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SugarCRM nets third-round funding
October 18, 2005
The open-source software seller raises nearly $20 million.
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Oracle bands with open-source patent group
March 27, 2007
Database giant agrees not to sue over patents in Linux and associated open-source software--including open-source databases.
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Oracle buys open-source database firm
October 10, 2005
Database giant wades deeper into open source with purchase of Finnish company Innobase.
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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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Sun floats open-source database idea
February 4, 2005
Such a move could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates. Image: A Sun database?
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Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies
February 15, 2006
Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more.
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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.
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Open-source firm SourceLabs partners with Oracle
February 9, 2006
Services outfit SourceLabs stress tests the "SASH" open-source components on Oracle's application server.
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Open source shapes up as rival to Oracle
May 25, 2006
Software maker's stronghold in databases likely to come under threat from open-source competitors, IDC and Gartner predict.
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Rising challenges in open source
October 26, 2006
Hackers are getting their hands on Linux code, and Oracle now has its nose in the Red Hat tent.
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Software start-ups feel the pinch
January 12, 2006
Small fish in the shrinking software sea are embracing open-source, software as a service to get an edge over their larger rivals.
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Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection
November 4, 2006
Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits.
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Server powers launch new grid group
January 24, 2005
IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Intel are banding together to steer an open-source software package called the Globus Toolkit.
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Red Hat bands with open-source allies
March 14, 2007
The Linux leader will sell partners' open-source software, sharing revenue and fueling competition with proprietary rivals.
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Red Hat revenue up, profit down
March 29, 2007
Rising expenses--including the JBoss acquisition--cut into Linux seller's revenue; net income drops 25 percent.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Patents for dynamic Web pages to get another look
January 29, 2007
Patent Office will revisit two patents that critics say might imperil any site that employs a search feature or generates custom Web pages from user input.
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Red Hat sued over JBoss technology
June 30, 2006
Company gets hit by a patent lawsuit related to JBoss, just weeks after completing its purchase of the open-source software company.
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Red Hat couches Microsoft-Novell pact as a Linux win
November 3, 2006
As the software maker endures a tough week, open-source experts question whether the deal would violate the GPL.
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Year in review: Big gains for on-demand apps
December 20, 2006
As businesses feel the pull of on-demand enterprise applications, software heavyweights are following suit.
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SAP AG
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New XenEnterprise boosts virtual Windows
April 2, 2007
Virtualization software now can run multiprocessor Windows servers, but bigger changes are coming in June.
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