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November 8, 2007 Plans for Google's Android spark discussion about whether its Linux platform will prove more--or less--secure than Apple's proprietary iPhone. TAGS: Open Handset Alliance, McAfee Inc., secure, Linux, Apple iPhone, vulnerability, source code, security, open source, Apple Computer, platform, Google Inc.

February 23, 2005 The company is looking at making the source code for the next version of SQL Server available under its shared-source program. TAGS: Microsoft SQL Server, Jason Matusow, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, source code, Stephen O'Grady, open source, code, product development, database, server, security, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., developer, Microsoft Windows

February 7, 2005 Firm's developer unit may make available source code from popular tool for building user interfaces for Windows applications. TAGS: source code, Jason Matusow, programmer, Microsoft Windows CE, open source, Microsoft Visual Studio, code, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, security, operating system

July 17, 2006 Antivirus vendor McAfee cites potential for harm if power, efficiency of open source is misused. TAGS: McAfee Inc., Networks Associates Technology Inc., malicious software, open source, MyDoom virus, IRC, writer, rootkit, source code, virus, hacker, copy, antivirus, security

October 6, 2005 Developer makes popular free scanner proprietary, saying competitors were taking advantage of its open-source status. TAGS: Tenable Network Security Inc., GPL, security tool, source code, open source, scanner, developer, e-mail, security

November 6, 2003 An unknown intruder tries to insert a Trojan horse program into the code of the next Linux kernel--an attempt that raises questions about the security of open-source development methods. TAGS: Concurrent Versions System, Linux kernel, intruder, kernel, Linus Torvalds, security flaw, trojan horse, source code, Linux, mailing list, open source, database, code, security, developer, Microsoft Corp.

May 21, 2004 Source code was again under attack, as Cisco Systems investigated a leak, and two popular repository applications were found to have vulnerabilities. TAGS: Concurrent Versions System, Minix, Cisco Systems Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Week in review, flaw, vulnerability, source code, attacker, Apple Macintosh, Apple Computer, open source, Linux, security, researcher

December 14, 2004 Four years of research by a code-analysis firm finds that the latest open-source OS beats commercial software for quality. TAGS: Coverity, Linux, flaw, Linux kernel, source code, research, analysis, operating system, Apple Computer, open source, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, security

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