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Ballmer repeats threats against Linux
February 20, 2007
In no-nonsense presentation to New York analysts, Microsoft's CEO warns Linux sellers that open-source "is not free."
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IBM: Proprietary technology not enough
April 6, 2005
These days, it's necessary to balance proprietary, open-source approaches, Big Blue exec stresses at conference.
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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.
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Microsoft patent peace--or patent war?
November 3, 2006
By declaring a "patent peace" with Novell Linux, did the software company just declare patent war with the open-source realm?
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Microsoft: Novell deal a milestone despite squabbles
February 9, 2007
Landmark deal could still bring together open-source and commercial software business models, Microsoft lawyer Brad Smith says.
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Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts
May 14, 2007
Company's more threatening stance spotlights its effort to pressure open-source firms to license its patents.
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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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Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight
May 16, 2008
First public release of Novell's Moonlight will compete with products from Adobe, Sun, and Apple.(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)
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Microsoft, Novell spar over Linux agreement
November 21, 2006
update Novell CEO issues open letter saying deal is not an admission that the open-source OS infringes on Microsoft's patents.New GPL clause to flip Microsoft-Novell agreement on its head?
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Opening up an open-source roadblock
February 21, 2007
If the FSF succeeds in blocking a landmark deal, the biggest losers will be software consumers, policy analyst James DeLong says.
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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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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.
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Week in review: Microsoft's patent offensive
May 18, 2007
Company identifies infringed-on patents, invites infringers to strike licensing deals. Not many takers, so far.
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Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection
November 4, 2006
Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits.
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New GPL draft has olive branches, thorns
March 29, 2007
Third draft of GPL version 3 eases some concerns, raises issues for Novell, and shows the Free Software Foundation is listening.
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Why Microsoft is under assault from all corners
April 9, 2007
Attorney Lars Liebeler says open hostility toward the software maker runs contrary to a central premise of free-market economics.
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Open season at Linux show
August 11, 2005
Red Hat says it will fund programmers' efforts to defang the threat presented by software patents. Also: Database start-ups bet on open source. Photos: Execs tout penguin
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Open-source ID project awaits Microsoft's blessing
March 9, 2007
Higgins project developers are creating a tool equivalent to Windows CardSpace but need Redmond's go-ahead for certain features.
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Year in review: Linux on the hot seat
December 16, 2004
SCO fell out of the limelight, but its legal actions triggered efforts to wrestle with open-source intellectual-property issues.
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