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Archive for August, 2005

Linux Trademark Letter Gets Positive Results

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

The Linux Trademark Letter that was sent out last month (you can read more about that letter here) on behalf of the Linux Mark Institute (LMI) is apparently receiving a positive response.
According to this article on ZDNet Australia, responses have been received from more than 10% of the organizations that were notified of their possible […]

Microsoft Offers Joint Linux Vs. Windows to OSDL

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Microsoft’s offer of a jointly funded and controlled study with the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) into the total cost of ownership (TCO) of Linux vs. Windows has a received a decidedly lukewarm response from the OSDL.
As reported here on Silicon.com, it appears unlikely that the OSDL will take Microsoft up on its offer. Stuart […]

Linux Web Hosting : A Beginners Guide to LAMP

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

Linux Web Hosting has become the platform for hosting just about any type of website. Linux is one of the most popular web hosting platforms due to its reliability, availability and the lack of licensing fees. Because of this, most large web hosting companies offer Linux on their dedicated servers and usually are using Linux […]

Linux Needs Money to Defend Itself

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

As reported in this post to the Open Source Blog at ZDNet, the Linux Mark Institute (LMI), which was formed to protect the Linux Trademark from abuse, is now starting to enforce licensing of the Linux Trademark for commercial purposes. Unfortunately, it’s initial efforts are not going over well with some of the Open Source […]