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HP considers open-source services

January 18, 2006 The company might sell services designed to ease customer participation in the open-source programming community. TAGS: open source, HP, open-source software, IBM Corp., Linux, vice president, server

Open-source leader steps aside at industry group

February 1, 2005 Eric Raymond, one of the most influential members of the open-source community, leaves his post as president of OSI. TAGS: OSI, Eric Raymond, open source, open-source community, open-source software, co-founder, general counsel, leader, president, founder, organization, Firefox, vice president, Linux, Web browser

Sun reluctant to make Java open source

March 17, 2004 The company's top software executive calls IBM's proposal to make Java open source "weird" and says it would encourage incompatible standards. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., open source, compatibility, Java software, IBM Corp., standards, Linux, vice president, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

IBM urges Sun to make Java open source

February 26, 2004 Big Blue offers to work with Sun to help shepherd the programming language--Sun's most valuable software asset--through an open-source development model. TAGS: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java technology, open source, James Gosling, IBM Corp., Java software, letter, open-source software, asset, vice president, programming

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, GNU, Richard Stallman, open source, Open Source Development Labs, HP, Linux, open-source software, copyright law, intellectual property, vice president, founder, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

The greening of Linux

December 3, 2003 HP open-source chief Martin Fink says Linux can't remain a hobbyist's toy if it's to become a leading operating system. TAGS: indemnification, SCO Group Inc., Linux, open-source community, CIO, open source, HP, suit, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., vice president, operating system

Ex-Sun exec returns to run software group

May 1, 2006 Rich Green, who left for a start-up in 2004, is expected to be named Sun's software chief, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Cassatt Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., software group, Java, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott McNealy, open source, vice president, IBM Corp., open-source software, exec, executive vice president, CEO, server, Microsoft Corp.

'Open Source Solaris' to debut this year

September 13, 2004 As it readies Solaris 10, Sun develops an open-source project modeled on Apple's Darwin and Red Hat's Fedora. TAGS: Sun Solaris 10, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., medical imaging, Burlington, SCO Group Inc., open source, open-source project, Fedora Project, company executive, I/O, Massachusetts, project, operating system, code, Red Hat Inc.

How Amazon puts Linux to the test

January 22, 2004 Amazon's vice president of infrastructure describes in detail how the online retailer is using the open-source operating system in nearly every corner of its business. TAGS: Amazon.com Inc., Linux, online retailer, retailer, Oracle Corp., vice president, database, open source, operating system, server

MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle

April 26, 2006 Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year. TAGS: Innobase InnoDB, MySQL, Oracle Corp., engine, IBM Corp., open source, HP, vice president, CEO, database, conference

Sun's top software exec leaves for Adobe

March 16, 2006 John Loiacono is headed to the graphics software giant amid radical software changes at Sun, News.com has learned. TAGS: MontaVista, Sun Microsystems Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., exec, Sun Solaris, Macromedia Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, vice president, server software, president, open source, Linux, server

IBM sits out Office document standards effort

December 21, 2005 Big Blue won't participate in an international committee that is standardizing Microsoft Office document formats. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, committee, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, standards, document, XML, vice president, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Promoting the promise of Longhorn

July 20, 2004 Microsoft's new developer division vice president, S. "Soma" Somasegar, plots a course for making Microsoft's Windows and .Net software the cutting-edge favorite of developers. TAGS: Soma, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft .NET, IDE, programmer, developer, development tool, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., vice president, Microsoft Windows, open source, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Server growth beats analyst forecast

November 26, 2003 The server market grew faster than expected in the third quarter, logging a 2 percent increase, to $10.8 billion, on sales of lower-end systems, researcher IDC says. TAGS: Unix server, server market, Unix, RISC, Sun Microsystems Inc., increase, server, Linux, HP, IBM Corp., vice president, open source, operating system

Andreessen: PHP succeeding where Java isn't

October 20, 2005 Netscape pioneer Marc Andreessen says the scripting language is better, simpler, and has a brighter future than Java. TAGS: PHP, Marc Andreessen, Java, Java server, programming tool, executive director, scripting language, IBM Corp., programmer, C++ programming language, Oracle Corp., vice president, open source, conference, server
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