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Gates: 'There's nothing monolithic about chaos'
May 10, 2005
Microsoft chairman comments on "chaos" in the open-source community.
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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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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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FreeDOS finally hits 1.0 milestone
September 7, 2006
More than a decade after Microsoft released final standalone version of MS-DOS, open-source version is here.
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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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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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Open-source transitions gather steam
July 6, 2006
Microsoft and Sun continue to make an uneasy peace with open-source software as it becomes more and more of a business reality.
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U.K.: Open source could halve school IT bills
May 9, 2005
A leaked report from British tech agency contains potentially bad news for software companies such as Microsoft.
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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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Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook?
December 23, 2004
Open-source group starts effort to integrate its Sunbird calendar into Thunderbird e-mail program.
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IBM backs Firefox in-house
May 13, 2005
Big Blue is encouraging its 330,000 employees to use Firefox as an alternative to IE, providing support and internal downloads.
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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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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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Peru's president approves open-source bill
October 21, 2005
The country's government agencies may now buy open-source software.
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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 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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Google throws bodies at OpenOffice
October 31, 2005
With rival Microsoft in mind, the search giant will hire people to work on the open-source software suite.
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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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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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