Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Mon Jun 18 01:01:54 NZST 2007

Today Index

Schools in Norway will no longer pay Windows licensing for Linux or Mac computers. Microsoft will also stop commercial bundling for discounts:
http://www.linpro.no/en/nyheter_og_events/2007/linpro_vant_frem_mot_microsoft

Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez announced the launch of their "Bolivarian Computers" last week. 4 models produced in Venezuela:
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=2326

Canonical head Mark Shuttleworth discusses his position on the whole Microsoft "intellectual property" claim regarding Linux and open-source software:
http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2007/06/mark_shuttleworth_on_ubuntu_an.html

And finally. The French winemakers have a militant splinter arm that is telling ze Governemnt to raise wine prices or ze blood she will flow:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6759953.st

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.