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XenSource gets new CEO, direction

February 15, 2006 Open-source start-up names Veritas veteran Peter Levine to top post, while two co-founders depart from company. TAGS: Peter Levine, XenSource Inc., Xen, co-founder, VERITAS Software Corp., foundation, open source, CEO, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, OEM, IBM Corp., operating system

Microsoft learns to live with open source

July 11, 2005 Though it still opposes open-source products and licensing, Microsoft is begrudgingly adopting similar practices to appeal to its corporate customers. TAGS: open source, Steve Ballmer, Linux server, Linux, Microsoft Corp., server, CEO, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

Sun names likely license for open-source Java

October 26, 2006 The candidate is the Community Development and Distribution License, used to govern Solaris, CEO says. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, open source, Java, license, Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, IBM Corp.

Sun promises to open-source Java

May 16, 2006 Sun execs say the question is no longer whether the Java programming language will be open-sourced, but how it should be done. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., JavaOne, Java, open source, OSI, executive vice president, programming language, Governor, IBM Corp., CEO

Zend seeks a sustainable open-source model

February 1, 2007 Incoming CEO Harold Goldberg says he'll focus the PHP software company on big businesses and Web 2.0 start-ups. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, open source, open-source community, open-source company, venture capital, development tool, CEO, software company, Web 2.0, Red Hat Inc., dollar, IBM Corp., start-up

MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle

April 26, 2006 Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year. TAGS: Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., vice president, open source, IBM Corp., engine, CEO, leader, conference, database, HP

Novell vows patent defense of open source

October 12, 2004 Software maker says it will defend customers' open-source packages as vigorously as it would defend its own products. TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, open-source software, open source, defense, intellectual property, IBM Corp., CEO, Linux

Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source

April 10, 2006 Red Hat's $350 million purchase of JBoss speeds up the collision between the once closed-off open-source world and entrenched software heavyweights. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., ecosystem, BEA Systems Inc., open source, open-source company, middleware, acquisition, open-source software, Novell Inc., Java, Oracle Corp., Linux, CEO, IBM Corp.

Ex-Sun exec returns to run software group

May 1, 2006 Rich Green, who left for a start-up in 2004, is expected to be named Sun's software chief, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Cassatt Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., software group, Java, Scott McNealy, Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president, open source, vice president, exec, open-source software, IBM Corp., CEO, server, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft, Novell spar over Linux agreement

November 21, 2006 update Novell CEO issues open letter saying deal is not an admission that the open-source OS infringes on Microsoft's patents.New GPL clause to flip Microsoft-Novell agreement on its head? TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, Linux, agreement, Linux company, intellectual property, SuSE Linux, Steve Ballmer, SuSE, Red Hat Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., letter, CEO, IBM Corp.

MySQL fills Oracle-consumed hole in database

April 7, 2006 Open-source database company, with its own storage engine in the works, renews contract with Oracle around InnoDB. TAGS: Innobase Oy, Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., Stephen O'Grady, database company, acquisition, database, open source, IBM Corp., CEO

Linux's 'center of gravity'

January 21, 2004 Open Source Development Labs CEO Stuart Cohen heads a consortium that finds itself on the front lines in the battle over the future of open-source development. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, SCO Group Inc., gravity, consortium, Linux, peace, defense, IBM Corp., open source, CEO
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