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Linux fans ready to burn rubber
May 24, 2007
The open-source operating system makes headway with Windows stalwart Dell and gets set for a high-speed plug this weekend.
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Cyberpeace--of sorts--in our time
November 7, 2006
newsmaker Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise.
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Open-source politics are 'American as apple pie'
June 2, 2006
Eben Moglen calls open source a fundamentally American concept, contrary to view promoted by Microsoft and others.
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Attorney: GPLv3 may not bind Microsoft
July 25, 2007
Software giant likely will be able to extricate itself from the implications of the open-source license, lawyer says.
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So much for the 'new and improved' GPL
April 30, 2007
James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems.
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Year in review: Grappling with open source
December 19, 2006
As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways.
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Open source, from Apache to Zimbra
November 22, 2006
In the software business, you can't just sit around--there's always a new feature to add or the Joneses to keep up with.
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Sun releases Sparc specs to lure Linux
February 14, 2006
Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems.
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Sun to release open-source Sparc designs
March 21, 2006
Move comes as part of Sun's commitment to support the General Public License.
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Hyperic tries open-source management
July 17, 2006
Start-up applies the open-source model to the enterprise management software business.
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Sun to open source code for office software
July 17, 2000
The company will open the source code of its Star Office software Wednesday, but a major new version of the product has been delayed.
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Sun lowers barriers to open-source Java
August 9, 2007
Company gives members of its OpenJDK community free access to Java test tools, but the program isn't available for a rival Apache project.
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Eben Moglen's (slightly) lower profile
May 11, 2007
The law school professor says he'll continue his advocacy of open source, but wants to step out of the limelight.
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Trolltech to release mobile Linux suite
November 29, 2006
Company aims to make it easier for Linux to be incorporated into low-cost consumer handsets.
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Microsoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pact
November 7, 2006
Novell disclosed details of its five-year partnership with competitor Microsoft in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Microsoft teams with Linux distributor Xandros
June 4, 2007
Technical and legal pact calls for product interoperability and legal protections for common customers.
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An open question on open source
June 13, 2007
Can Linus Torvalds and Sun's Jonathan Schwartz find common ground on Linux and OpenSolaris?
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Open-source leader leaving Novell for Google
December 21, 2006
Samba co-founder Jeremy Allison says he objects to Novell's patent pact with Microsoft, heads to search giant.
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'Second Life' software becomes open-source
January 8, 2007
Outsiders will be able to modify the viewer software; Linden Lab plans to follow suit with the server software, too.
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Free software's white knight
March 17, 2006
Free Software Foundation's Eben Moglen talks about his plans and his philosophy on software freedom.
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