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Looking at Sun's core
December 2, 2004
Sun makes bold open-source licensing moves, but is guarded on its partnership with Microsoft.
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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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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.
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Grassroots computing languages hit the big time
May 13, 2005
Oracle deal shows that PHP and other scripting languages--once considered toys by serious programmers--are going corporate.
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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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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.
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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 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.
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Open-source battlegrounds heat up
February 2, 2005
Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents.
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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.
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Year in review: The open-source effect spreads
December 20, 2005
Open source seeped into nearly every software category, leaving an indelible mark on how software is bought and sold.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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