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Is SCO Down for the Count This Time?

At first glance, it appears that The SCO Groups case against IBM for Linux/Unix intellectual property right violations is all but over, after the...

Judge Says SCOs IBM Case Lacks Evidence

The SCO Groups small victory over IBM in its case concerning Linux/Unix intellectual property rights didnt last long. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Kimball on...

MontaVista Aims Embedded Linux at Mobile Phones

MontaVista Software will broaden its focus on the burgeoning mobile phone market, with the announcement Tuesday of a program to rally chipmakers, software providers,...

GlobusWorld Struggles with Growing Pains

BOSTON—"Talk about conflict of interest," said a GlobusWorld attendee, arching his eyebrows at laughing colleagues as he bent over his breakfast. In a nutshell, that...

SuSE Fixes Bugs, Defends New Update Policy

Novell Inc. released to its SuSE Linux line on Friday numerous fixes to bugs that could enable a number of types of attacks, including...

GlobusWorld Promises New Horizons in Grid

BOSTON—As the April launch of Globus Toolkit 4.0 fast approaches, GlobusWorld opened here on Tuesday with the promise of bringing open-source, standards-based grid computing...

Stacks to Facilitate Open-Source Growth

The emergence of stacks of open-source infrastructure software will spawn new opportunities to enter and succeed in open source, according to a panel of...

Sun Criticized for Limitations on Patent Release

A week after Sun Microsystems Inc. touted its release of some 1,600 Solaris software patents, the company is fielding criticism for limiting the use...

Sun CTO: New License Protects Developer Rights

Sun Microsystems chief technology officer Greg Papadopoulos on Monday added his voice to the chorus of Sun executives explaining their rationale for using the...

Microsoft May Open Code to Windows Forms

Microsoft officials are continuing to ponder what technologies the company should make more broadly available and how best to do so. And, in an interesting...