Microsoft provides funding to Apache Software Foundation
Software industry giant Microsoft has surprised pundits by donating to the Apache Software Foundation.
The company added that they are also supplying code to support a PHP project ADOdb.
These plans were announced at the ongoing O’Reilly Open Source Convention being held in Portland, Oregon.
Microsoft is now becoming a platinum sponsor [...]

Mark Shuttleworth wants Linux to take on Apple
Founder of the Ubuntu Linux Distribution Mark Shuttleworth has said that he wants Linux to take on Apple when it comes to delivering excellent user experience.
He said in a statement: “Can we go right past Apple in the user experience we deliver. Certainly on the desktop experience [...]