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Intel forms internal open-source group

May 11, 2005 Move is part of an effort to bring Linux closer to parity with competing products from Microsoft. TAGS: open source, Intel, Linux, AMD, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Apple releases patch for Mac OS X

January 26, 2005 The Mac maker plugs security holes in Safari, Mail and ColorSync and includes open-source fixes for several other programs. TAGS: Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, open source, Apple Macintosh, operating system

Dell offers an open-source PC

October 4, 2005 Dimension E510n1 is geared for customers who want to use open-source software such as Linux. Photo: Dell's open-source PC TAGS: open source, Dell, entertainment, open-source software, Linux, Intel Pentium 4, Dell Inspiron, Intel Pentium, PC, operating system, hard drive, Microsoft Windows

FreeDOS finally hits 1.0 milestone

September 7, 2006 More than a decade after Microsoft released final standalone version of MS-DOS, open-source version is here. TAGS: FreeDOS, milestone, Microsoft MS-DOS, open source, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC

Red Hat unveils fully open-source hypervisor

June 19, 2008 Linux company says the product, now in beta, will complement--not compete with--its existing virtualization strategy based on Xen.(By Andrew Donoghue of ZDNet UK) TAGS: hypervisor, virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Xen, embedded Linux, KVM, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, open source, VMware, virtual machine, announcement, Linux, operating system, server

Microsoft makes Linux pact with Novell

November 2, 2006 Former software foes pledge to work together to help Windows world and Linux world interoperate. Video: Ballmer outlines Novell dealPhoto: Shaking hands on Linux TAGS: Novell Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, virtualization, open source, Steve Ballmer, Linux, enterprise server, patent, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Microsoft Windows Server, CEO, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Red Hat joins $100 laptop project

January 31, 2006 The open-source company will develop the operating system. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., open source, laptop computer, operating system

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, security bug, open source, margin, homeland security, Symantec Corp., Apache Software Foundation, project, security, Firefox, Linux, operating system

Fine-tuning open source

April 17, 2006 As the Linux community ponders proprietary components, is Larry Ellison after his own version of the operating system? TAGS: Larry Ellison, Linux, JBoss, open source, virtualization, VMware, MySQL, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., China, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

PalmSource joins open-source group

October 17, 2005 PalmSource, which owns the rights to the Palm operating system, said on Monday that it has joined the Open Source Development Labs. TAGS: PalmSource Inc., Mobile Linux, Open Source Development Labs, Palm OS, open source, handheld, Palm Inc., operating system

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., offer, Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Darwin flaws survive in Apple's Mac OS X

January 19, 2005 An audit of the open-source OS from which Apple borrowed much of the Mac OS X code reveals vulnerabilities that affect Apple's software. TAGS: flaw, security company, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Computer, audit, vulnerability, Apple Macintosh, open source, operating system, security

IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, fear, open standard, Linux, intellectual property, database, operating system, U.S., Microsoft Corp., HP

Lloyd's may offer open-source indemnity

August 15, 2005 Lloyd's of London is expected to underwrite insurance to protect open-source users from intellectual property infringement claims. TAGS: Open Source Risk Management, insurance, open source, open-source software, Linux, London, IP, intellectual property, owner, operating system, HP

Chinese bank opts for open source

April 29, 2005 Turbolinux will supply open-source operating systems and software for all operations at a major Chinese bank. TAGS: TurboLinux Inc., bank, China, open source, operation, software company, Linux, 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, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., operating system

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, computing, Xen, supercomputer, Dawn Kawamoto, open-source community, open source, gadget, Linux, IBM Corp., Google Inc., video, operating system

Red Hat: Microsoft still 'aggressive as hell'

June 1, 2006 CEO Matthew Szulik talks about staying relevant in a world where the operating system isn't the talking point it once was. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., online collaboration, open source, Nashville, JBoss, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, hell, Web 2.0, acquisition, attention, CEO, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Open-source database Ingres targets software firms

April 11, 2006 Looking to woo application companies, Ingres is creating a combo of its open-source database and Linux operating system. TAGS: Ingres, ISV, open source, database, Linux, IBM Corp., operating system
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