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IBM has made available a Linux-based collection of virtual desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware - or Microsoft software, according to a report on Wednesday on The Wall ...

The Inquirer: "The Open University has breached its founding principles by supporting Microsoft software and should make amends by helping its students switch to free software, said the UK's Open Source Consortium in a letter last month.

Last week, the OU replied: yeah but, no but, no."

The OU provides students with technical support, but only if they use Microsoft software. It advises students that if they don't use a Windows PC they "may have problems accessing the software and data files supplied with course materials".

Microsoft denied paying a Nigerian contractor to replace the Linux operating system on school computers with Microsoft software.

Freedom:- Microsoft, the company owned by famous philanthropist Bill Gates, discovered a Russian schoolteacher was using non-Microsoft software at school.

Rather than pay massive licensing costs to legitimise the country's Microsoft software, then deputy prime minister (now President) Dmitry Medvedev decided on an altogether more radical route - to use Open Source, Linux-based software in all Russia's schools.

Yahoo News: "Quebec's open-source software association is suing the provincial government, saying it is giving preferential treatment to Microsoft Corp. by buying the company's products rather than using free alternatives."

Filed under Computers , Guest Posts , Lists , Microsoft , Software . Guest article by Jason from Third Error .

PC World: "The repackaging makes the middleware easier and cheaper to install on Linux PCs and free desktops from Microsoft software, IBM said.

The easy availability of collaboration tools could trigger businesses to switch to Linux..."

People sometimes think I'm a crackpot. Unlike most people, I avoid using Microsoft software on my computers.