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Several weeks ago, desktop Linux distributor Linspire announced that it was going to open up CNR (Click N Run), its Web-based software downloader/manager, to other distributions. Now, the company is […]

Sun Microsystems on Friday will unveil more of its plans for OpenSolaris, the open-source project for the Solaris operating system. But at this point, it's more of a plan to […]

Sun Microsystems is moving into new territory and challenging Microsoft's desktop dominance with a strategy that introduces a supported bundle of open source software, writes Eric Doyle. The full package […]

Red flags pop up when four linux distributors form the UnitedLinux group without the most widely used version of the operating system: Red Hat Linux. Is Linux condemned to go […]

As database sales slow, Oracle adds functionality to bolster its place in the market, writes Nick Langley What is it? Number five in the SSP/Computer Weekly survey of the most […]

IBM THIS WEEK will attempt to boost the fortunes of its Eclipse open- source environment by announcing tools that allow developers to create applications and plug-ins for WebSphere, DB2, CrossWorlds, […]

AS THE NEW executive vice president of Sun's software efforts, Jonathan Schwartz arguably has the toughest job in the industry. No matter where you look, the company is under assault […]

Momentum is building in the Lotus Domino developer community for a new, open-source initiative to create an alternative Java application development environment for the forthcoming Domino 6. The move follows […]

SAP had to move quickly last week to rebut reports that its plans to embrace Java meant it had rejected Microsoft's .net architecture as an option for its users, writes […]

The Eazel Effect Open-source advocates suffered a setback in May when Ximian competitor and GNOME developer Eazel Inc. went belly up. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company had burned through $11 […]

On2 Technologies has released its video codec as open source. See […]

LINUX IS HERE now and forever. Anyone who takes even a cursory look around the IT departments at any large company will find some representation of the open-source operating system. […]

ONCE IN A while, I'm asked how I feel about open-source security tools. After making the usual weak joke about bandages being the best thing for open sores, I give […]

Sun and Hewlett-Packard Monday are expected to announce separately that they will make projects under development at the companies available to developers under the open source model, adding further support […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. - Sun is rolling out a critical customer service application on an operating system that's almost completely untried for handheld devices - Linux. Why Linux? Sun says […]

'The [General Public License] poses a threat to the intellectual property of any organization making use of it.' - Craig Mundie, Microsoft vice president By now you're probably aware of […]

* Sun has released elements of Jxta (pronounced 'juxta'), its peer-to-peer research project, under an Apache-like open source Licence. Full details and download from […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. is spearheading an open-source initiative to develop peer-to-peer protocols, giving a welcome boost to a new technology that promises to harness idle computing power, better utilize bandwidth […]

Sun Microsystems last week took the wraps off JXTA, an open-source project that will provide a framework for building peer-to-peer applications. Sun's venture into peer-to-peer networks began last summer as […]

If you want to tell the difference between a principle and a platitude, invert a statement and see if the result sounds absurd. If no one could possibly support the […]

Linux does the heavy lifting, as open-source rolls into selected glasshouses. IBM BUSINESS PARTNERS ARE pushing a lot of big iron these days, and they may get an added boost [...]

How IBM learned to quit worrying and love open-source software. JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO, NICK Donofrio, senior vice president for technology at IBM, received a surprise phone call from […]

When historians look back on the current expansion phase of the Internet, they will identify one of its key drivers as the ascendancy of the software developer into the driver's […]

IBM's OPEN SOURCE STRATEGY IS SOMETHING TO WATCH. At the CollabDev seminar series recently held by the Brainstorm Group at the New York Hilton, Lonne Jaffe, e-business technologies marketing manager […]

HOPING TO ACCELERATE the development of Linux applications for corporate users, New York-based Prolifics, formerly Jyacc, last week made the source code for its Panther Open-Source Software for Linux (POSSL) […]

Worldwide Computer Products News-15 September 2000-Intel offers computer vision software for Linux (C)1995-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Intel Corp has released the first Linux version of its Open Source Computer […]

Recently I traveled to Las Vegas to make a presentation to a Foodservice Technology Conference, and discovered that my carefully crafted one hour PowerPoint presentation was corrupted. Fortunately, I had […]

IBM last week announced that it will release the source code to its Andrew File System (AFS). The technology could help Linux gain enterprise acceptance. AFS is similar to the […]

PC makers have been queuing up to throw their weight behind Linux at this year's Linux World Conference and Expo in San Jose. Michael Dell, chief executive of Dell Computer, […]

Ex-Novell Execs Plan Open-Source NetWare A company led by former Novell Inc. executives said last week that it plans to build an open-source operating system that will be compatible with […]

AS PART OF its crusade to marginalize operating systems such as Windows, IBM is leaning toward giving the Standard Edition of its WebSphere application server to the open-source community. As […]

Microsoft's.net strategy reaches out to the developers being wooed by open source The launch of Microsoft's .net strategy was full of airy promises that it would be an integral part […]

NEW LINUX DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS ARE ON THE WAY. You know your Linux desktop doesn't look its best when not one but two companies form around the idea of making it […]

Open-source security will gain new favor in the enterprise this week as Intel Corp.'s Intel Architecture Labs opens the source code for its CDSA security software. The Hillsboro, Ore., division […]

IBM is refocusing its internet software efforts around Linux, a move it hopes will legitimize the open-source movement for large corporations while reviving its own flagging enterprise server business. The […]

The leading proponents of two of the hottest emerging technologies in IT -- Java and Linux -- will link arms this week. At the Java Developers Conference in San Jose, […]

Sun Microsystems has decided to make the source code of its Solaris operating system freely available to developers. But the move, which is being seen as a way for Sun […]

SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Intel Chairman Andy Grove today made a surprise appearance at the LinuxWorld Conference and Exposition, announcing that the kernel of a version of Linux for Intel's […]

Dumping Edipse into the open-source community was a smart move for IBM and a windfall for embedded developers. This open-source project (www.eclipse.org) is more than just a Java IDE. Its […]

LINUX CONTINUES TO push its way into the product lines of mainstream vendors. Following the announcement of Linux-only IBM mainframes and minicomputers (PC Magazine, April 2002), Sun Microsystems is the […]

SOFTWARE: Open-source programming created a revolution in operating systems, making Linux a popular alternative to Microsoft's Windows. The idea -- to make software source code open for modification by anyone […]

Okino Computer Graphics (Toronto) is making the VRML2 import converter for its PolyTrans 3D data translation product and NuGraf Rendering System software available on an open basis. The company, noting […]

Asked to comment on Project Mono, the open source effort to create a development system compatible with Microsoft's proposed .Net platform, Michael Tiemann, chief technical officer of Red Hat and […]

IBM has announced it will invest $1 bn in the open-source operating system Linux over the course of the year. Big Blue will also spend an additional $4bn over the […]