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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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Microsoft learns to live with open source
July 11, 2005
Though it still opposes open-source products and licensing, Microsoft is begrudgingly adopting similar practices to appeal to its corporate customers.
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Real to plug Windows media support into Linux
August 15, 2006
Will release open-source software that lets Windows video and audio format files play on a Linux computer.
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Munich fires up Linux at last
September 25, 2006
Local government launches the first phase of its open-source migration after a year's delay.
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French parliament dumping Windows for Linux
November 27, 2006
Study by technology services company convinces the National Assembly that the switch will be cost-effective.
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Rocky Mountain high for open source
February 24, 2006
The man behind Steamboat Springs' move to open source sees big gains for local governments.
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Canonical seeks profit from free Ubuntu
October 6, 2006
The South African startup is starting in earnest a push to make money off the free version of Ubuntu Linux.
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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.
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Novell's shift to open source makes slow progress
April 11, 2006
Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work.
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Microsoft, Xandros target mobile e-mail
August 17, 2007
The companies extend their partnership to help customers deploy Windows Mobile e-mail on open-source mail servers.
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Microsoft denies role in British Linux flop
November 24, 2006
City of Birmingham pulls plug on open-source desktop project, but Redmond says it didn't offer special Windows XP discounts.
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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.
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An open question on open source
June 13, 2007
Can Linus Torvalds and Sun's Jonathan Schwartz find common ground on Linux and OpenSolaris?
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IBM software geared to reduce PC costs
February 12, 2007
Big Blue's Open Client Offering spans Windows, Mac and Linux by combining Notes, Sametime, OpenOffice and Eclipse software.
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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?
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Cyberpeace--of sorts--in our time
November 7, 2006
newsmaker Steve Ballmer and Ron Hovsepian make an unlikely pair, and their pact has caught the tech industry by surprise.
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Is Microsoft playing well with others?
April 7, 2006
As it opens up to Linux and rival software, company faces deep skepticism over whether it's really changed its stripes.
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Sticking points in the new GPL
July 3, 2007
How far is too far when it comes to the freedom of software? Plus: Palm slipping, Windows sliding.
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Linux fans ready to burn rubber
May 24, 2007
The open-source operating system makes headway with Windows stalwart Dell and gets set for a high-speed plug this weekend.
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Palm touts stability of Linux-based Treos
April 11, 2007
CEO says Linux-based operating system is due to appear on Palm Treo handsets by the end of this year.
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