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Open Source Initiative Changes Leaders

The Open Source Initiative announced Tuesday that it is replacing its longtime president, Eric S. Raymond, and other officers.The moves are part of the...

Bandwidth Is Still Not Free

Today marks the entry deadline—really, we mean it—for eWEEKs Fifth Annual Excellence Awards. Full information is available at www.excellenceawardsonline.com.As we prepare for the annual...

Can Microsoft Take a Page from Open Source?

While Microsoft Corp. will not actually deliver any new bits at the VSLive Conference in San Francisco next week, the company will share the...

The Importance of Microsoft Being Transparent

At next weeks VSLive conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Corp. will be announcing the status of such tools as Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2,...

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...

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...

Google Launches API for Online Ads

Google Inc. on Thursday launched a program that gives developers greater access to its search-based advertising system. Google, of Mountain View, Calif., introduced a beta...

Analysts: Suns Open Solaris Plans Face Problems

On Tuesday, Sun Microsystems Inc. will announce that it will be using its newly minted Common Development and Distribution License open-source license for its...

IBM Refreshes Notes, Domino, Workplace

IBM on Monday announced a host of new products from its Lotus Software division at the annual Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla. Chief among the...

Slew of Fears Slows Open-Source Uptake

The biggest question facing open-source developers is, after Linux, what can be done to spur efforts toward complete open-source software stacks? After researching open-source use...