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Gates: 'There's nothing monolithic about chaos'

May 10, 2005 Microsoft chairman comments on "chaos" in the open-source community. TAGS: chaos, chairman, open source, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source software, Linux kernel, Linux, OpenOffice.org, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., lawyer, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., article

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. TAGS: open source, Linux, Intel, AMD, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

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." TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, open source, Linux seller, Linux, coupon, threat, open-source software, CEO, New York, Microsoft Corp., server

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. TAGS: FreeDOS, milestone, Microsoft MS-DOS, open source, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC

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. TAGS: open source, antitrust, Novell Inc., Redmond, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Eric Raymond, Linux desktop, LinuxWorld, Linux, open source, Microsoft Office, market share, open-source community, Apple Computer, London, Unix, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: open source, OpenDocument Format, open-source software, JBoss, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer

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. TAGS: open source, school, U.K., information technology, agency, software company, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: patent, open-source software, Novell Inc., open source, Week in review, reader, intellectual property, software company, Microsoft Corp., Linux, U.S.

Mozilla's Lightning to strike Outlook?

December 23, 2004 Open-source group starts effort to integrate its Sunbird calendar into Thunderbird e-mail program. TAGS: Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Outlook, volunteer, calendar, open source, Time Warner Inc., integration, Firefox, e-mail, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

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. TAGS: IBM Corp., Firefox, help desk, open source, industry standard, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: open source, open-source community, London, conference, license, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

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 TAGS: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, virtualization, Steve Ballmer, open source, Linux, enterprise server, patent, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., CEO, server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Peru's president approves open-source bill

October 21, 2005 The country's government agencies may now buy open-source software. TAGS: Peru, government agency, open-source software, open source, president, Microsoft Corp.

OpenOffice security is questioned

August 14, 2006 French researchers pinpoint security issues, but OpenOffice.org says only bug discovered has already been fixed. TAGS: OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, open-source community, security, researcher, bug, open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: open source, Steve Ballmer, Linux server, Linux, Microsoft Corp., server, IBM Corp., CEO, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, open-source software, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Inc., programmer, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: open-source community, open source, Mozilla Corp., Firefox, offer, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: open source, OpenOffice.org, open-source software, vendor, India, Firefox, Linux, Microsoft Corp., PC, CD, Microsoft Windows
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