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Submission + - BSkyB wins in £709m lawsuit against HP-EDS (computerworlduk.com) 2

Submitted by E5Rebel on Tuesday January 26, 2010 @01:56PM

E5Rebel writes: Massive legal case in the UK. HP- EDS found guilty of "fraudulent misrepresentation" by their sales team when winning a major CRM project. Settlement could cot £200m out of an initial claim for £700m. HP's only relief was that parts of the claim were dismissed, but the core claim was upheld. HP likely to appeal.
Outsourcing will never be the same again. HP workers have been on strike against pay cuts last week. No doubt management will try and screw them further to pay for this debacle.

Submission + - Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7.0 1

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E5Rebel

on Friday January 25, 2008 @05:34AM

E5Rebel writes: "IBM believes Linux on the enterprise desktop finally ready for widespread adoption. To meet future demand it is preparing to deliver its next versions of Lotus Notes enterprise collaboration software and Lotus Symphony office productivity applications for the first time with full support for Ubuntu Linux 7.0. http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsid=7193"

Submission + - Microsoft ties $235m IT aid to use of Windows

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E5Rebel

on Tuesday January 22, 2008 @10:19AM

E5Rebel writes: "Microsoft will spend $235m in schools worldwide over the next five years, part of a plan to triple the number of students and teachers trained in its software programs to up to 270 million by 2013. If you don't use Windows you don't get the cash. Let's call it for what it is. It is not charity, it is not aid. It is business and bad business at that. http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=7133"

Submission + - Lose an unencrypted laptop and 'face criminal acti

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E5Rebel

on Friday November 16, 2007 @06:30AM

E5Rebel writes: "The UK's data protection watchdog has called for criminal action against those who lose individuals' personal data on unencrypted laptop computers. Given all the data breaches we have seen this year, what should the penalty be...? http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/data-control/news/index.cfm?newsid=6241"

Submission + - OpenSolaris will challenge Linux says Sun

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E5Rebel

on Monday September 03, 2007 @12:00PM

E5Rebel writes: "Sun Microsystems has ambitious plans for the commercial and open-source versions of its Solaris operating system, hoping to achieve for Solaris the kind of wide spread uptake already enjoyed by Java, which means challenging Linux. "There's an enormous momentum building behind Solaris," according to Ian Murdock, chief operating platforms officer at Sun, who was chief technology officer of the Linux Foundation and creator of the Debian Linux distribution. Isn't it all a bit late? http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-w ireless/mobile-wireless/news-analysis/index.cfm?ar ticleid=743"

Submission + - Open Source license proliferation threat to users?

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E5Rebel

on Friday August 24, 2007 @06:49AM

E5Rebel writes: "Business is embracing open source like never before, but the effective demise of SCO's claims against Linux don't mean an end to licensing problems warns an analyst. The debate on Slashdot seems to focus on GPL and its virtues but there are 1,000 plus open source licenses and businesses face having to manage multiple licenses within a single open source product we are being told. Time to 'impose' some order before we face another backlash? http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-busin ess/services-sourcing/news/index.cfm?newsid=4829"

Submission + - Novell: 'We're not SCO' and we won't sue

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E5Rebel

on Wednesday August 15, 2007 @03:44AM

E5Rebel writes: "Novell has promised not to sue anybody over the Unix copyrights that a US court last week ruled it owned. They said there was no Unix in LInuxand now they are sticking by it. Perhaops they had no option, but Novell deserve praise for taking on the fight with SCO.... http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operatin g-systems/nix/news/index.cfm?newsid=4606"

Submission + - 'Nasa hacker' McKinnon wins right to Lords hearing

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E5Rebel

on Tuesday July 31, 2007 @11:31AM

E5Rebel writes: "Gary McKinnon, the UK-based ex-systems administrator accused of conducting the biggest military hack of all time, has won the right to have his case against extradition to the US heard by the House of Lords. http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security /cybercrime/news/index.cfm?newsid=4301"

Submission + - Microsoft looking for open-source credibility

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E5Rebel

on Monday July 30, 2007 @11:00AM

E5Rebel writes: "Microsoft is looking to cosy up to the open-source community after years of hostility. The company is looking for an official stamp of open-source approval for the licences that the company uses to share its own software and source code. http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-busin ess/services-sourcing/news/index.cfm?newsid=4254"

Submission + - Are top Linux developers losing the will to code?

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E5Rebel

on Monday July 02, 2007 @07:26AM

E5Rebel writes: "Core Linux developers are finding themselves managing and checking, rather than coding, as the number of kernel contributors grows and the contributor network becomes more complex. http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/hardware /processors/news-analysis/index.cfm?articleid=604"

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