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Intel snubs Microsoft; offers Linux certification

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| Intel's enthusiasm for open source is gathering speed: now it is endorsing
| professional Linux certifications, snubbing the old Microsoft certification
| program.
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http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=2698

Intel Developer Forum offers Linux training

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| ATTENDEES OF THE INTEL Developer Forum will be able to get substantial
| discounts for any of three certifications in Linux, but anyone looking to
| obtain similar qualifications for the Windows platform will have to go
| elsewhere.
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| In what may be seen as a snub of Microsoft, the giant chipmaker is sending a
| clear message to the Open Source community.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...m-offers-linux


Recent:

Microsoft dropped Vista hardware spec to raise Intel profits

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/200...apable_emails/


Microsoft 'Caves' To Intel

http://www.forbes.com/2008/02/28/mic...rtner=yahootix


Intel Backstabs Microsoft by Abandoning Vista

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| The news that Intel has decided it won't upgrade its PCs to Vista must be
| especially bitter for Microsoft because court documents show that Microsoft
| may have launched its ill-fated "junk PC" Vista scheme at the behest of
| Intel. Is this the kind of payback that Microsoft expected?
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...ing_vista.html


Intel won't touch Vista

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| So that leaves two other choices, Linux and Mac. Linux is a distinct
| possibility, they already have an in-house distro that causes employees look
| nervously around the room when you talk about it. Although it is not a
| desktop variant, there is no reason that they could not roll one given two
| years.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquir...el-dumps-vista


Otellini: 'MID revolution will be centred round Linux'

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| Intel CEO says Microsoft's insistence on pushing Vista will hand market to
| open source rival
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| Intel's CEO has said that he sees the revolution that is about to happen
| around mobile internet devices (MID) such as the Eee PC and other Atom-based
| sub-notebooks will be "centred round Linux", in an interview with Associated
| Press.
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http://www.pcretailmag.com/news/2993...ed-round-Linux


EU files new charges against Intel

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| European Union antitrust regulators made new accusations against chipmaker
| Intel on Thursday, saying it paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made
| by rival Advanced Micro Devices.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9584_22-211270.html


Intel "paid vendors not to use AMD"

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| AMD filed suit in Delaware against Intel in June of 2005, accusing its
| competitor of abusing its monopolistic position. The complaint charges that
| customers were forced not to use AMD processors. At that time the Japanese
| anti-trust body was investigating Intel and the EU Commission also had its
| eye on Intel's behaviour.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newstick...495/from/rss09
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