Linux CompatibleLast 20 items on Linux CompatibleSun to Acquire MySQL for $1 Billion- (Found July 15, 2008 ) PC World posted a news story that Sun acquire MySQL for $1 Billionhttp://www.linuxcompatible.org/Sun_to_Acquire_MySQL_for_1_Billion_s104465.html PHP 5 deadline approaches- (Found July 15, 2008 ) InfoWorld posted a news story that several open-source PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) projects plan to stop supporting older versions of PHP in upcoming releaseshttp://www.linuxcompatible.org/PHP_5_deadline_approaches_s105434.html Wine 1.0 Release Criteria updated- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Wine Review posted an update on the Wine 1.0 Release Criteriahttp://www.linuxcompatible.org/Wine_1.0_Release_Criteria_updated_s108252.html CrossOver Games available- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Codeweavers has released CrossOver Games for both Linux and Mac OShttp://www.linuxcompatible.org/CrossOver_Games_available_s108788.html Message Forums updated- (Found July 15, 2008 ) I finally updated the CompatDB.org message forums. The following Linux support forums are available:http://www.linuxcompatible.org/Message_Forums_updated_s109057.html Tools to access Linux Partitions from Windows- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Ubuntu Geek takes a look at tools to access Linux Partitions from Windowshttp://www.linuxcompatible.org/Tools_to_access_Linux_Partitions_from_Windows_s110014.html VIA's Open-Source Efforts A Bluff- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Phoronix published an article on the VIA Linux situationhttp://www.linuxcompatible.org/VIAs_Open-Source_Efforts_A_Bluff_s111301.html Valve's Source Engine Coming To Linux- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Phoronix reports that Valve Software porting their Source Engine to Linuxhttp://www.linuxcompatible.org/Valves_Source_Engine_Coming_To_Linux_s111552.html Linux official, Microsoft give thumbs-down to GPLv3- (Found July 15, 2008 ) The new GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 is not a fit for Linux because switching would require permission from the kernel's thousands of de facto owners, a maintainer of the SCSI portion of the kernel said on Thursday. Also, Microsoft released a statement that the company has no GPLv3 obligations.http://www.linuxcompatible.org/Linux_official_Microsoft_give_thumbs-down_to_GPLv3_s91569.h... |