In today's digest, we have:
* Prepare for the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA) -- An Anti-proprietary
Force
* Microsoft's 'Hardware Department' is Cutting Down
* BBC Flooded with Complaints Over Pro-Microsoft Bias
* Story on Migration to Linux, from a 17-year-old
* Open Source Software for Economical Independence
* Linux Brings Better and Cheaper Communication to Latin America
* On the Impact of Linux in India
* Linux Gains at Windows' Expense
* Satire (or Just a Look Ahead): Microsoft Owns Your Documents
* Computer Aided Design Programs Slowed Down by 80%%-98%% in Windows
Vista
* IEEE Spectrum Covers the Upcoming 'Linux Laptop Epidemic'
* Will Open Source Software Replace Microsoft in British Education?
* More E-mails Reveal More Fraud at Microsoft
* Examples Demonstrate the Professional Level of the GNU Image
Manipulation Program (GIMP)
* People Switching to Linux, Say It's Very Easy
* Reviews of PCLinuxOS 2007 Beta, SaxenOS 1.1 RC2, Parallels for Linux ...