Lest VIA be the only one, a host of prominent hardware manufacturers are talking about open-source hardware drivers too. At the second annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, the big OEM vendors all said that they support open-source drivers.

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Windows Vista haters got a ray of hope recently when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company was willing to consider extending Windows XP’s lifespan. However, while Ballmer tells the Associated Press, “if customer feedback varies, we can always wake up smarter,” don’t count on Microsoft keeping XP around to satisfy a handful of disgruntled [...]

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