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

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., Microsoft Office, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat's directory server set for release

June 1, 2005 Open-source version of program acquired from Netscape ups ante in rivalry with Microsoft, Novell and Sun. TAGS: directory server, Red Hat Inc., Netscape Communications Corp., Novell Inc., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

McNealy touts 'excitement' of backup tape

June 9, 2005 Sun CEO defends StorageTek acquisition and adds open source to his usual hit list of Microsoft and IBM. TAGS: StorageTek, storage management, Sun Microsystems Inc., grid computing, Glasgow, excitement, thin client, Sun Solaris, Scott McNealy, Scotland, open source, CEO, acquisition, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., backup

Open-source battlegrounds heat up

February 2, 2005 Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents. TAGS: software patent, Sun Solaris, open source, Sun Solaris 10, patent, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., security, Microsoft Corp.

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

Sun to offer more free software

November 30, 2005 The company plans to give away Java Enterprise System, N1 management tools with its Solaris operating system. TAGS: Sun N1, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Java Enterprise System, Sun Solaris, Jonathan Schwartz, open source, Java, barrier, open-source software, pricing, IBM Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Open source on the march

October 24, 2005 Sun to update Solaris 10 by year's end. Also: IBM expands free access to patents for education, health care. TAGS: Jini, Sun Solaris 10, open source, patent, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenDocument Format, blog, health care, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp., Java, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Firefox, database

Sun expands open-source Java plan

August 15, 2006 Server and software company to release open-source components, open up Java for gadgets this year. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source version, Java, open source, open-source software, programming language, community, Microsoft .NET, component, software company, IBM Corp., server, Microsoft Corp.

Sun begins open-source Solaris era

June 14, 2005 Company posts more than 5 million lines of source code for the operating system's heart in an effort to regain lost ground. TAGS: Sun Solaris, OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source programmer, open source, programmer, IBM Corp., Linux, Red Hat Inc., Unix, developer, Intel, firewall, server, operating system, 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, conference, London, license, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'

December 15, 2005 Open, stable document format is needed to preserve world's information, company executives say. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, ECMA, Sun Microsystems Inc., Office 12, IBM Corp., open source, document, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Project GlassFish, Sun Solaris, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., source code, Fedora Project, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Java, Microsoft Corp.

Open source, from Apache to Zimbra

November 22, 2006 In the software business, you can't just sit around--there's always a new feature to add or the Joneses to keep up with. TAGS: Apache Software Foundation, open source, GPL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Firefox 2.0, Linux, open-source software, handset, Java, blog, IBM Corp., Firefox, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Wrench hits development world

January 8, 2005 Open source shook up the software development world as established companies and challengers sought to harness the collaborative development model. TAGS: open source, open-source development, BEA Beehive, Sun Microsystems Inc., development tool, IBM Corp., BEA Systems Inc., software development, Java, Novell Inc., developer, Microsoft Corp.

Gosling questions Sun-Microsoft pact

February 3, 2005 The father of Java tells developers that in some ways, the technical agreement with Microsoft is meaning less and less. Video: "We're not a .Net company," Sun's Gosling says TAGS: James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Inc., Samba, DMCA, agreement, digital-rights management, antitrust, father, Java, European Union, open source, Microsoft Corp., Europe, developer, U.S., DVD

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

September 24, 2004 Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, software patent, Jonathan Schwartz, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, open-source community, Sun Solaris, agreement, AMD Opteron, exec, Linux, Java

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

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

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? TAGS: Red Hat Inc., GPL, antitrust, open source, Steve Ballmer, source code, Bill Gates, open-source software, New York, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, CEO