Novell's deal with Microsoft goes well for them. Their recent 10-K annual
report; "During fiscal 2007, we received $355.6 million from Microsoft":
http://www.crn.com/software/205205966
Chief Technology Officer Mary Lou Jepsen is quitting the nonprofit OLPC to
start a for-profit company exploiting the OLPC's technology:
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9054618&intsrc=hm_list
How the OLPC is being held to ransom on a bogus patent claim in Nigeria
to the tune of US$20 million:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071226210020415
The Apricot Team is selected to produce a quality, cross-platform 3D
game under Open Source licencing - establishing an open dev platform:
http://www.happypenguin.org/newsitem?id=7912
And finally. A quick educational film on the top 10 signs that
your country may be turning fascist:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSuWCIYi7T4&feature=related
News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.