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Russia to Develop Linux-based Alternative to Windows?
Details are scarce, unless Russian is your language of choice, but CNews is reporting that Russia plans to develop its own national operating system. The move is designed to reduce Russia’s need to rely on foreign software and licensing agreements. And the alleged “open code” solution, likely a Linux/GNU derivative, will give Russia a greater [...]
Top 10 Open Source Stories Of 2008
The advent of Linux-powered netbooks, the launch of Google’s Android and Chrome, and Nokia’s move to snap up Symbian pushed open source further into the mainstream, despite ongoing legal wrangling.
The year 2008 showed open source — both in the form of Linux specifically and as a software development model generally — coming into the mainstream [...]