right across the free software community. Given Microsoft’s track record it’s hardly surprising. Perhaps what was more interesting was Linus Torvalds’ reaction. After all, this is not an inconsequential flame war about using Gnome or KDE.

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Why the GNU GPL Still Matters

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-07-16-019-35-OS-LL

Open Enterprise: "One of the biggest issues for those attacking the GNU GPL seems to be the apparent contradiction between its desire to propagate freedom, and its refusal to give complete freedom to programmers – specifically, the freedom to take the code and make it closed."

Editor's Note: Freedom is Not Embarrassing

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-07-03-001-35-OP-BZ-CY

We've all heard the scornful criticism against idealism, as though it were something to be ashamed of, and mocking of the fundamental ideals of Free Software. I'm not embarrassed to have ideals, I am proud.

The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software

URL: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_Y1GGS5Z7ik/The-Hidden-Cost-of-Using-Microsoft-Software

Glyn Moody writes "Detractors of free software like to point out it's not really 'free,' and claim that its Total Cost of Ownership is often comparable with closed-source solutions if you take everything into account. And yet, despite their enthusiasm for including all the costs, they never include a very real extra that users of Microsoft's products frequently have to pay: the cost of cleaning up malware infections. For example, the UK city of Manchester has just paid out nearly $2.5 million to clean up the Conficker worm, most of which was 'a £1.2m [$2million] bill in the IT department, including £600,000 [$1 million] getting "consultancy support" to fix the problems, which including drafting in experts from Microsoft.' To make the comparisons fair, isn't it about time these often massive costs were included in TCO calculations?"

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Globo.com tem casamento com Software Livre

URL: http://softwarelivre.org/portal/fisl10/globo.com-tem-casamento-com-software-livre

Firefox está em mais de 100 mil PCs no Banco do Brasil

URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoticiasLinux/~3/Z_k8QGIexSY/nl1244167906.html

O Banco do Brasil atingiu, em maio, a marca de mais de 100 mil instalações do navegador de internet Mozilla Firefox em seus computadores. A instituição utiliza o software desde 2005, quando iniciou a implantação do GNU/Linux nas máquinas das agências.

A+ for Dell's new Ubuntu Linux netbook

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-22-025-35-RV-DT-HW

CyberCynic: "I was lucky enough to have a friend at Dell who let me play with Dell's new Latitude 2100-N for a few hours. After he chased me down, he pried it out of my fingers. I didn't want to give it up. This is one nice Ubuntu Linux-powered netbook."

New Study Shows Linux Desktop Growing Stronger

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-21-010-35-NW-MR

Linux.com: "Even as the global recession cuts into worldwide PC shipments, a new analyst report released today reveals a strong and growing interest among IT staffs to deploy Linux as a cost-reduction and security-enhancing measure in their respective companies."

Brazil is aggressively expanding their Telecentro program

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-19-012-35-NW-DP

Free Software in Latin America: "Almost all of the Telecentros are built using entirely free and open source software. Adding to the social benefit of the project, the rapid timetable will be met by training Brazilian youths on how to install Linux, configure the workstations and servers, and get the Telecentros online, up and running."

Ubuntu, Now More Popular than Windows XP!

URL: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-05-01-008-35-OS-MS

Tech Source From Bohol: "Ubuntu has finally eclipsed Windows XP in terms of popularity. --That is according to the most recent data from Google Trends. See graph below:"

Governo alemão destina 500 milhões de euros ao software livre

URL: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NoticiasLinux/~3/FbszsrnOyYU/nl1236569664.html

Depois do governo britânico demostrar que o software livre é melhor para seus contribuintes e, a partir daí, desenvolverem um plano de ação para impulsioná-lo, outros governos europeus parecem estar tomando nota e montando outros planos para apoiar o Software Livre. De fato, o governo alemão acaba de decidir destinar 500 milhões de euros ao programa "Open Source and Green IT", um programa dedicado à estabilidade e crescimento das ferramentas de Software Livre, tecnologias "green" e soluções de segurança da informação para objetivos governamentais.

http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/open-source-and-green-it-special-program-of-the-german-government/
Fonte: http://softlibre.barrapunto.com/softlibre/09/03/06/1142214.shtml