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Lindows Wins a Big One in Windows Trademark Suit

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday denied Microsofts appeal that the term "windows" be considered only as it is understood by...

CA Moves with New Open-Source Licensing for Content, Database Projects

Computer Associates International Inc. will use its annual CA World user conference in Las Vegas on Monday to make a slew of open-source announcements,...

Solaris on Intel: Here We Go Again

Back when we built computers with stone knives and bear skins—OK, 1993—I reviewed the first version of Solaris for Intel for PC Magazine. I...

Linux Users Detail Their Red Hat Gripes

After writing my column on why Linux users hate Red Hat, I got numerous articulate letters on the topic. It turns out there are many...

Tannenbaum on Who Wrote Linux

The history of UNIX and its various children and grandchildren has been in the news recently as a result of a book from the...

BEAs Project Beehive to Open-Source Workshop Framework

When Cornelius Willis joined BEA Systems from Microsoft, his first move was to start figuring out how to open-source some of BEAs key developer...

Novell Continues to Buy Open Source

Is Novell committed to open source? That was the headline of a column I wrote a few months ago in which I argued that...

Automating Compliance

/zimages/3/74576.jpgNo one would confuse Crown Media Holdings Inc. with media giants like Time Warner Inc. and Viacom Inc. With only $208 million in 2003...

Think Tank Claims Torvalds Didnt Write Linux

Linux wasnt written by Linus Torvalds, according to the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a Washington, D.C.-based foundation.Instead, Kenneth Brown, president of AdTI, claims that...

Black Duck Code Services Take Flight

Black Duck Software, an information services company offering IP risk management and mitigation solutions, on Monday announced the immediate commercial availability of its first...