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iTunes on Ubuntu: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

By nynke | Published: February 15, 2008
My sister is trying out Ubuntu and asks “what about my iTunes”? And this is the third time someone asks me about iTunes and Ubuntu. High time for an article on that.

I have bad news, ugly news and good news!

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Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell …

By nynke | Published: October 12, 2007

… Just Like Ballmer Predicted

IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state. The first ever patent infringement litigation involving Linux. Here’s the patent, for those who can look at it without risk. If in doubt, don’t. Here’s the complaint [PDF]. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071011205044141
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Scratch that itch!

By nynke | Published: January 18, 2006
Many business people seem to believe that open source software is not “professional,” e.g. that it is more prone to fail than closed software. Take a trip into the past … read about reliability of open-source software in “The Cathedral and the Bazaar“. The cathedral and the Bazaar paper was behind Netscape’s innovative decision to take its client software open source. It describes a bazaar style of managing software development that depends on open source and leads to high reliability and quality.
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