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Microsoft: Open source 'not reliable or dependable'

May 19, 2006 Executive tells BBC it's mainly of interest to community projects, lacks benefits of commercial model. TAGS: documentary, open source, open-source software, founder, Microsoft Corp.

Could Red Hat lose JBoss founder?

January 4, 2007 On paternity leave from Red Hat, Marc Fleury says he's been "experiencing diminishing returns" at the company that acquired his start-up. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., founder, open-source software, Linux, e-mail

Open-source leader steps aside at industry group

February 1, 2005 Eric Raymond, one of the most influential members of the open-source community, leaves his post as president of OSI. TAGS: Eric Raymond, OSI, open source, open-source community, open-source software, co-founder, general counsel, leader, president, vice president, founder, organization, Firefox, Linux, Web browser

Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies

February 15, 2006 Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more. TAGS: Gentoo, Sleepycat Software Inc., Oracle Corp., open source, Sun UltraSPARC, founder, open-source software, Linux, blog, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

Gentoo Linux founder quits Microsoft

February 14, 2006 Daniel Robbins has resigned after less than a year, saying he couldn't work there at "my full level of technical ability." TAGS: Gentoo, Gentoo Linux, founder, Linux, open-source software, Microsoft Corp.

Open-source group to corral licenses

April 7, 2005 OSI gets under way with an effort to pare down the number of open-source software licenses in widespread use. TAGS: OSI, license, proliferation, open source, program manager, open-source software, founder, Computer Associates International Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., conference, Intel, Linux

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, GNU, open-source software, intellectual property, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win

November 3, 2006 As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Red Hat Inc., Bruce Perens, Linux, alliance, open source, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., agreement, founder, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Open-source honchos trash software patents

February 2, 2005 "Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit. TAGS: software patent, Mitch Kapor, Linus Torvalds, patent, Open Source Development Labs, open source, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, IBM Corp., innovation, Sun Solaris, Linux, founder, chairman, programming, Mozilla Corp.

Stallman unbending on software patents

January 17, 2006 Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder." TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, Free Software Foundation, software patent, Bruce Perens, open source, open-source software, founder, IBM Corp., Linux, forum
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