[wilhelmtux-discussion] div. newsmeldungen

Mathias Gygax mg at trash.net
Fre Aug 23 11:10:05 CEST 2002


Swedish government mulls Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/1741245

    - By Andrew Orlowski of The Register - Despite signing a recent deal
    with Microsoft, Sweden has become the latest country to investigate the
    benefits of Free Software. 

Danish group writing how-to books for schools interested in Linux
http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/21/1451215

    -By Grant Gross - We've noted several Open Source-in-education efforts
    based primarily in the United States on these pages over the past
    couple of years, including the Schoolforge coalition, the K-12 Linux
    Terminal Server Project and a new study of Open Source software in
    Mississippi schools. Over in Denmark, a group of education-minded Linux
    fans is taking a different approach to advocating Open Source to
    schools, by authoring a book aimed at ... 


New MS license provision may force Windows users to buy extra licenses
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/23/0243237

    Anonymous Reader writes: "When is an operating system license not an
    operating system license? When it's a Microsoft 'Volume Licensing
    Program' license, apparently. According to a new mailing being sent by
    the convicted monopolist, even those who pay Microsoft for membership
    in its bulk licensing program do not get "full" licenses for Windows.
    It's part of the company's latest push to force original equipment
    manufacturers to preload Windows. ... 

Taiwan expands Microsoft investigation
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/2047240

    Andy Tai writes: According to this Taipei Times article, Taiwan,
    Republic of China's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is expanding its
    investigation into MS's pricing abuses to Microsoft Singapore as well
    as the core Microsoft in the US. (Additionally referenced articles are
    from the United Daily News in Chinese and summarized below): 

Westport Rivers toasts Open Source
http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=02/08/22/1810207

    InformationWeek.com has a story about Westport Rivers Vineyard and
    Winery's decision to switch to Linux because of its unhappiness with
    Windows' performance and Microsoft's new licensing policy.