Linux
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Linux Arrives on 50,000 Brazilian Desktops
“Three companies in Brazil�BitWay Computadores, EnabledPeople, and Imtech�have begun deploying Linux-powered desktop PCs for the Brazilian federal government’s “Computers for All” program, EnabledPeople announced today.”
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Dell gives desktop Linux its “full attention”
“The Linux option was almost twice as popular as the next option. That next option was, by the way, to have OpenOffice pre-installed instead of Microsoft Works or a trial version of Microsoft Office.”
Online Games, Virtual Worlds, and Simulations
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“Why don’t western venture capitalists and investment bankers get the MMO space?”
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RED HERRING | The War to Build the Next Warcraft
“Indie gamers and industry giants prepare to battle for control of the burgeoning online game market.”
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Jennifer Government: NationStates
“NationStates is a free nation simulation game.”
Interoperability
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An Antic Disposition: Washing Machines are not Lamps
“Microsoft and Microsoft’s customers would benefit greatly if Microsoft would join with their competitors who are already innovating and competing in the evolution of the ISO ODF standard.”
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An Antic Disposition: The Anatomy of Interoperability
“Wherever you have standards and implementations, these are some of the issues that you will want to consider.”
So, ‘mp3′ has a new inventor today http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6388273.stm . And it’s AT&T, who IBM has crossed swords with before. (They bought IBM’s global network, for roughly enough money to let IBM buy Lotus. Also the little thing about Unix and AIX.)
What we don’t know is whether they are like Adobe http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200701/012907OpenPDFAIIM.html and Sun http://about.openoffice.org/index.html — in which case you’ll be able to play ‘mp3′s on your Ubuntu box without a care in the world. Or whether they are like the previous inventors of ‘mp3′ http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/ , in which case you’ll have to pay 75 cents per box with a $15,000 minimum.
Is the world opening, or closing ?
There certainly are elephants in the room, but I don’t know what the elephants are trying to do.
Do tell, when you find out.
Microsoft’s amusing standards stance…
http://news.com.com/2010-1013_3-6161285.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news