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

Cheaper to patch--Windows or open source?

May 20, 2005 A Microsoft-funded study finds that companies saved money by using Windows database servers over open-source models. TAGS: patching tool, TCO, ROI, open source, Wipro Technologies, open-source software, Novell Inc., patch management, survey, Linux, Microsoft Corp., database, Microsoft Windows, server, security

Dell offers an open-source PC

October 4, 2005 Dimension E510n1 is geared for customers who want to use open-source software such as Linux. Photo: Dell's open-source PC TAGS: open source, Dell, open-source software, entertainment, Linux, Intel Pentium 4, Dell Inspiron, Intel Pentium, operating system, PC, Microsoft Windows, hard drive

Microsoft and SugarCRM partner on open source

February 14, 2006 Partnership is expected to boost interoperability and reveals an ever-increasing cooperative attitude on open source. TAGS: SugarCRM, interoperability, open source, open-source software, Microsoft Windows Server, collaboration, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Paris turns 175,000 kids on to open-source key plan

February 5, 2007 Aim is to give students easy access to "portable office" software suite designed to operate in Windows environment. TAGS: council, Paris, open-source software, open source, office, Web browser, Microsoft Windows

LinuxWorld revs up

August 17, 2006 special coverage The San Francisco conference spotlights trends in open source, from servers to cell phones and Windows media support. TAGS: margin, LinuxWorld, open source, XenSource Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, open-source software, Java, Linux, IBM Corp., blog, San Francisco, Windows Media, server, operating system

Real to plug Windows media support into Linux

August 15, 2006 Will release open-source software that lets Windows video and audio format files play on a Linux computer. TAGS: RealNetworks Inc., Novell Inc., Linux software, Linux computer, Linux, Windows Media, open-source software, RealNetworks RealPlayer, WMV, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, video

Free CDs spread open source in India

May 25, 2005 To encourage use of computers, government distributes CDs containing localized versions of popular open-source applications. TAGS: India, Bangalore, open source, open-source software, CD, Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP

Is Microsoft playing well with others?

April 7, 2006 As it opens up to Linux and rival software, company faces deep skepticism over whether it's really changed its stripes. TAGS: Jeremy Allison, open source, open-source software, protocol, standards, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Massive Linux handout set for French schools

August 11, 2005 Local government finances project to distribute 64,000 packs of CDs with Linux and with free software for Windows and Mac OSes. TAGS: pack, Linux, region, open-source software, project, student, school, CD, open source, Apple Macintosh, Firefox, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Vienna to softly embrace Linux

January 25, 2005 Open source wins another local-government convert, with soft migrations to Linux imminent within the Austrian capital. TAGS: Vienna, Debian, open-source software, productivity-application, Linux, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, department, distribution, information technology, desktop computer, open source, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., PC, Microsoft Windows

India's Kerala state goes open source

June 29, 2007 Meanwhile, a nearby state that embarked on a plan in January to put Linux in government offices, schools and villages is making progress. TAGS: SuSE Linux, open-source software, SuSE, India, Linux, open source, school, Red Hat Inc., leader, desktop computer, training, information technology, operating system, Microsoft Windows

At Microsoft, the yin and yang of Linux

August 12, 2005 What goes on in Redmond's Linux and Open Source Software Lab? Chief Bill Hilf is the one to ask. Photos: Microsoft's Linux lab TAGS: open-source software, Redmond, Linux, lab, Unix, open source, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Novell's shift to open source makes slow progress

April 11, 2006 Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work. TAGS: Novell Inc., desktop Linux, Sydney, migration, Linux, OpenOffice.org, shift, open source, open-source software, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

China: Local software for local people

November 14, 2005 Part of a special feature on open source and developing nations, a look at what the Chinese government is doing on alternative software. TAGS: margin, open source, World Trade Organization, open-source software, Linux, China, Linux desktop, Beijing, government, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Lawyers ride shotgun for open source

February 1, 2005 A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Risk Management, Samba, Free Software Foundation, open source, Linus Torvalds, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, lawyer, Linux, consortium, center, law, intellectual property, Unix, professor

Zend brings PHP to Oracle's database

October 11, 2005 Zend Core for Oracle highlights one of the growing commercial uses of open-source PHP scripting language. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, Oracle Corp., MySQL Database, scripting language, CRM, open-source software, open source, IBM Corp., database, Unix, server, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Critics: Microsoft server license snubs open source

January 28, 2005 Proposed server interoperability license--demanded by the EU--will shut the door on open-source software such as Samba, say critics. TAGS: Samba, Free Software Foundation, antitrust, license, European Union, open-source software, critic, server software, agreement, open source, server, copy, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft, Novell paint target on Red Hat

November 3, 2006 New technical and legal partnership is meant to take Red Hat down a notch--and could help Novell too. TAGS: Novell Inc., Red Hat Inc., Rick Sherlund, Steve Ballmer, SuSE, open source, open-source community, open-source software, Linux, Microsoft Corp., agreement, CEO, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft, JBoss link server software

September 27, 2005 In another sign of its changing posture toward open-source, Redmond pledges to achieve great interoperability with JBoss products. TAGS: JBoss, application server, server software, Steve Ballmer, open source, Java, GPL, Redmond, intellectual property, open-source software, collaboration, Microsoft .NET, server, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows