Well I looked around the article but couldn't locate any information whether the site was hosted inside of New Zealand or outside, but I would imagine if it was hosted outside of New Zealand that they would have no right to go after the company for what their website contained, since it would not be on their soil.
No it can't be considered a monopoly. For the simple reason that Linux is a kernel and not a company in itself. And there is no single company that controls the development of Linux completely.
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Wrong, the installation was already done, it was a debt and they are obligated to take the tender.
Looks like it is being worked on. I regularly checkout the cvs and I see tons of OSX changes being downloaded.
Well I looked around the article but couldn't locate any information whether the site was hosted inside of New Zealand or outside, but I would imagine if it was hosted outside of New Zealand that they would have no right to go after the company for what their website contained, since it would not be on their soil.
No it can't be considered a monopoly. For the simple reason that Linux is a kernel and not a company in itself. And there is no single company that controls the development of Linux completely.
It wasn't ported. The iTunes code was not touched. It runs on top of a layer, there is no infringement.