LinuxDevices has posted a interview with Jim Zemlin, the Linux
Foundation's executive director.
The interview talks about the merging of the Open Source Development
Labs (OSDL) and Free Standard Group (FSG) and what they plan to do in
the near future. It is definitely worth a read in my opinion …
Jorge Arellano Cid recently announced that Dillo, a small
light-weight GTK+ web browser written in C, has been frozen due to the
lack of funds and manpower.
The Dillo project's web site will be updated with an official statement
regarding the situation after he is able to get back in …
The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group
have announced today that they are combining their resources to form
the Linux Foundation, a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering
the growth of Linux.
The consortium will allow them to unify and dedicate more of their
resources and services …
For those of you who are interested in the OpenMoko, you should be
pleased to know that Sean Moss-Pultz has posted the release schedule
today on its community mailing list. If you haven't heard about the
OpenMoko yet, it is an open source, Linux-based FIC Neo1973 Smartphone.
In an recent interview with Computerworld at the linux.conf.au
conference, Linus Torvalds gave his thoughts on Windows Vista. Here are
a few quick excerpts:
I don't actually think that something like Vista will change how
people work that much. I think it, to some degree, has been over-hyped …
In a twist of irony, it seems that while Cisco and Apple battle each
other over the iPhone trademark, a new detail has emerged. Cisco has
been accused of violating the GPL within the same product.