December 27, 2006
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To open-source or not to open-source was never in question as far as Steve Shreeve, founding CEO and largest shareholder of Medsphere Systems Corp., was concerned. So, this summer, Steve, self-proclaimed open-source software leader, and his twin-brother Scott, released the … Continue reading
December 21, 2006
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Jeremy Allison, a leading Samba developer and well-known open-source speaker, has decided to leave Novell Inc. because of his objections to the Microsoft/Novell patent agreement. In his public letter of resignation, Allison said, “This has been a very difficult decision, … Continue reading
November 20, 2006
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Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian today issued an “Open Letter to the Community from Novell,” in which he defends his company’s recent accord with Microsoft, and challenges recent statements made by Microsoft on the topic of Linux and patents. In the … Continue reading
November 17, 2006
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What a surprise! What a shock! Ballmer thinks Linux rips off Microsoft intellectual property. According to Eric Lai in Computerworld, Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with SUSE Linux distributor Novell because Linux “uses our intellectual property” … Continue reading
November 13, 2006
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First, Sun Microsystems Inc. wouldn’t do it. Then Sun teased us with it. Now, on Nov. 13, Sun will finally open-source its implementations of Java under the GNU GPLv2 (General Public License version 2). On Monday, Sun will release the … Continue reading
September 29, 2006
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Would you believe that two open-source powers are battling over the Firefox Fox logo? Well, believe it. Mozilla Corp. is insisting that when a Linux distributor includes its own variation of the popular web-browser, Firefox, with its operating system, it … Continue reading