Linus Torvalds and other open-source luminaries call a European patent proposal "deceptive, dangerous and democratically illegitimate." Also: Eye on the big ticket.
Linux creator Linus Torvalds voices opposition to a directive that would make software patentable in Europe.
November 23, 2004
Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
November 22, 2004 news.commentary The success of platforms like JBoss, Apache and Jonas could boost open-source integration products--if some key conditions are met.
November 22, 2004
The software maker posts a net profit for its fourth quarter; it had a loss during the same period last year.
November 19, 2004
Microsoft's chief says the open-source OS may not really be free, given the intellectual-property risks.
November 18, 2004
ActiveGrid lands multimillion-dollar funding for plan to use open-source tools and low-cost servers for Web applications.
November 18, 2004
In a move to counter Linux, the firm will provide legal protection from suits that target external developers of Solaris.
November 18, 2004
Four Linux companies start a global effort to homogenize one version of the open-source operating system.
November 17, 2004
The firm will pay some transition costs for companies that want to move from the NetWare OS onto servers running Windows.
November 16, 2004