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Linux--source of success?
October 22, 2003
As Red Hat releases a new version of Linux, RealNetworks and Motorola rally around the open-source OS. Also: New Openexchange Server from SuSE, and more source code from Microsoft.
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Microsoft mulls opening of Office code
January 16, 2004
The purveyor of proprietary software is looking to expand its Shared Source Initiative to Office, which lets companies see source code underlying Office, server applications and more.
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Microsoft simplifies code-sharing plan
October 19, 2005
Company strips down its Shared Source Initiative to three licenses, one of which is modeled on the Mozilla Public License.
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MySQL to make use of Microsoft code
October 11, 2004
The code, which was open-sourced in April, will be used for the administration tool that connects to the MySQL database.
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A Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend?
May 10, 2005
CEOs Steve Ballmer and Matthew Szulik met for a meal recently, sources say. How's Microsoft feeling about open source these days?
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Microsoft may offer peek at SQL Server code
February 23, 2005
The company is looking at making the source code for the next version of SQL Server available under its shared-source program.
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Microsoft to release more source code?
February 7, 2005
Firm's developer unit may make available source code from popular tool for building user interfaces for Windows applications.
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Microsoft airs tools' source code online
April 6, 2004
In what may be the first time Microsoft has adopted a pure open-source approach for a product, the company reveals the code for its Windows Installer XML software.
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Fits and starts for open source
June 21, 2005
Sun offers up source code via GlassFish project but falls short of its stated goal. Also: Celtix debuts.
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Real: Baby steps toward freedom
July 23, 2002
Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens writes that RealNetworks is off to a good start in opening up some source code, but it needs to go further if it wants to block Microsoft's advance.
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Open source: A nonproprietary world
September 13, 2003
Open-source software has underlying source code that may be freely seen, changed and redistributed--in sharp contrast with proprietary software from companies such as Microsoft or Oracle.
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Microsoft gets deeper into gizmos
October 24, 2003
The software giant talks up plans for embedded devices ranging from factory robots to slot machines.
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Microsoft expands 'shared source' effort
October 22, 2003
The company is allowing "MVPs"--individuals who have been recognized by the software maker for their contributions to its online support community--access to its source code.
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Sun to open source code for office software
July 17, 2000
The company will open the source code of its Star Office software Wednesday, but a major new version of the product has been delayed.
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Sprucing up open source's GPL foundation
December 23, 2004
The license that forms the legal underpinnings of Linux--and a software industry revolution--is being updated for the first time since 1991.
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India to get a look at Windows code?
January 26, 2004
The software giant is in talks with the country's government to share the source code underlying its Windows operating system.
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Novell extends open-source push
May 11, 2004
For the second time, the company has released the source code of a once-proprietary software package that makes it easier to substitute Linux for Microsoft's Windows.
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Security research suggests Linux has fewer flaws
December 14, 2004
Four years of research by a code-analysis firm finds that the latest open-source OS beats commercial software for quality.
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Attempted attack on Linux kernel foiled
November 6, 2003
An unknown intruder tries to insert a Trojan horse program into the code of the next Linux kernel--an attempt that raises questions about the security of open-source development methods.
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Sun invites outside involvement with Java 6
November 18, 2004
Sun puts very early versions of the source code on its Web site so Java programmers could better see and participate in its development.
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