Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Wed Jan 2 12:44:31 NZDT 2008

Today Index

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.