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August 7, 2008 The scope of the open-source community's annual expo ranges from supercomputers to gadgets on the go. TAGS: LinuxWorld, Xen, computing, supercomputer, Dawn Kawamoto, open-source community, open source, gadget, Linux, IBM Corp., Google Inc., video, operating system

November 21, 2005 CEO Stuart Cohen talks about OSDL's efforts to head off patent claims against the community-developed operating system. TAGS: patent, Open Source Development Labs, Linux, open-source community, open source, lawyer, developer, IBM Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

August 30, 2000 IBM, NEC, Intel, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are joining with Linux companies to coax the open-source operating system into high-end, multiprocessor machines. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., heavyweight, Linux company, Linux, multiprocessor, IBM Corp., open-source community, open source, SuSE, programmer, file system, NEC Electronics Corp., Intel, server, Dell, HP

January 31, 2005 OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture around open-source software is turning increasingly murky. TAGS: software patent, open-source developer, Open Source Development Labs, open source, patent, patent suit, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source community, IBM Corp., GPL, Mozilla Corp., Europe, Linux, U.S.

August 8, 2007 Membership in Open Invention Network will see it agree to cross-license open source-related patents to other members for free. TAGS: open source, open-source community, open-source software, Google Inc., Linux, relationship, IBM Corp., Yahoo! Inc.

December 5, 2000 Adopting a strategy made popular by more radical companies, the computer giant hires open-source advocate Bruce Perens to give the company a deeper view of the workings of open-source software. TAGS: Bruce Perens, VA Software Corp., Linux, open source, HP PA-RISC, open-source community, Debian, open-source software, Sun Solaris, HP, Compaq Computer Corp., IBM Corp., server, Dell

September 15, 2006 Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even. TAGS: Web service, open source, intellectual property, patent, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

September 24, 2004 Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., open source, software patent, Jonathan Schwartz, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., open-source community, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Sun Solaris, agreement, AMD Opteron, exec, Linux, Java

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