Neowin News Feed for: Shuns

MySQL shuns GPL version 3

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 13:55:18 +0000

MySQL has changed its software licensing terms for MySQL 5.0 and 5.1 to prevent the code being governed by the upcoming General Public Licence version 3 (GPLv3). Previous licensing terms offered users a choice between... Read more...

$150 'Lite' Laptop Shuns Microsoft, Intel, AMD

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:08:09 +0000

An Atlanta company is cobbling together diverse software and hardware building blocks to create a $150 laptop computer that promises its users a common computing experience and avoids Microsoft software and name-brand PC processors like... Read more...

TRON man shuns Gates-like fortune

Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:32:12 +0000

He could have been as rich as Bill Gates, but Ken Sakamura says he's fine earning enough to lead an "ordinary life." In the world of computers, the obscure Japanese engineer stands in... Read more...

Apple Shuns DRM Efforts So Far

Wed, 02 Oct 2002 20:20:11 +0000

Unlike Intel and AMD, the big chip makers for Windows-based computers, Apple hasn't announced plans to put technology into hardware that could end up restricting what customers do with the products they buy. Unlike Microsoft,... Read more...

Mandrake shuns UnitedLinux

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 13:32:28 +0000

Mandrake won't be joining the UnitedLinux initiative, inspired by Caldera and involving SuSE, and it's said why MandrakeSoft would gain nothing by joining United Linux, and doing so would damage our reputation," it... Read more...

Universal copy-protected CD shuns players

Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:53:21 +0000

Universal has chosen to experiment with copy protected CD's with the release of the soundtrack from the teen drag-racing movie "The Fast and the Furious." Although the music is unlikely to make any critics'... Read more...