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HP offers open-source software bundles

April 4, 2006 Hewlett-Packard plans to bundle open source products. TAGS: open-source software, bundle, JBoss, open source, HP, Linux, Dell

Peru's president approves open-source bill

October 21, 2005 The country's government agencies may now buy open-source software. TAGS: Peru, government agency, open-source software, open source, president, Microsoft Corp.

Insurer launches $10 million open-source policy

October 31, 2005 Open Source Compliance Insurance should protect against infringements on open-source licenses. TAGS: Open Source Risk Management, open source, open-source software, insurance company, insurance, database

Open-source support firm grabs $4 million in VC

March 17, 2005 OpenLogic, which seeks to simplify development of applications that use open-source software, completes Series A investment round. TAGS: open-source software, open source, Red Hat Inc.

A look inside Google's open-source kitchen

December 13, 2006 Google's Chris DiBona says the search giant has a lot of involvement in open source, but is also a firm believer in proprietary software. TAGS: open source, open-source developer, open-source project, Google Inc., open-source software, social networking, activity, phishing, project, code, Java

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

European Commission vouches for open source

January 16, 2007 EU's executive arm endorses open source, offers a boost of confidence to businesses considering Linux and related software. TAGS: open-source software, open source, OpenOffice, European Union, savings, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

HP considers open-source services

January 18, 2006 The company might sell services designed to ease customer participation in the open-source programming community. TAGS: open source, open-source software, IBM Corp., HP, vice president, Linux, server

Sun sets up open-source office

August 18, 2005 Company is "heading in the direction where all its software is going to be based on open source," an exec says. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, open-source software, open-source project, project, Java

Homeland Security helps secure open-source code

January 11, 2006 The government department is giving millions of dollars to a project that will comb open-source software for security bugs. TAGS: Coverity, Stanford, open-source software, margin, open source, security bug, homeland security, Symantec Corp., Apache Software Foundation, project, security, Linux, Firefox, operating system

Security start-up Untangle goes open-source

June 26, 2007 Company already uses others' open-source modules, but its own foundation follows suit in a bid to lure developers and customers. TAGS: open source, open-source software, network security, start-up, security

Open source reshaping services market

January 10, 2005 Linux, Apache, MySQL and other open-source software are rewriting the rules in the computer services arena. TAGS: open-source software, open source, professional services, Apache Web server, consulting, dot-com, Apache Software Foundation, provider, Web server, Linux, IBM Corp., CEO, server

Site offers open-source clearinghouse

July 6, 2005 Swik aims to aid software developers by featuring the latest collaboration and syndication tools. TAGS: open source, open-source software, RSS, Wiki, project, collaboration

Microsoft's eye on open source

July 20, 2005 Software giant's Martin Taylor soldiers on, evangelizing that open source may not be all it's cut out to be. TAGS: open source, open-source software, Linux, platform, Microsoft Corp.

IBM offers open-source software collections

April 3, 2006 Big Blue announces packages that combine servers, server softwaren and Suse. TAGS: IBM Corp., open-source software, server software, open source, server

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., CD, PC, Microsoft Windows

IT giants accused of exploiting open source

May 31, 2005 Top EU official accuses major companies that sell open-source software of treating open-source developers as subcontractors. TAGS: open-source community, software industry, open source, open-source software, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., information technology, HP

Cuba to migrate to open-source software

February 20, 2007 Country's technology leaders distance themselves from Microsoft with wide-ranging plans for open-source software. TAGS: open-source software, conference, open source, government, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Security from A to Z: Open source

November 27, 2006 Experts have issued warnings of complacency over security in open-source projects. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: Coverity, open source, open-source project, open-source software, security, Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Open-source firm offers to protect customers from lawsuits

October 17, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open source, legal action, enterprise, lawsuit, intellectual property, IBM Corp., London, Unix, code, Linux