[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.