Archive for February, 2009
Microsoft patent suit a threat to Linux??
Posted by ram in FOSS, interesting articles on February 26, 2009
According to this article on Ars Technica, Microsoft has filed a patent suit against Tom Tom NV, a Dutch company, and its U.S. subsidiary, Tom Tom, Inc:
Microsoft has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against TomTom alleging that the device maker’s products, including some that are Linux-based, infringe on patents related to Microsoft’s FAT32 filesystem. This marks the first time that Microsoft has enforced its FAT patents against the Linux platform, a move that some free software advocates have long feared could be disastrous.
The so called FAT patents have a history.
Dramatic Growth in FOSS Apps for Mobile
Posted by ram in FOSS, Information Technology on February 26, 2009
According to this story on Marketwire, there has been dramatic growth in FOSS applications for mobile devices. The story cites a study by Black Duck Software, a company that helps businesses develop software that contains FOSS components. It spiders the web looking for FOSS applications and collects downloadable apps into a FOSS repository.
It found around 2300 FOSS applications for mobile devices. A summary of its results over the fold.
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