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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, 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.
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Novell to support Microsoft Office documents
December 4, 2006
Company joins project designed to bridge rival document formats and thus enable its OpenOffice customers to work with Microsoft Office.
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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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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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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: 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 and Novell's bridge to Linux
November 7, 2006
Longtime rivals make nice with a plan to help businesses use the open-source OS along with Windows.
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Novell joins EFF for patent reform
May 23, 2007
Stung by criticism of its patent pact with Microsoft, Novell agrees to support Electronic Frontier Foundation's patent-busting work.
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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 leader leaving Novell for Google
December 21, 2006
Samba co-founder Jeremy Allison says he objects to Novell's patent pact with Microsoft, heads to search giant.
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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.
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Novell's shift to open source makes slow progress
April 11, 2006
Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work.
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Making sense of Microsoft and open source
February 21, 2008
The software giant's latest move offers a nice dose of kumbaya to open-source developers, but it goes only so far.
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Red Hat's directory server set for release
June 1, 2005
Open-source version of program acquired from Netscape ups ante in rivalry with Microsoft, Novell and Sun.
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Open-source identity projects connect with Microsoft
January 29, 2007
The Higgins and Bandit projects claim a milestone with technology that links their open-source identity technology with Microsoft's new Windows CardSpace system.
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Novell hopes its next desktop will leapfrog Windows
March 9, 2006
Company says its next Linux desktop will be more usable than desktop products anywhere else on the market.
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Novell to detail Microsoft patent pact
May 23, 2007
Delayed annual report will offer details of Novell's patent, interoperability and sales partnership with Redmond.
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Microsoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pact
November 7, 2006
Novell disclosed details of its five-year partnership with competitor Microsoft in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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