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Submission + - Government Backsliding on Open Source Promises (computerworlduk.com)

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willdavid

on Monday September 10, 2007 @07:21PM

willdavid writes: "By Tash Shifrin (ComputerWorld UK): Parliamentary battle looms over failure to break proprietary software stranglehold. The Liberal Democrats have hit out at the government's failure to use more open source software, three years after it pledged to avoid 'lock-in' to proprietary systems. The government published a policy document, 'Open Source Software: use within UK government' in 2004, promising to consider open source alongside proprietary products in IT procurements. http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/services-sourcing/news/index.cfm?newsid=5081"

Submission + - Running Vista in Parallels will Cost You More

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Anonymous Coward

on Wednesday January 31, 2007 @04:44PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "This press release details about the way MS will limit your ability to run Vista in a virtual machine. One cannot run run Vista virtually unless you pay for the more expensive versions of their new operating system (starting at $299.) On top of the loss of extra funds from your checking account, you will also lose your XP license with the upgrade. There are some definite DRM questions that come into play here. http://www.macobserver.com/article/2007/01/31.7.sh tml"

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