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Sun releases Solaris 10 for free

February 1, 2005 The server and software company begins offering Solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., software company, open source, server, HP, security, operating system, Microsoft Windows

SGI's Unix variant fading into history

September 8, 2006 Silicon Graphics to stop selling computers using MIPS chips and Irix operating system at end of 2006. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI Unix, Unix, Intel Itanium, SCO Group Inc., HP PA-RISC, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, SGI Irix, HP-UX, x86 processor, Sun Solaris, variant, IBM Corp., acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux

SCO updates Unix product, open-source attitude

June 24, 2005 In effort to pump up dwindling Unix revenue, SCO unveils new version of OpenServer, along with new open-source-friendly position. TAGS: SCO OpenServer, SCO Group Inc., Unix, open source, GPL, Linux, IBM Corp., Java, operating system

Microsoft: No Office on Linux 'at this time'

October 5, 2005 Won't do the same for the open-source OS that it did for Apple's software--at least for now, an exec says. TAGS: Eric Raymond, Linux desktop, Linux, LinuxWorld, open source, Microsoft Office, open-source community, market share, Apple Computer, Unix, London, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows

OpenBSD founder makes funding plea

March 23, 2006 The group calls on commercial users for financial help, decries "culture of entitlement" in open-source community. TAGS: OpenBSD, OpenSSH, founder, open-source community, open source, project, income, developer, IBM Corp., Unix, operating system, CD

Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step

January 24, 2005 Firm is expected to start sharing some source code of the OS and to detail its OpenSolaris plan on Tuesday. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenSolaris, biotechnology, Red Hat Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, developer, programming, IBM Corp., operating system

Sun releases Sparc specs to lure Linux

February 14, 2006 Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Jonathan Schwartz, T1, BSD Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL, CIO, BSD, open source, Linux, specification, project, conference, Unix, server

OpenBSD update promises better protection

May 3, 2006 Version 3.9 of the open-source operating system includes a memory feature designed to counter buffer overflow attacks. TAGS: OpenBSD, Unix company, OpenSSH, buffer-overflow, open source, protection, Unix, Linux, operating system

Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

November 18, 2004 Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., intellectual property, patent infringement, Scott McNealy, SCO Group Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, open source, patent, Unix, protection, Red Hat Inc., open-source software, IBM Corp., Java

Linux license overhaul--don't hold your breath

February 14, 2005 General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle. TAGS: Richard Stallman, GPL, open source, LinuxWorld, license, Free Software Foundation, GNU, Linux, Unix, IBM Corp., open-source software, operating system

IBM takes potshots at OpenSolaris

August 16, 2006 Big Blue, a major Linux fan, bashes top rival Sun's effort to make its Unix an open-source operating system. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., open source, community, Linux, IBM AIX, programmer, project, Unix, operating system

Sun begins open-source Solaris era

June 14, 2005 Company posts more than 5 million lines of source code for the operating system's heart in an effort to regain lost ground. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source programmer, open source, programmer, Linux, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., developer, Unix, firewall, Intel, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp.

For Dell, industry standard now includes Linux

June 8, 2006 Open-source OS now accounts for a quarter of Dell's enterprise business and is growing fast, the company says. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Linux, Unix, industry standard, Dell, SuSE, Novell Inc., open source, IBM Corp., server, Intel, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Open season at Linux show

August 11, 2005 Red Hat says it will fund programmers' efforts to defang the threat presented by software patents. Also: Database start-ups bet on open source. Photos: Execs tout penguin TAGS: open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Oracle Corp., support services, Apache Software Foundation, workplace, intellectual property, Novell Inc., exec, Unix, IBM Corp., database, start-up, Firefox, server

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3

June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, foundation, GNU, Free Software Foundation, license, provision, Linux kernel, Novell Inc., Richard Stallman, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Experts question Windows win in flaw tally

January 6, 2006 A US-CERT report that found Microsoft's OS had fewer vulnerabilities than Linux-Unix in 2005 is flawed itself, critics say. TAGS: LINUX/UNIX, vulnerability, flaw, researcher, open-source community, statistics, Unix, open source, platform, Red Hat Inc., Linux, operating system, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT

Sun likes what it sees in the new GPL

February 9, 2007 Patent protections are just part of why version 3 of the license might be good for open-sourcing Java and Solaris, CEO says. TAGS: GPL, Sun Solaris, GPL 3, GNU, Jonathan Schwartz, Free Software Foundation, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPLv3, GPL 2, open source, community, kernel, Linux, Java, license, interview

Sun extends olive branch to Red Hat

September 12, 2005 Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, x86 server, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, Sun UltraSPARC, Scott McNealy, open source, server, Unix, AMD, operating system, HP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Sun's Solaris now an option for IBM blades

October 31, 2005 Sun's Solaris 10 operating system will be a supported option for IBM's BladeCenter servers. TAGS: IBM eServer BladeCenter, Sun Solaris, blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., blade server, IBM Corp., IBM AIX, Sun Solaris 10, Jonathan Schwartz, Intel Itanium, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, alliance, Intel x86, server, AMD
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