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Year in review: New players enliven open source

December 21, 2007 Yahoo, Google, Adobe, Sun Microsystems, and even Microsoft freshen up the open-source marketplace. TAGS: open source, open-source software, Firefox, Sun Microsystems Inc., Mozilla Corp., Red Hat Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Linux, Google Inc., programming, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web browser

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

Solaris gets open-source update

July 30, 2003 Sun Microsystems releases an update to its Unix-based operating system that includes, for the first time, the GNOME open-source graphical interface. TAGS: GNOME, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Unix, server software, operating system, Linux, Microsoft Corp., server

Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software

October 14, 2004 Java Desktop System version 2 sneaks onto the market only two months ahead of version 3's due date. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., desktop computer, desktop software, Linux, operating system, open source, Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Sun warms to open source for Solaris

June 2, 2004 The company continues its tilt toward the open-source world, as executives vow to open up the proprietary operating system. They stop short, however, when it comes to details. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, open standard, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Shanghai, J2EE, Java, Linux, desktop computer, Red Hat Inc., conference, software company, operating system, Microsoft Corp., server

Sun extends olive branch to Red Hat

September 12, 2005 Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Linux, x86 server, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott McNealy, Sun UltraSPARC, server, operating system, Unix, open source, AMD, HP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Open-source battlegrounds heat up

February 2, 2005 Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents. TAGS: software patent, Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris 10, open source, patent, Linux, security, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, Scott McNealy, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source software, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, open source, IBM Corp., CEO, pricing, programming, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

In Europe, Microsoft aims to mute open-source 'noise'

June 30, 2004 Exec pooh-poohs "emotional debate" and says defections to Linux are limited to just a few high-profile cases. TAGS: open source, Munich, Europe, Linux, Steve Ballmer, bank, noise, government, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., U.S., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft has OS patents; Linux has none

December 4, 2006 ActiveGrid's Peter Yared says the Microsoft-Novell deal creates competition and is ultimately good for customers. TAGS: patent, Novell Inc., open-source community, Linux kernel, open source, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Java Desktop support site launched

July 12, 2004 The site features how-to articles, user forums and software downloads designed to help newbies use Sun's low-cost operating system. TAGS: Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source software, open source, Java, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system, PC

Sun wrestles with open-source Java

July 2, 2004 An open-source approach could strengthen Sun's software. But Sun is moving cautiously. TAGS: Larry Lessig, Java, Mono, O'Reilly Media Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, James Gosling, open-source software, compatibility, software license, Microsoft .NET, Linux, IBM Corp., Unix, Microsoft Corp.

Red Hat's directory server set for release

June 1, 2005 Open-source version of program acquired from Netscape ups ante in rivalry with Microsoft, Novell and Sun. TAGS: directory server, Red Hat Inc., Netscape Communications Corp., Novell Inc., open source, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Sun to open source code for office software

July 17, 2000 The company will open the source code of its Star Office software Wednesday, but a major new version of the product has been delayed. TAGS: Applix Inc., StarOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, GPL, license, Linux, source code, Microsoft Office, acquisition, handheld, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Sun Solaris, Scott McNealy, intellectual property, SCO Group Inc., Linux, patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, open-source software, Java, operating system, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Sun brings StarOffice into desktop Solaris orbit

February 4, 2004 The company's productivity software, a competitor to Microsoft's Office, debuts on Sun's desktop version of Unix. TAGS: StarOffice, Sun Solaris, Sun Java Desktop System, Sun Microsystems Inc., desktop computer, Unix, Microsoft Office, operating system, open source, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Intel, PC

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., Linux, standards, vice president, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Sun begins open-source Solaris era

June 14, 2005 Company posts more than 5 million lines of source code for the operating system's heart in an effort to regain lost ground. TAGS: OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open-source programmer, Linux, programmer, Red Hat Inc., open source, IBM Corp., Unix, firewall, developer, operating system, Intel, server, Microsoft Corp.

Sun plans July release for StarOffice 8

May 2, 2005 The company touts the software's "dramatically improved" compatibility with Microsoft Office, its chief competitor. TAGS: StarOffice, OpenOffice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, compatibility, Excel spreadsheet, Microsoft Office, open source, spreadsheet, Linux, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Getting on the Linux wavelength

January 2, 2007 roundup A developer takes steps to get the OS running on the Zune; meanwhile, long-term support for Fedora Linux winds down. TAGS: Fedora Project, Linux, open source, Microsoft Zune, Sun Microsystems Inc., blog, operating system, server, Microsoft Corp.