The Week that was: 1-7 September 2008

A Weekly coup of happenings in OpenSource World:

• Interesting map of GNU. All elements in the map points to wiki links. [See Here]
  
• Debian has entered into a new phase of its life by releasing live CDs. The current release of Debian's Lenny is in beta stage and is available for users to download and try [Read Here]
• Novell and SCO Agree on Interest, Trust Amounts; Final Judgment Still in Dispute [Read Here]
• Dell Puts Linux and Atom in Vostro PCs for Emerging Markets [Read Here]
• Google's announcement of Chrome Browser [Read Here]
• ODF vs OOXML: The newest challenge to the continued relevance of ISO and IEC was thrown when major IT agencies of six nations - Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Paraguay, South Africa and Venezuela - signed a declaration that deploring the refusal of ISO and IEC to further review the appeals submitted by the National Bodies of four nations (Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela). [Read Here]
• iPhone chasing Linux in operating system market share race [Read Here]
• Stephen Fry, a popular humorist, actor and novelist features in a five-minute long film in which he explains the history of free software and its importance. Fry, has been called in to be part of the 25th anniversary of the GNU OS. [Read Here, Video]
• Ubuntu Server vs. Windows Small Business Server: Looming Showdown? [Read Here]
• IBM Ditches i and AIX in U.S. Open Systems for Linux [Read Here]
• Sam Ramji: Microsoft's Man in Open Source [Read Here]
• GNU Turns 25 [Read Here]
• $98 laptop from China - Industry changer? [Read Here]
• Google's goals for its new Chrome Web browser are simple: Make the Web experience faster and, by extension, make more money for Google. [Read Here]
• Canonical’s Ubuntu Linux Tops 8 Million Users [Read Here]
• Red Hat buys desktop-virtualization vendor Qumranet [Read Here]
• Microsoft's IE Share drops again [Read Here]
• C-DAC Launches Advanced Version Of BOSS [Read Here]
• Sun Microsystems released its new version of xVM virtualization software and its enterprise support [Read Here]
• Firefox and Norton: Fight !! [Read Here]
• 10 things we'd like to see in Chrome [Read Here]