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Oracle claims Yahoo as Linux convert

March 22, 2007 Ellison announces a high-profile customer for its Red Hat Linux clone, but Yahoo is still buying Red Hat's products. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., Larry Ellison, Linux, Yahoo! Inc., open source, server, HP

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

'Customers are not afraid of Microsoft'

December 14, 2006 newsmaker Red Hat executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., JBoss, open-source community, open source, Newsmaker, middleware, Fedora Project, Linux, Microsoft Corp., CEO, operating system

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

Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft

December 13, 2006 Executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., JBoss, Oracle Corp., open source, open-source community, middleware, Fedora Project, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system, CEO

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

Sending the penguins out with a hot foot

October 27, 2006 perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Oracle Open World, Borland Software Corp., announcement, PeopleSoft Inc., profit margin, open-source company, Siebel Systems Inc., open source, acquisition, CEO, database, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

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, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux, consortium, open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., CEO, security, 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, Novell Inc., intellectual property, exec, IBM Corp., Unix, Firefox, start-up, database, server

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, acquisition, open-source company, middleware, open-source software, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Linux, Java, IBM Corp., CEO

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., China, Oracle Corp., operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Grappling with open source

December 19, 2006 As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways. TAGS: JBoss, open source, Novell Inc., GPL, AJAX, IBM DB2, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., middleware, MySQL, IBM Corp., Linux, acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., database, Firefox

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, object-oriented, open source, open-source software, patent, Texas, complaint, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., software company, IBM Corp., database

Red Hat revenue up, profit down

March 29, 2007 Rising expenses--including the JBoss acquisition--cut into Linux seller's revenue; net income drops 25 percent. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., JBoss, net income, Oracle Corp., Linux seller, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, acquisition, server software, expense, open-source software, Linux, Yahoo! Inc., training, server, open source

Red Hat adds new Linux legal protection

November 4, 2006 Faced with new competitive challenges, Linux seller Red Hat has begun promising protection against intellectual-property lawsuits. TAGS: indemnification, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Linux seller, SCO Group Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., Novell Inc., Linux, open-source software, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Ubuntu chief: Oracle Linux has 'tactical value'

October 21, 2006 Oracle could benefit from offering its own Linux, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. TAGS: Oracle Corp., Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu, Linux, Red Hat Inc., SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, value, open source, IBM Corp., server, database

Shifting scene in open source

July 31, 2006 The Fedora Project is looking for a few good women, Larry Ellison has his eyes on Linux, and Boeing recruits Wind River for the Navy. TAGS: Wind River Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, Fedora Project, Xen, open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux, women, Oracle Corp.

Microsoft and Novell's bridge to Linux

November 7, 2006 Longtime rivals make nice with a plan to help businesses use the open-source OS along with Windows. TAGS: Novell Inc., pact, Red Hat Inc., Steve Ballmer, open source, Linux, software company, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, video

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, alliance, open source, open-source software, SCO Group Inc., agreement, founder, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Linux gets built-in Cell processor support

March 21, 2006 Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems. TAGS: multiprocessor, Linus Torvalds, kernel, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Linux, Oracle Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, Linux kernel, T1, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., programming, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., patch management, file system
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