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Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'at this time'

October 5, 2005 Won't do the same for the open-source OS that it did for Apple's software--at least for now, an exec says. TAGS: Eric Raymond, Linux desktop, Linux, LinuxWorld, open source, Microsoft Office, market share, open-source community, Apple Computer, Unix, London, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft has OS patents; Linux has none

December 4, 2006 ActiveGrid's Peter Yared says the Microsoft-Novell deal creates competition and is ultimately good for customers. TAGS: patent, Novell Inc., open-source community, open source, Linux kernel, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Saving Linux from the lawyers

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, open-source community, Linux, open source, lawyer, developer, IBM Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

'Customers are not afraid of Microsoft'

December 14, 2006 newsmaker Red Hat executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., JBoss, open source, open-source community, Newsmaker, middleware, Fedora Project, Linux, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system

Microsoft dallies with open source

May 17, 2006 Software maker is working out the kinks in its interoperability efforts, software exec Bill Hilf says. TAGS: open-source community, open source, open-source software, ISV, JBoss, software company, lab, Microsoft Corp., Linux, developer, Unix

'Sandal and ponytail set' cramping Linux adoption?

March 28, 2006 Yes, says former Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn. To be taken seriously, open-source community needs to dress the part. TAGS: Peter Quinn, OpenDocument Format, open-source community, open source, adoption, open-source software, Massachusetts, CIO, government, decision, Linux, information technology, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft

December 13, 2006 Executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., JBoss, Oracle Corp., open source, open-source community, middleware, Fedora Project, Linux, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system

Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red Hat

November 3, 2006 New technical and legal partnership is meant to take Red Hat down a notch--and could help Novell too. TAGS: Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Rick Sherlund, Steve Ballmer, open source, SuSE, open-source community, open-source software, Linux, Microsoft Corp., agreement, CEO, Microsoft Windows

Is open source getting to Microsoft?

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, patent, intellectual property, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

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

Experts question Windows win in flaw tally

January 6, 2006 A US-CERT report that found Microsoft's OS had fewer vulnerabilities than Linux-Unix in 2005 is flawed itself, critics say. TAGS: LINUX/UNIX, vulnerability, flaw, researcher, open-source community, statistics, Unix, open source, Linux, platform, Red Hat Inc., operating system, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT

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