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IBM offers open-source software collections

April 3, 2006 Big Blue announces packages that combine servers, server softwaren and Suse. TAGS: server software, IBM Corp., open-source software, open source, server

IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, fear, open standard, Linux, intellectual property, U.S., database, operating system, Microsoft Corp., HP

Open-source firm offers to protect customers from lawsuits

October 17, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open source, legal action, enterprise, lawsuit, intellectual property, IBM Corp., Unix, code, London, Linux

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, Linux kernel, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Steve Ballmer, intellectual property, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., lawyer, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., article

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

Novell brands its own open-source religion

May 9, 2006 To perk up revenue from open-source software, Novell readies an open-source identity-management package and desktop Linux suite. TAGS: Novell Inc., identity management, open source, open-source software, Linux, Novell NetWare, code, IBM Corp., brand, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Open source shapes up as rival to Oracle

May 25, 2006 Software maker's stronghold in databases likely to come under threat from open-source competitors, IDC and Gartner predict. TAGS: Gartner Inc., RDBMS, Oracle Corp., open source, database software, database management system, database management, market share, open-source software, research company, database, MySQL, IBM Corp., software company, Linux

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., open source, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, founder, open-source software, blog, Linux, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

Is Microsoft playing well with others?

April 7, 2006 As it opens up to Linux and rival software, company faces deep skepticism over whether it's really changed its stripes. TAGS: Jeremy Allison, open source, open-source software, protocol, standards, Microsoft Corp., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft to 'open the doors' of Linux labs

April 5, 2006 The software giant will launch a Web site to communicate with customers who use Microsoft and open-source software. TAGS: open source, open-source software, Linux, lab, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Google joins open-source patent network

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 software, open-source community, Google Inc., Linux, relationship, IBM Corp., Yahoo! Inc., patch management

Red Hat bands with open-source allies

March 14, 2007 The Linux leader will sell partners' open-source software, sharing revenue and fueling competition with proprietary rivals. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open source, Oracle Corp., open-source software, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, leadership, exchange, executive vice president, MySQL, software company, Linux, IBM Corp.

How GPL fits in with the future of antitrust regulation

November 22, 2006 perspective Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains the ramifications of a recent case on the future of open-source software. TAGS: antitrust law, GPL, antitrust, court, Linux, Red Hat Inc., open-source software, open source, IBM Corp., Novell Inc., work, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

'LAMP' start-up warms to free DB2

February 1, 2006 ActiveGrid releases lastest open-source tool set for building front ends to business applicatons. TAGS: ActiveGrid, IBM DB2, identity management, BEA Systems Inc., open-source software, development tool, business application, open source, database, IBM Corp., server

Sun expands open-source Java plan

August 15, 2006 Server and software company to release open-source components, open up Java for gadgets this year. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source version, Java, open source, open-source software, programming language, community, Microsoft .NET, software company, IBM Corp., component, server, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat sued over JBoss technology

June 30, 2006 Company gets hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., open-source software company, RDBMS, open-source software, patent, open source, object-oriented, Texas, complaint, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., software company, database

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

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., software patent, open source, Jonathan Schwartz, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., AMD Opteron, open-source community, OpenOffice.org, Sun Solaris, agreement, exec, OpenOffice, Java, Linux

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. TAGS: Apache Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, GPL, Firefox 2.0, open-source software, Linux, Java, handset, blog, IBM Corp., Firefox, Microsoft Corp.

LinuxWorld revs up

August 17, 2006 special coverage The San Francisco conference spotlights trends in open source, from servers to cell phones and Windows media support. TAGS: margin, LinuxWorld, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., XenSource Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, open-source software, Linux, Java, IBM Corp., San Francisco, blog, Windows Media, server, operating system

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, open source, BEA Systems Inc., open-source company, middleware, acquisition, open-source software, Novell Inc., Java, Oracle Corp., CEO, Linux, IBM Corp.
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