Topic
- AI/ML
- Cloud
- Desktop
- Embedded/IoT
- Governance
- Hardware
- Linux
- Networking
- Open Source
- Security
- System Administration
Audience
Resources
- Tutorials
- Training
- Certification
- Events
- Forums
- Q&A
- What is Linux?
About Us

Welcome! Log into your account

your username

your password

Forgot your password? Get help

Password recovery

Recover your password

your email

A password will be e-mailed to you.

Linux.com

Topic
- AI/ML
- Cloud
- Desktop
- Embedded/IoT
- Governance
- Hardware
- Linux
- Networking
- Open Source
- Security
- System Administration
Audience
Resources
- Tutorials
- Training
- Certification
- Events
- Forums
- Q&A
- What is Linux?
About Us

Home News Microsoft buys DesktopStandard

News

Microsoft buys DesktopStandard

October 3, 2006

Facebook

Microsoft says it is to acquire software developer DesktopStandard for an undisclosed sum.

Link: theregister.co.uk

Previous articleDRBL: A quick and easy thin client server

Next articleMandriva Linux 2007 Officially Released

Building Autonomous ML Experimentation with Tangle and Tangent

Celebrating the Second Year of Linux Man-Pages Maintenance Sponsorship

How to Deploy Lightweight Language Models on Embedded Linux with LiteLLM

Automating Compliance Management with UTMStack’s Open Source SIEM & XDR

Using OpenTelemetry and the OTel Collector for Logs, Metrics, and Traces

Copyright © 2026 The Linux Foundation®. All rights reserved. The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see our Trademark Usage page. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Building Autonomous ML Experimentation with Tangle and Tangent

Celebrating the Second Year of Linux Man-Pages Maintenance Sponsorship

How to Deploy Lightweight Language Models on Embedded Linux with LiteLLM

Automating Compliance Management with UTMStack’s Open Source SIEM & XDR

Using OpenTelemetry and the OTel Collector for Logs, Metrics, and Traces

RELATED ARTICLES MORE FROM AUTHOR