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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.

Sun taps EnterpriseDB for PostgreSQL support

August 7, 2006 EnterpriseDB, which has built an Oracle-compatible edition of PostgreSQL, will offer Solaris customers support through Sun. TAGS: EnterpriseDB, PostgreSQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Oracle Corp., open source, database

Oracle gets Groovy with open-source project

May 12, 2006 The database giant will participate in Grails, an open-source development that combines the Groovy scripting language and Java infrastructure. TAGS: scripting language, Oracle Corp., open-source project, open source, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., language

Year in review: The open-source effect spreads

December 20, 2005 Open source seeped into nearly every software category, leaving an indelible mark on how software is bought and sold. TAGS: open source, OpenDocument Format, application server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Massachusetts, database, Oracle Corp., IBM Corp., Linux, server, 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, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., consortium, Linux, open-source software, Sun Microsystems Inc., CEO, security, 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., IBM DB2, AJAX, GPL, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., middleware, MySQL, acquisition, IBM Corp., Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., database, Firefox

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

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, Java, Joe Keller, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java server, JRE, BEA Systems Inc., open source, Java Platform, company executive, Java application, standard, server software, Linux, Oracle Corp., software company

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

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 Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., file system, Sun Solaris, programming, Red Hat Inc., patch management

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