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Mozilla Taps New CEO —
Jan. 08, 2008 —
First Red Hat turned to Delta for its new CEO. Now Mozilla has appointed John Lilly its new CEO. While Lilly has some time in at Mozilla, most of his past has been spent in proprietary software companies. ...
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OpenVZ to release pre-made Ubuntu VMs —
Jan. 04, 2008 —
OpenVZ Project, the open-source community branch of SWsoft, the virtualization company behind Parallels and Virtuozzo, will release on Jan. 8 pre-made Ubuntu 7.10 server and desktop virtual machines. ...
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After SCO dies —
Jan. 04, 2008 —
It's going to happen. Some time in 2008, SCO will finally stop thrashing on the floor and die. Will it be Novell draining it dry of its last financial resources in the U.S. District Court in Utah? ...
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A more open Microsoft —
Jan. 03, 2008 —
Opinion -- You might have missed the news just before the holidays that Microsoft has become slightly more open with respect to its networking protocols. Late last year, they announced a way for third parties to license their core file sharing protocols through an independent organization called the Protocol Freedom ...
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xTuple Network aims to ease open-source ERP concerns —
Jan. 02, 2008 —
Open-source ERP software developer xTuple on Nov. 3 will launch a new three-tiered network service, the xTuple Network. Dubbed XTN for short, the network is essentially a suite of managed services designed to help users better maintain and upgrade their xTuple enterprise resource planning applications. ...
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Debian 4.0 gets security update —
Jan. 02, 2008 —
No operating system, no not even Linux, is ever completely secure. So it is that the Debian Project released on Dec. 27 its second update to Debian 4.0, Etch, with an eye to improved security. ...
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Glub, glub: SCO drops off the Nasdaq —
Dec. 28, 2007 —
In the almost five years since SCO launched its attack on Linux and IBM, open-source and legal experts have predicted that SCO would fail and the company would collapse with its lawsuits. That day is one day closer at hand. ...
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Will patent battles end free Linux? —
Dec. 24, 2007 —
Is the open-source community stealing ideas from commercial vendors? IP Innovations seems to think so; the patent-holding company recently filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against Linux distributors Red Hat and Novell, claiming that Linux uses ideas originally developed at the Xerox PARC laboratory. ...
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Samba gains legal access to Microsoft network file protocols —
Dec. 21, 2007 —
On Dec. 20, the Samba Group and the Software Freedom Law Center announced a deal with Microsoft that places all of Microsoft's network protocols needed for programs to work with Windows Server into the hands of the newly formed Protocol Freedom Information Foundation. ...
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SpringSource release train chugs along —
Dec. 21, 2007 —
With Christmas right around the corner, SpringSource is planning to give its users a shiny new train. It may not arrive in time for the holiday, but it won't be far behind. ...
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Red Hat has a great quarter; CEO leaves —
Dec. 21, 2007 —
Red Hat announced outstanding financial results for its third fiscal quarter, which ended Nov. 30. How outstanding? The Linux company's revenue for the quarter jumped to $135.4 million. ...
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Family crisis forces Red Hat CEO to resign —
Dec. 20, 2007 —
In a move that caught even Red Hat senior staffers by surprise, the Linux company announced on Dec. 20 that long-time president and CEO Matthew Szulik is resigning. ...
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Another day, another GPL win —
Dec. 19, 2007 —
During the last several months, the Software Freedom Law Center has gone on the warpath to defend the GPL. ...
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Linux Foundation to co-host conference in Beijing —
Dec. 18, 2007 —
The Linux Foundation announced it will co-host a conference in Beijing, China, this winter. Set for Feb. 19-20, the Chinese OSS Promotion Union's "Linux Developer Symposium" includes an embedded and mobile Linux track, and presentations from kernel developers Matt Mackall, Jonathan Corbet and Andrew Morton. ...
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Linux Networking Cookbook: Tasty Linux recipes —
Dec. 18, 2007 —
Even before I picked up Unix, I worked on networks. While networking has gotten simpler, it's almost all TCP/IP now instead of Arcnet, Token-Ring and a half dozen dusty wiring and protocol schemes. ...
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MySQL releases database connector beta —
Dec. 14, 2007 —
MySQL AB has released a beta of the latest version of its MySQL Connector/ODBC that features performance enhancements and Unicode support. ...
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SpringSource announces Spring integration —
Dec. 14, 2007 —
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--SpringSource, the maker of the Spring Framework, is introducing a new technology offering, Spring Integration, at its annual user conference here. ...
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Canonical releases Version 1.0 of 'Bazaar' version control tool —
Dec. 13, 2007 —
Open-source projects often face the problem of keeping track of a project's code, while avoiding stifling developers' creativity. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, claims it has a solution to that problem: Bazaar 1.0, its new version control system. Unlike most VCSs (version control systems), Bazaar is a ...
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