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Red Hat seeks NYSE listing

November 18, 2006 Open-source software company Red Hat, now trading on the NASDAQ, has applied to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. TAGS: New York Stock Exchange, Red Hat Inc., open-source software, software company, open source

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 Microsoft-Red Hat warming trend?

May 10, 2005 CEOs Steve Ballmer and Matthew Szulik met for a meal recently, sources say. How's Microsoft feeling about open source these days? TAGS: Red Hat Inc., GPL, antitrust, open source, source code, Steve Ballmer, open-source software, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., New York, Linux, CEO

Red Hat project brings open-source to digital media

June 1, 2006 Mugshot project adds "live social experiences," such as sharing music, to desktop apps and exposes non-developers to open source. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., digital media, open source, open-source software, radar, entertainment, blog, Linux

Red Hat CEO urges rejection of lock-ins

October 27, 2005 Matthew Szulik says computing customers increasingly are rejecting proprietary products that lock them to a particular supplier. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open-source software, messaging, open source, Linux, CEO, IBM Corp., server, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: patent, Oracle Corp., open source, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Linux, database

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. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open source, leadership, exchange, MySQL, open-source software, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, executive vice president, software company, Linux, IBM Corp.

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

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, Linux kernel, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., lawyer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., article

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.

Linux guru warns on security of open-source code

October 26, 2006 Veteran developer Alan Cox cautions that hackers are trying hard to break open-source code and that many projects are far from secure. TAGS: delegate, metrics, open source, Linux kernel, Red Hat Inc., Linux, project, open-source software, London, security, analysis

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. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., open-source software company, RDBMS, patent, open-source software, open source, object-oriented, Texas, complaint, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., software company, database

Red Hat looks under Linux's hood

November 1, 2005 Trying to take a more active role in open-source programming, Red Hat is expanding its R&D efforts on the operating system. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Xen, Linux, open source, programmer, virtual machine, open-source software, Novell Inc., operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

September 24, 2004 Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., software patent, open source, Jonathan Schwartz, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open-source community, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Sun Solaris, AMD Opteron, agreement, exec, Linux, Java

Red Hat and JBoss: No turning back for open source

April 10, 2006 Red Hat's $350 million purchase of JBoss speeds up the collision between the once closed-off open-source world and entrenched software heavyweights. TAGS: JBoss, Red Hat Inc., ecosystem, BEA Systems Inc., open source, open-source company, acquisition, middleware, Novell Inc., open-source software, Oracle Corp., Linux, Java, IBM Corp., CEO

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. TAGS: open source, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux, consortium, open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., CEO, security, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Novell Inc., GPL, Red Hat Inc., Bruce Perens, Linux, SCO Group Inc., alliance, open source, open-source software, agreement, founder, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Trend Micro: Open source is more secure

June 13, 2006 Antivirus vendor wades into the debate over the merits of open and closed code, while Red Hat takes a cautious approach. TAGS: Raimund Genes, Trend Micro Inc., open source, Linux, Red Hat Inc., distribution, antivirus company, patch management, vulnerability, open-source software, security, Unix, Microsoft Corp.

Open source battens the hatches

January 10, 2006 Developers take arms against possible attacks on open-source software. Also: Patent gains and a Java refrain. TAGS: Mono, Fedora Project, open source, Novell Inc., Java, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Linux, CEO, IBM Corp., blog

How GPL fits in with the future of antitrust regulation

November 22, 2006 perspective Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains the ramifications of a recent case on the future of open-source software. TAGS: antitrust law, GPL, antitrust, court, Linux, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., open source, IBM Corp., Novell Inc., work, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
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