News 2003-05: May

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2003-05: May
Internetnews.com	Microsoft Alters Licensing Plan, Drops Office XP Price 2003-05-28
	Erin Joyce reports on Microsoft's efforts to make its Office more affordable by dropping the license cost. (There is no fee associated with OpenOffice.org usage.) As Joyce writes, "According to a research report from Deutsche Bank securities published Wednesday, the "blunt instrument" of pricing could be one of many ways Microsoft is expected to respond to the challenge Linux poses to its market dominance."
c\|net	Munich breaks with Windows for Linux 2003-05-28
	As Stephen Shankland writes, "The local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move 14,000 computers from Microsoft's Windows to the rival Linux operating system, despite efforts by the software giant to hang onto the multimillion-dollar contract."
Internetnews.com	OpenOffice.org 1.1 Beta2 Hits the We 2003-05-23
	Thor Olavsrud reports that, "Two months after the release of its first beta, OpenOffice.org Thursday took OpenOffice.org 1.1 Beta2 to the Web on schedule. "
NewsForge	Open Source Initiative president responds to SCO's DoS claims 2003-05-07
	Noted Open Source pundit Eric S. Raymond, President of OSI, writes that, "In a recent press release , SCO suggests that the Linux community may be responsible for the denial-of-service attack on its servers that occurred on Friday, May 2nd. This is a baseless slur, unsupported by facts." Very much worth reading.
InfoWorld	Big companies save big from open source 2003-05-08
	John Blau reports that "Large companies can save a substantial amount of money by using open source software products, according to a study published Wednesday [2003-05-07] by the Swiss consultancy Soreon Research.
c\|net	Net attack crushes SCO Web sit 2003-05-02
	Stephen Shankland reports that, "An avalanche of data blocked access to the SCO Group's Web site for several hours Friday, said the company, which has come under fire from Linux fans for an ongoing lawsuit against IBM." Read the article below to get the context.
c\|net	SCO: Unix code copied into Linux 2003-05-01
	Stephen Shankland writes on the claims made by SCO Group regarding copyright infringement by Linux. "Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, according to SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride." Worth reading.
NewsForge	On Open Source Procurement Policies 2003-05-01
	Tony Stanco, Director of the Center of Open Source & Government, and Associate Director of the Cyber Security Policy and Research Institute at The George Washington University, essays an argument on procurement policies for Open Source.