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Problem-solvers hunt open-source solutions
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| William Hughey, an independent Linux and open source developer, was here this
| week to explore his ideas about new applications for tablet PCs and to look
| at different hardware platforms on which to build camera software for
| laptops.
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| Hughey believes that open source applications are a key to the popularity of
| tablet PCs because open source can bring needed features and low-cost or free
| software. "On tablet PCs, I definitely see open source being behind them," he
| said. "Everyone sees the iPhone model, where you can sell your product to
| customers" for use on the device. "I see this for tablet PCs."
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1585441497&rid=-50
"I’m thinking of hitting the OEMs harder than in the past with anti-Linux. ...
they should do a delicate dance"
--Joachim Kempin, Microsoft OEM Chief
Yesterday:
Atom-based tablet runs Linux
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| Arbor Technology has announced a seven-inch tablet PC that uses Intel Atom
| processors and runs Linux. The ruggedized Gladius G0710 has a touchscreen
| display, gigabit Ethernet and 802.11b/g networking, a two megapixel camera,
| and survives multiple four-foot drops, according to the company.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7455386444.html?kc=rss
Recent:
Otellini: 'MID revolution will be centred round Linux'
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| Intel CEO says Microsoft's insistence on pushing Vista will hand market to
| open source rival
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| Intel's CEO has said that he sees the revolution that is about to happen
| around mobile internet devices (MID) such as the Eee PC and other Atom-based
| sub-notebooks will be "centred round Linux", in an interview with Associated
| Press.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/29939/Otellini-MID-revolution-will-be-centred-round-Linux
Linux Development Thriving
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| There was a time when developers were clamouring all over Microsoft, but
| latest figures from Evans Data shows that fewer than one in ten software
| developers are writing applications for Windows Vista this year – just eight
| percent. To rub salt in the wound, the data shows that 49 percent of
| developers are writing applications for Windows XP.
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| Linux is also thriving it would seem. 13 percent are writing applications,
| with 15.5 percent in 2009.
|
| [...]
|
| Unfortunately for Microsoft, that probably means re-investing in XP and
| dumping Vista like an unwanted prom date.
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http://www.linuxsolutions.fr/linux-development-thriving/
Vista's big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it
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| Such appreciation for history is not likely to warm the cockles of
| Microsoft's heart, especially when Linux is getting lots of love from
| developers (13 percent writing apps for it this year and 15.5 percent in
| 2009).
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9969231-16.html
Coders Tell Why They're Avoiding Vista
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| Microsoft Corp. undoubtedly wanted to avoid its current predicament. It has
| been publicly talking up features in Vista since 2003 -- half a decade.
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| But such "overmarketing," as Krasowski calls it, can rebound. Experienced
| developers have become jaded towards the third-party apps Microsoft trots out
| as exemplars of Redmond's latest technology -- "demoware," he calls them --
| that sparkle with flashy animation and video.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146035/coders_tell_why_theyre_avoiding_vista.html
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