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The Open-Source Challenge

In August 1991, a 21-year-old student posted a newsgroup message introducing a "free operating system" that he described as "just a hobby, wont be...

Group to Divide Linux Standards Base

BURLINGAME, Calif.—The Free Standards Group has decided to move away from a single, core LSB (Linux Standards Base) specification, and is instead going to...

Black Duck Lawyer: Due Diligence Can Help Avoid IP Disputes

BURLINGAME, Calif.—As the issue of intellectual property and patent enforcement continues to gain traction in both the open-source and proprietary software industries, lawyers from...

Is Open Source Ready for Prime Time?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The emergence of stacks of open-source infrastructure software will spawn new opportunities for companies to enter and succeed in the open-source space, according...

Former Execs Sue SCO Parent Canopy

According to a report in The Salt Lake Tribune, recently ousted executives of The Canopy Group Inc. are suing Canopy, the parent company of...

Short Leash Fits Microsoft

For many years Ive been saying the only way to deal with antitrust in the technology business is to get out in front of...

PUBPAT Questions Suns Open-Source Patent Policies

The Public Patent Foundation is questioning how Sun Microsystems Inc. is granting the open-source software community rights to more than 1,600 of its patents. PUBPATs...

Enterprises Warming Up to Firebird Open-Source Database

Firebird—an open-source relational database known for sizzling transaction performance—is surging in popularity in the enterprise and heralds growing acceptance overall of open-source databases, according...

Aztec Eases Open-Source Migration

Aztec Software Inc., a development company that creates middleware for other software companies to brand as their own, will announce this week a new...

Adlink Releases SBC with Embedded Linux Support

Adlink has released an ETX form-factor single-board computer (SBC) that supports embedded Linux on Celeron and Pentium processors. Target markets for the ETX-IM333 include...