The popularity of open-source software is attracting the unwanted attention of software miscreants and the encroachment of software giant Oracle on Red Hat's turf.
October 26, 2006
October 26, 2006 Second-round investment will fund continued technology development and expanded sales to corporate customers.
October 26, 2006
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October 24, 2006 Free, hobbyist version of Linux offers Xen virtualization features, including a graphical administration tool.
October 24, 2006 blog Redmond enlists John Lam, the software developer behind RubyCLR, open-source software for writing .Net applications.
October 24, 2006 Sun is "on plan" to make Java open source. Meanwhile, it looks to make OpenSolaris for specialized hardware devices.
October 23, 2006
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October 19, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products.
October 17, 2006
Veteran developer Alan Cox cautions that hackers are hard at work and that many projects are far from secure.
October 26, 2006
The candidate is the Community Development and Distribution License, used to govern Solaris, CEO says.
October 26, 2006 Second-round investment will fund continued technology development and expanded sales to corporate customers.
October 26, 2006
Announcement marks the first time a major computing company with Linux ties will compete directly with the Linux seller.
October 25, 2006
roundup Nipping at the heels of Microsoft's IE 7, the open-source browser update puts a premium on security.
October 24, 2006 Free, hobbyist version of Linux offers Xen virtualization features, including a graphical administration tool.
October 24, 2006 blog Redmond enlists John Lam, the software developer behind RubyCLR, open-source software for writing .Net applications.
October 24, 2006 Sun is "on plan" to make Java open source. Meanwhile, it looks to make OpenSolaris for specialized hardware devices.
October 23, 2006
The European Commission is committing big bucks to a consortium examining the quality of open-source code.
October 23, 2006
previous coverage
Oracle could benefit from offering its own Linux, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth.
October 21, 2006
The company is also working on 64-bit versions of Flash, although there is no set release date.
October 19, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products.
October 17, 2006