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OpenOffice security is questioned
August 14, 2006
French researchers pinpoint security issues, but OpenOffice.org says only bug discovered has already been fixed.
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Microsoft reaches out to Firefox developers
August 22, 2006
Invites open sourcers to participate in making sure that the browser will get along with Windows Vista.
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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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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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Microsoft dallies with open source
May 17, 2006
Software maker is working out the kinks in its interoperability efforts, software exec Bill Hilf says.
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'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.
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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.
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Microsoft aims to charm open-source world
June 29, 2006
Company highlights open-source strategy at London conference, but some attendees are leery of its motives.
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EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move
February 21, 2008
Announcement won't affect its antitrust investigations against the software giant, says European Commission.
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Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft
December 13, 2006
Executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle.
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Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services
September 13, 2006
Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns.
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'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.
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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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Site helps developers navigate open-source jungle
July 14, 2006
Ohloh compiles data on open-source projects, in an effort to help people find, compare software and choose the right one.
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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.
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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.
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