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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

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

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.

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.

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. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source software, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Linux kernel, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., lawyer, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., article

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

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

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

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, European Union, OpenOffice, savings, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

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 developer, open source, open-source project, Google Inc., open-source software, social networking, phishing, project, activity, code, Java

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 project, open-source software, project, Java

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, Apache Software Foundation, dot-com, provider, Linux, Web server, IBM Corp., CEO, server

Week in review: Microsoft's patent offensive

May 18, 2007 Company identifies infringed-on patents, invites infringers to strike licensing deals. Not many takers, so far. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, Novell Inc., Week in review, reader, intellectual property, software company, Microsoft Corp., Linux, U.S.

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. TAGS: OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, open-source software, open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Google Inc., programmer, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Office, Linux, 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

Ballmer repeats threats against Linux

February 20, 2007 In no-nonsense presentation to New York analysts, Microsoft's CEO warns Linux sellers that open-source "is not free." TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, open source, Linux seller, coupon, Linux, threat, open-source software, CEO, New York, Microsoft Corp., server

Census for open-source apps kicks off

April 18, 2008 Project expects to offer the first detailed look at how businesses are using open-source software and how widespread it's become.(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK) TAGS: open source, Matthew Broersma, open-source software, Unisys Corp., project, information technology

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.