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Microsoft reaches out to Firefox developers

August 22, 2006 Invites open sourcers to participate in making sure that the browser will get along with Windows Vista. TAGS: open-source community, open source, Mozilla Corp., Firefox, offer, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Windows

LinuxWorld makes mobile moves

August 7, 2008 The scope of the open-source community's annual expo ranges from supercomputers to gadgets on the go. TAGS: LinuxWorld, Xen, computing, supercomputer, Dawn Kawamoto, open-source community, open source, gadget, Linux, IBM Corp., video, Google Inc., operating system

Hackers deface SCO site

November 29, 2004 Controversial company experiences another attack, with defacers targeting SCO's claims to Linux code. Image: Screen shot of SCO hack TAGS: SCO Group Inc., MyDoom virus, open-source community, Linux, IBM Corp., attack, open source, operating system

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

Device support 'key' to desktop Linux

April 5, 2006 Hardware makers should do more to make devices compatible with the open-source OS, experts tell LinuxWorld attendees. TAGS: desktop Linux, Open Source Development Labs, Novell Inc., LinuxWorld, Linux, open-source community, hardware maker, open source, operating system

'Customers are not afraid of Microsoft'

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, Oracle Corp., open-source community, open source, Newsmaker, middleware, Fedora Project, Linux, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system

OpenBSD founder makes funding plea

March 23, 2006 The group calls on commercial users for financial help, decries "culture of entitlement" in open-source community. TAGS: OpenBSD, OpenSSH, founder, open-source community, project, open source, income, developer, IBM Corp., Unix, operating system, CD

Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'at this time'

October 5, 2005 Won't do the same for the open-source OS that it did for Apple's software--at least for now, an exec says. TAGS: Eric Raymond, Linux desktop, Linux, LinuxWorld, open source, Microsoft Office, open-source community, market share, Apple Computer, Unix, London, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft

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

Saving Linux from the lawyers

November 21, 2005 CEO Stuart Cohen talks about OSDL's efforts to head off patent claims against the community-developed operating system. TAGS: patent, Open Source Development Labs, open-source community, Linux, open source, lawyer, developer, IBM Corp., CEO, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Red Hat hopes to solidify lead with new Linux

March 14, 2007 Red Hat hopes its latest release will lock in its position as the Linux leader as more companies vie for a piece of the competitive market. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, virtualization, virtual machine, Linux, open-source community, Novell Inc., Sun Solaris, open source, server, operating system

Experts question Windows win in flaw tally

January 6, 2006 A US-CERT report that found Microsoft's OS had fewer vulnerabilities than Linux-Unix in 2005 is flawed itself, critics say. TAGS: LINUX/UNIX, vulnerability, flaw, researcher, open-source community, Unix, open source, statistics, platform, Red Hat Inc., Linux, operating system, security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows NT

Computing heavyweights to chaperone Linux into servers

August 30, 2000 IBM, NEC, Intel, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are joining with Linux companies to coax the open-source operating system into high-end, multiprocessor machines. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., heavyweight, Linux company, Linux, multiprocessor, open-source community, IBM Corp., open source, SuSE, file system, programmer, NEC Electronics Corp., Intel, Dell, server, HP
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