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LinuxWorld opens for business
August 9, 2007
Latest announcements at the open-source conference include Dell's decision to expand Linux PC sales to Europe, China.
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Ballmer: Raising Microsoft's security game
October 21, 2003
The CEO defends Microsoft's efforts to protect its software against attacks and says open-source rivals can't match the software giant on security.
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Red Hat: Microsoft still 'aggressive as hell'
June 1, 2006
CEO Matthew Szulik talks about staying relevant in a world where the operating system isn't the talking point it once was.
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'Customers are not afraid of Microsoft'
December 14, 2006
newsmaker Red Hat executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle.
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Microsoft makes Linux pact with Novell
November 2, 2006
Former software foes pledge to work together to help Windows world and Linux world interoperate. Video: Ballmer outlines Novell dealPhoto: Shaking hands on Linux
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Red Hat: Customers are not afraid of Microsoft
December 13, 2006
Executive sees opportunities despite recent challenges to its position from Microsoft and Oracle.
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Sun CEO: Open source is our friend
February 11, 2004
Sun Microsystems may have been the last major server maker to embrace Linux, but CEO Scott McNealy argues that his company will benefit more from it than competitors.
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McNealy touts 'excitement' of backup tape
June 9, 2005
Sun CEO defends StorageTek acquisition and adds open source to his usual hit list of Microsoft and IBM.
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This week in Linux news
November 19, 2004
Sun to provide legal protection from patent-infringement suits to those using, developing open-source Solaris--a move to counter Linux.
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Saving Linux from the lawyers
November 21, 2005
CEO Stuart Cohen talks about OSDL's efforts to head off patent claims against the community-developed operating system.
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Taking stock at JBoss
September 29, 2005
CEO Marc Fleury contends that open source has changed the software business forever. And a deal with Microsoft helps prove it.
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Caldera CEO mulls unified Unix/Linux
August 17, 2001
Ransom Love, chief executive of Caldera International, discusses the future of the open-source movement and his vision of a unified Unix/Linux platform.
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Novell: Microsoft 'sucked $60 billion' out of IT
September 13, 2004
CEO Jack Messman tells conference crowd that Microsoft's license fees have hobbled the IT industry.
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Open-source CRM firm offers subscription service
September 7, 2004
Start-up SugarCRM sets out to shake up the business applications market with a free program and low-cost support.
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At LinuxWorld: Corporate Linux at no charge
August 5, 2004
special coverage Open-source advocate Bruce Perens wants to cut support costs. Also: Thin-client makers embrace the penguin.
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Sending the penguins out with a hot foot
October 27, 2006
perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Larry Ellison's open-source move is part of a bigger transformation at Oracle.
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Wind River's Linux transformation
April 6, 2005
It's been a slow, hesitant embrace but now open source is top-of-mind for CEO Ken Klein.
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XenSource's first product due next week
August 17, 2006
Start-up's XenSource Enterprise is designed to put a pretty face on open-source virtualization.
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Novell tunes in open-source server software
February 15, 2005
"Hula" is meant to compete not only with Microsoft's Exchange and IBM's Domino, but also with Novell's own GroupWise
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Novell reinvents itself around Linux
November 4, 2003
By purchasing SuSE Linux, Novell shows that it's serious about breaking from its NetWare roots and riding the Linux wave.
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