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Making open source attractive to businesses

April 22, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

The Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a non-profit consortium dedicated to increasing businesses' use of open-source software, has developed an interoperability roadmap and announced its first major... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Sun not thrilled with Novell, Microsoft pact

November 16, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
Yesterday's news focusing on the unique partnership between Microsoft and Novell noted that not everyone is happy with the collaboration. Now... Read more...

Novell-Microsoft pact under fire

November 15, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

It was a landmark moment in IT history when Novell and Microsoft shook hands on a collaborative effort to... Read more...

Redmond invites Mozilla into the Vista fold

August 22, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Taking a very public approach, Microsoft's internal open source development squad is extending an invitation to Mozilla to bring its browser application, Firefox and its email program,... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: What "free" really means in open source speak

August 20, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The debate over what's free, what shouldn't be free and how open source technology should be shared is a topic that's getting hotter by the minute, as various experts and noted techies are taking... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Red Hat aims to meet developers new needs

June 1, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
Red Hat chief Matthew Szulik says his company is focused on meeting the needs of open source developers who want a new and different set of technologies and tools based on the open source model. To... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Another punch thrown in Linux vs. Windows

February 13, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
A new report claims that total-cost-ownership (TCO) is better with Linux than with Windows, likely re-flaring the continuous debate between the world's most popular operating system and the... Read more...