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December 14, 2006 newsmaker Red Hat executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., JBoss, open-source community, open source, Fedora Project, Oracle Corp., Newsmaker, middleware, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Corp., CEO

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, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Linux kernel, Steve Ballmer, article, lawyer, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

December 13, 2006 Executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., JBoss, open-source community, Fedora Project, open source, Oracle Corp., middleware, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Corp., CEO

October 27, 2006 perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Borland Software Corp., Oracle Open World, Red Hat Inc., open-source company, announcement, profit margin, Siebel Systems Inc., open source, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

November 7, 2006 Longtime rivals make nice with a plan to help businesses use the open-source OS along with Windows. TAGS: Novell Inc., pact, Linux, Red Hat Inc., open source, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., software company, Oracle Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, video

October 26, 2006 Hackers are getting their hands on Linux code, and Oracle now has its nose in the Red Hat tent. TAGS: open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Oracle Corp., consortium, open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, CEO, security, Microsoft Corp.

November 4, 2006 Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits. TAGS: indemnification, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Linux, Linux seller, Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Novell Inc., SCO Group Inc., open-source software, Unix, open source, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

April 17, 2006 As the Linux community ponders proprietary components, is Larry Ellison after his own version of the operating system? TAGS: Linux, JBoss, VMware, Larry Ellison, virtualization, open source, MySQL, Red Hat Inc., operating system, China, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

August 11, 2005 Red Hat says it will fund programmers' efforts to defang the threat presented by software patents. Also: Database start-ups bet on open source. Photos: Execs tout penguin TAGS: Linux, open source, Red Hat Inc., support services, workplace, Apache Software Foundation, Oracle Corp., exec, start-up, Firefox, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Unix, Java, IBM Corp., server

December 19, 2006 As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways. TAGS: JBoss, open source, AJAX, GPL, Novell Inc., IBM DB2, MySQL, Red Hat Inc., Linux, middleware, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., acquisition, Firefox, Sun Microsystems Inc., database

November 3, 2006 As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Red Hat Inc., Bruce Perens, Linux, alliance, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., open source, agreement, Microsoft Corp., founder, Oracle Corp.

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