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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, Linux, open standard, fear, intellectual property, U.S., operating system, database, HP, Microsoft Corp.

IBM takes potshots at OpenSolaris

August 16, 2006 Big Blue, a major Linux fan, bashes top rival Sun's effort to make its Unix an open-source operating system. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., open source, Linux, IBM AIX, community, programmer, Unix, project, operating system

Open-source database Ingres targets software firms

April 11, 2006 Looking to woo application companies, Ingres is creating a combo of its open-source database and Linux operating system. TAGS: Ingres, ISV, database company, open source, database, Linux, IBM Corp., operating system

OpenBSD founder makes funding plea

March 23, 2006 The group calls on commercial users for financial help, decries "culture of entitlement" in open-source community. TAGS: OpenBSD, OpenSSH, open-source community, founder, open source, project, IBM Corp., income, developer, Unix, operating system, CD

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, foundation, VERITAS Software Corp., open source, Sun Solaris, CEO, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, OEM, IBM Corp., operating system

IBM software geared to reduce PC costs

February 12, 2007 Big Blue's Open Client Offering spans Windows, Mac and Linux by combining Notes, Sametime, OpenOffice and Eclipse software. TAGS: TCO, IBM Lotus SameTime, IBM Corp., Linux, OpenOffice.org, IBM Lotus Notes, software development, Lotus, open source, Apple Macintosh, desktop computer, operating system, PC, server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft 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.

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., server, brand, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3

June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, Free Software Foundation, foundation, license, Richard Stallman, Linux kernel, provision, GNU, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Sun releases developer tools for NetBeans

December 6, 2006 Two new packs for the open-source NetBeans IDE aim to make it easier to work on applications for the Web and for a range of OSes. TAGS: Sun NetBeans, development tool, Sun Microsystems Inc., C++ programming language, Sun Solaris, IDE, open source, Web application, Java, API, C, IBM Corp., operating system

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, XenSource Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, open-source software, Linux, Java, IBM Corp., blog, San Francisco, Windows Media, server, operating system

Start-ups team to push open-source boundaries

July 21, 2006 A fledging consortium of open-source management companies looks to shake up the industry as incumbent vendors try to get on board. TAGS: enterprise systems management, systems management, consortium, open source, vendor, IBM Corp., software company, server, operating system

LinuxWorld makes mobile moves

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

Sun's next goal: A Linux ecosystem

February 8, 2006 A top exec says Sun is "dead serious" about an open-source push for its Sparc chips. Critics say it's trying to save an endangered species. TAGS: Sun Sparc, BSD, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, ecosystem, Linux, x86 processor, Jonathan Schwartz, software company, AMD Opteron, open source, IBM Corp., president, AMD, server

For Dell, industry standard now includes Linux

June 8, 2006 Open-source OS now accounts for a quarter of Dell's enterprise business and is growing fast, the company says. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Linux, enterprise, SuSE, industry standard, Unix, Dell, open source, Novell Inc., IBM Corp., server, Intel, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Computing heavyweights to chaperone Linux into servers

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, open-source community, IBM Corp., open source, SuSE, file system, programmer, NEC Electronics Corp., Intel, Dell, server, HP

SGI's Unix variant fading into history

September 8, 2006 Silicon Graphics to stop selling computers using MIPS chips and Irix operating system at end of 2006. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI Unix, SCO Group Inc., Unix, Intel Itanium, SGI Irix, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, HP PA-RISC, HP-UX, x86 processor, intellectual property, Sun Solaris, variant, IBM Corp., acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Red Hat plans app server in 2004

December 18, 2003 The Linux seller plans to expand into a new Java software market in the first half of 2004, encroaching on the application server turf of IBM, BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems. TAGS: application server, Red Hat Inc., BEA Systems Inc., Java software, J2EE, JBoss, Sun Microsystems Inc., support services, Java, open source, server, Linux, Apache Software Foundation, pricing, IBM Corp., operating system

Linux gets built-in Cell processor support

March 21, 2006 Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, multiprocessor, kernel, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Linux, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Linux kernel, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., file system, IBM Corp., programming, Red Hat Inc., server

Lighting a fire under Solaris

April 24, 2006 Two significant upgrades are coming to Solaris this year, but Linux remains a fearsome rival. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, OpenSolaris, x86 server, Sun Sparc, Intel x86, Linux, R&D, AMD Opteron, server, open source, AMD, IBM Corp., operating system
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