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ReactOS Attempts to Clone Windows--A Heapin' Helpin' of Chutzpah!
Now here is an open source (or at least partially open source) project that may have a strong chance of drawing legal action from Microsoft: ReactOS. It is a free, community-driven operating system--currently only in alpha--based on the design of Windows XP/2003. According to developers: "It aims to follow the Windows architecture designed by Microsoft from the hardware level right through to the application level. This is not a Linux based system, and shares none of the Unix architecture." There are some promising aspects to this effort, although there are also some foreboding, clearly similar precedents where Microsoft has called out its legal cavalry. Here's more.
Qualcomm is Running Android on Netbook Chip
Recently, we've been discussing the promising prospects for Google's Linux-based Android platform running on non-phone hardware, including netbooks. Today, GigaOm has an interesting post up about Qualcomm running Android on its Snapdragon chipset designed for netbooks and mobile Internet devices. (Another Qualcomm chip powers the G1 Android phone.) Could this trend begin to blur the lines between mobile operating systems and PC operating systems? Check out more in the GigaOm story, and more from JKOnTheRun.
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Open Source, Less Labor, More Love
Open source software is inextricably tied to the idea of "giving it away." Projects open their code for a number of reasons -- to better the codebase, or to allow others to bend an application to their own needs. Maybe the reasons are entirely altruistic, or maybe the altruism is the happy side effect of more project-centric decisions.
Of course, the open source approach doesn't just help code, or simply act as the framework for strong applications. The desired end result of any application is to improve the life of the user in some way. It sounds like hyperbole, perhaps, but if an application isn't making work in some way easier (or play more fun), it's not an application you'd want to use again.
Healthcare Conference to Focus on Open Source Solutions
Panels, presentations, and Birds of a Feather meetings are certainly the highlight of next month's Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), but that's not the only thing happening during the event. The Demonstrating Open Source Health Care Solutions (DOHCS) conference will be co-located with SCALE and both will get underway on Friday, February 20, 2009.
NLnet to Help Fund AbiWord's ODF Compatibility Efforts
Ars Technica brings the good news that the AbiWord project has received funding from the NLnet Foundation to further a number of the project's efforts on the OpenDocument front.
One of the areas receiving special support is the newly formed AbiSource Corporation, which cites improving AbiWord's collaborative tools as one of its driving forces. NLnet will also work with the AbiWord team to improve the application's support for the OpenDocument standard in other areas, including its import/export filters.
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