Microsoft and South Korea’s LG Electronics have announced a patent cross-licensing deal, similar to one Microsoft recently signed with Novell, that allows LG to use Microsoft technology in its products while giving Microsoft access to LG’s intellectual property. The deal means LG can use Linux in its products without fearing litigation from Microsoft, which recently voiced claims that some of the code used to create the popular open source operating system was first patented by Microsoft.
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Original post by Fred J. Aun and software by Elliott Back
Trolltech CTO Benoit Schillings sees the future of mobile phone communication in the cross-platform solution that Linux can provide. His vision was buffeted recently by a prediction by market research firm ABI that Linux will ship in more than 200 million phones in 2012, up from 8.1 million in 2007. Based in Oslo, Norway, Trolltech has 200 employees working at offices in California; Beijing, China; Brisbane, Australia; and Berlin and Munich, Germany. Trolltech is a software company with two product lines: Qt and Qtopia.
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Original post by Jack M. Germain and software by Elliott Back
