This article in Fortune is scary stuff. Microsoft looks to be taking action on their patent claims. I think this could get very bloody. Microsoft won’t directly go after IBM but once they go after a Red Hat, IBM will step in like they did against SCO. I simply don’t get how Microsoft thinks this [...]
andrew carter
coding in the rain
Open Source
AMD/ATI to Release Open Source Drivers
It looks like AMD will release open source drivers for their ATI acquisition. This would follow the lead by Intel which has released open source drivers for their graphics cards. This is good news. It should pave the way for getting full 3D support into the majority of distributions. I tried to enable Beryl on [...]
Linuxfest Northwest 2007 Announced
Linuxfest Northwest 2007 has been announced. It will be expanded to two days this year on April 28-29 in Bellingham, WA. I enjoyed last year’s event. It’s very well done and the price can’t be beat (free). There is little coporate marketing yet some big names (IBM, Oracle, Red Hat, Sun) have a presence. It [...]