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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. 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

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

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. TAGS: Web service, patent, open-source software, open-source community, open source, specification, royalty, standards, Apache Software Foundation, FAQ, GPL, developer, lawyer, concern, Microsoft Corp., XML
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