____/ [H]omer on Sunday 18 November 2007 09:35 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Open Source Pharmaceuticals - New Business Model
>
> Good grief! What next, open source oil production?
Only a couple of days ago:
Linux helps to squeeze the last drop out of oilfields
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| So a year ago the company embarked on a project to link five of its Linux
| clusters - four in Norway and one in Houston, Texas - into a multi-cluster
| grid using Platform Computing's LSF workload management software.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/nov/15/news.opensource
> The drive to adopt the "open" paradigm is spreading, and naturally it
> spreads to the most corrupted industries first, where the need is greatest.
Most corrupted industries first? I suppose you are right.
Top secret: Microsoft's $6 billion open source play
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| This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing
| services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies
| will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the deal
| may be Redmond's largest commitment to free software.
|
| [...]
|
| Whether the businesses are complementary or not, Microsoft's integration
| work will no doubt involve a lot of open source software used by aQuantive.
|
| Information available from Atlas' Web site indicates the Internet software
| company employs extensive use of open source software including Linux,
| Apache, MySQL, and Solaris.
|
| Software engineers at Atlas' Raleigh office do client/server development in
| C and C++, software maintenance and "scripting", and developing and
| maintaining custom reporting capabilities.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1616039231;fp;2;fpid;1
It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
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| What the press statement didn't mention is that Aruba mobility
| controllers run the Linux operating system which Microsoft has
| aggressively targeted as being inferior to Windows as part of
| its "Get the Facts" marketing campaign.
|
| [...]
|
| Pandey's appraisal of Aruba's technology is in stark contrast to
| Microsoft's "Get the Facts" rhetoric which places Windows as a more secure,
| and higher-performing choice over Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1
Breaking: Newsvine Acquired By Microsoft — What is Microsoft going to do with
the Linux Hosted site they just bought?
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| The funny thing is, The site is hosted on Debian Linux...
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http://www.tribbleagency.com/?p=383
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