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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.

Taking the plunge into open source

January 15, 2007 More and more, enterprise software makers are finding the open-source model offers them a better shot at growth. TAGS: open source, software company, enterprise software

SAP: Open-source rivals won't make the cut

February 16, 2006 Business software powerhouse predicts that open-source competitors will fall by the wayside. They disagree. TAGS: SAP AG, SugarCRM, open source, rival, Novell Inc., software company

Red Hat seeks NYSE listing

November 18, 2006 Open-source software company Red Hat, now trading on the NASDAQ, has applied to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. TAGS: New York Stock Exchange, Red Hat Inc., open-source software company, open-source software, software company, open source

Open-source VoIP company wins funding

August 9, 2006 Digium, an open-source VoIP software maker, has received $13.2 million in first-round venture capital funding from Matrix Partners for the development of Asterisk. TAGS: Matrix Partners, JBoss, open-source company, open source, VoIP company, venture capital, telecommunications, Red Hat Inc., VoIP, software company

Microsoft dallies with open source

May 17, 2006 Software maker is working out the kinks in its interoperability efforts, software exec Bill Hilf says. TAGS: open-source community, open source, open-source software, software company, open-source software company, ISV, lab, JBoss, Unix, Linux, Microsoft Corp., developer

Open-source P2P projects keep swapping

July 15, 2005 Supreme Court ruling casts cloud over commercial file-trading companies, but independent projects continue unabated. TAGS: file-swapping, Shareaza, file-trading, open source, open-source project, Grokster Ltd., court, piracy, project, LimeWire, lawyer, P2P, software company, programming

Is open source getting to Microsoft?

September 15, 2006 Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even. TAGS: Web service, open source, intellectual property, patent, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

Software-licensing costs predicted to fall

November 19, 2007 Gartner says vendors' profit margins will drop as SaaS, open source, and outsourcing give buyers more bargaining power. TAGS: BPO, Gartner Inc., software-as-a-service, buyer, business process, profit margin, open source, software company, vendor, information technology

Iona buys open-source specialist LogicBlaze

April 10, 2007 Integration middleware vendor Iona acquires company involved in Apache open-source projects. TAGS: Iona Technologies, open source, Apache Software Foundation, middleware, acquisition, software company, server

Open source grows beyond its roots

August 14, 2006 Zimbra shows off wiki as the start-up and its cohorts push into new areas and compete on features, not just price. TAGS: SugarCRM, open source, LinuxWorld, open-source company, open-source software, Wiki, software company, vendor, desktop software, collaboration, spreadsheet, document, start-up, Linux, database, e-mail

Zend seeks a sustainable open-source model

February 1, 2007 Incoming CEO Harold Goldberg says he'll focus the PHP software company on big businesses and Web 2.0 start-ups. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, open source, open-source community, open-source company, venture capital, development tool, CEO, software company, Web 2.0, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp., dollar, start-up

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

Uncovering the secret sauce

November 16, 2006 perspective Palamida's Mark Tolliver asks whether it's time software companies should openly disclose their "ingredients." TAGS: intellectual property, food, ingredient, nutrition, software company, open-source community, open-source software, vendor, open source, component

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, open-source software, market share, database management, research company, database, MySQL, IBM Corp., 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, exchange, executive vice president, software company, Linux, IBM Corp.

Week in review: Microsoft's patent offensive

May 18, 2007 Company identifies infringed-on patents, invites infringers to strike licensing deals. Not many takers, so far. TAGS: patent, Novell Inc., open-source software, open source, Week in review, intellectual property, software company, reader, Microsoft Corp., Linux, U.S.

Microsoft patent peace--or patent war?

November 3, 2006 By declaring a "patent peace" with Novell Linux, did the software company just declare patent war with the open-source realm? TAGS: intellectual property, Novell Inc., open source, patent, open-source programmer, Red Hat Inc., Steve Ballmer, license agreement, Linux, GPL, software company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft agitates for open-source patent pacts

May 14, 2007 Company's more threatening stance spotlights its effort to pressure open-source firms to license its patents. TAGS: intellectual property, patent, open source, Novell Inc., open-source company, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, software company
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