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Intel forms internal open-source group
May 11, 2005
Move is part of an effort to bring Linux closer to parity with competing products from Microsoft.
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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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Microsoft makes Linux pact with Novell
November 2, 2006
Former software foes pledge to work together to help Windows world and Linux world interoperate. Video: Ballmer outlines Novell dealPhoto: Shaking hands on Linux
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Microsoft learns to live with open source
July 11, 2005
Though it still opposes open-source products and licensing, Microsoft is begrudgingly adopting similar practices to appeal to its corporate customers.
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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.
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Microsoft's eye on open source
July 20, 2005
Software giant's Martin Taylor soldiers on, evangelizing that open source may not be all it's cut out to be.
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Rivals make run at Microsoft Office
September 18, 2007
Is the multibillion-dollar cash cow vulnerable at last to alternatives? Google, Yahoo and IBM seem to think so.
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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.
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Open source gets around
November 29, 2006
roundup Trolltech offers a software suite to boost Linux use in mobile phones. Novell, meanwhile, turns away from a well-traveled sector.
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Munich fires up Linux at last
September 25, 2006
Local government launches the first phase of its open-source migration after a year's delay.
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Korea brings homegrown open source to schools
June 21, 2005
New Education Information System will be set up in 10,000 schools. Not a snub to Microsoft, official says.
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Open-source battlegrounds heat up
February 2, 2005
Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents.
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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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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.
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KVM steals virtualization spotlight
February 26, 2007
A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.
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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.
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Open source marches onward
April 11, 2006
As JBoss gets set to merge with Red Hat, Novell touts Linux for the desktop--while wrestling with the shift on its own turf.
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Fine-tuning open source
April 17, 2006
As the Linux community ponders proprietary components, is Larry Ellison after his own version of the operating system?
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Microsoft looks to extinguish LAMP
June 15, 2005
After years of beefing up its software for corporate use, the software behemoth is threatened by a cut-rate, open-source challenger.
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Open-source PCs take a passage to India
November 16, 2005
Desktops pre-installed with OpenOffice.org, Firefox and other open-source applications will be sold in the country.
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