Todd "Turbo" Watson -- IBM Corporation
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Dude, You're Getting a Linux Dell...And Running It On Biodiesel
Dell's Ubuntu 7.04 Linux preload machines have arrived in an assortment of flavors, and just in time for Novell to announce that it will share more details about its patent pact with Microsoft in a forthcoming SEC filing. Trying to balance out the innanity of watching the "American Idol" finale last night (although I really dug Tony, Smokey, and Gladys' guest appearances), I read Fortune's article "Microsoft Takes on the Free World" as a way to feed my FOSS head, but between the coupons and the GPL, Ryan, Simon, Jordin and the gang ultimately... [More]
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Making Peace With Amazon, Six Degrees of Myself
Nice to see the IP attorneys for both IBM and Amazon earning their keep. Both announced today they settled all patent lawsuits between the two companies, with Amazon paying an undisclosed amount of money to IBM and with both signing a long-term patent cross-license agreement. The Wall Street Journal has coverage of the closure on this here (subscription required). Meanwhile, Valleywag posted that LinkedIn and Facebook are about to enter into a social networking horse race. Despite their significantly different approaches -- Facebook... [More]
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