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Article | 11/09/2009 Microsoft forms, funds new open-source foundation
Microsoft has cofounded and is providing the funding for a new foundation aimed at bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to...
Article | 11/09/2009 Facebook releases real-time Web server tech as open source
Facebook is releasing as open source a Web server technology because it wants to make it easier for developers to create applications that let users p...
Article | 31/08/2009 Open-source BI vendor Pentaho pushes migration deal
Add open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor Pentaho to the list of vendors rolling out financial incentives to lure customers during the global ...
Article | 26/08/2009 Windows 7 enabled netbooks for schools to include open source software
The 267,000 Windows 7 based netbooks that the NSW Government has started rolling out to high schools will come pre-installed with open source software...
Article | 27/08/2009 Goldman Sachs case; can open-source software be stolen?
Arrested last month for stealing cutting-edge trading software from his former employer, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., programmer Sergey Aleynikov offered...
Article | 27/08/2009 Free software group attacks Windows 7 'sins'
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Wednesday launched a campaign against Microsoft Corp.'s upcoming Windows 7 operating system, calling it "treache...
Article | 24/07/2009 Engineer: Microsoft violated GPL before Linux code release
Code that Microsoft released Monday for the Linux kernel under the General Public License version 2 (GPLv2) was in violation of that license before Mi...
Article | 23/07/2009 Intel official touts netbooks at open source conference
Intel's work promoting netbooks -- the downsized PCs that are gaining in mindshare -- was touted by a company official Wednesday, who stressed benefit...
Article | 22/07/2009 Microsoft makes second GPLv2 release in as many days
Microsoft has made its second release under the General Public License in two days with software for the open-source online learning system Moodle.
Article | 21/07/2009 Microsoft frees Linux drivers; other closed-source vendors to step up?
Microsoft Corp.'s move to release three of its drivers to Linux, however technically modest it may be, could put pressure on other closed-source vendo...
Article | 21/07/2009 Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel
In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.
Article | 16/07/2009 Symbian to start new developers program
The Symbian Foundation plans to launch a publishing platform later this year aimed at helping developers to get their programs into mobile application...
Article | 16/07/2009 Google Chrome OS to boost open source jobs market
Demand for IT professionals with strong Linux skills will surge as a result of Google's upcoming release of the Chrome operating system, according to ...
Article | 9/07/2009 JasperSoft pushes 'unlimited access' BI offer
Open-source BI (business intelligence) vendor JasperSoft said Tuesday it is offering an unlimited-use purchase option to customers worldwide.
Article | 8/07/2009 Google to launch open-source Chrome OS this year
Google is developing an open-source operating system targeted at Internet-centric computers such as netbooks and will release it later this year, the ...