Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies
Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more.
It's a season of comings and goings. Oracle acquires one company and is said to be looking at more; Microsoft loses a Linux luminary but makes a deal with a start-up.
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blog Intellectual property lawyers with an interest in open-source software scrutinize revisions to the widely used General Public License .
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blog Significant tinkering with the code has made it difficult for Big Blue to submit its modifications.
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blog "Some of you will joke that Larry Ellison is on my phone," the JBoss boss tells a conference crowd. "I will not touch this."
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Oracle snags open-source database company
Database giant buys Sleepycat Software and adds an open-source embedded database to its lineup.February 14, 2006
XenSource gets new CEO, direction
Open-source start-up names Veritas veteran Peter Levine to top post, while two co-founders depart from company.February 14, 2006
Gentoo Linux founder quits Microsoft
Daniel Robbins has resigned after less than a year, saying he couldn't work there at "my full level of technical ability."February 14, 2006
New LGPL draft expected in June
blog Intellectual property lawyers with an interest in open-source software scrutinize revisions to the widely used General Public License .February 14, 2006
Sun releases Sparc specs to lure Linux
Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems.February 14, 2006
Microsoft and SugarCRM partner on open source
Partnership is expected to boost interoperability and reveals an ever-increasing cooperative attitude on open source.February 14, 2006
IBM: No plans to contribute to OpenOffice.org
blog Significant tinkering with the code has made it difficult for Big Blue to submit its modifications.February 14, 2006
Open source: The newest competitive tool
Open-source software is being used to get the upper hand when competing against companies with proprietary software.February 13, 2006
Fleury 'not touching' Oracle question
blog "Some of you will joke that Larry Ellison is on my phone," the JBoss boss tells a conference crowd. "I will not touch this."February 13, 2006
Open-source iTunes rival launches
Songbird music player is only in proof-of-concept stage, but it shows new vision for Web music.February 9, 2006