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Coming to terms with open source

April 26, 2006 Big software makers are learning to live in an increasingly open-source world, but other institutions still have issues. TAGS: open source, business intelligence, Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., software company, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Open source shapes up as rival to Oracle

May 25, 2006 Software maker's stronghold in databases likely to come under threat from open-source competitors, IDC and Gartner predict. TAGS: Gartner Inc., RDBMS, Oracle Corp., open source, database software, database management system, database management, market share, open-source software, research company, database, IBM Corp., MySQL, software company, Linux

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

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

Sun to make Java more Linux-friendly

May 4, 2006 As JavaOne approaches, plans are afoot to make Java licensing terms more favorable to open-source OSes. TAGS: JavaOne, Joe Keller, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java server, BEA Systems Inc., JRE, open source, Java Platform, company executive, Java application, standard, server software, Oracle Corp., Linux, conference

Software: No longer business as usual

November 17, 2005 Microsoft's eyeing free, ad-supported products while companies dump "big beast" software projects in favor of hosted. TAGS: TRW, software industry, software-as-a-service, annuity, SAP AG, BEA Systems Inc., shift, Salesforce.com Inc., consultant, Oracle Corp., software company, open source, Microsoft Corp.
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