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• Microsoft: Absolutely NO Free Software for Windows Phone and Xbox Apps
  Despite all the rhetoric from Microsoft’s evangelists, they just can’t get over their hatred and fear of software freedom. And it’s not just about the GPL as some assert – this sweeping rule ensures they probably can’t even have software under some of Microsoft’s own OSI-approved licenses. Looking forward to the spin explaining why this is all OK.
• LibreOffice 50,000 Euro Challenge
  The Document Foundation’s leaders would still like it to be incorporated in Germany, but the rules there require a minimum of €50,000 as a nest-egg. So they’ve launched an appeal to get donations. Five weeks; the clock is running…
• Nine traits of the veteran Unix admin
  Rings true to me.

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