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  • Sun begins open-source Solaris era

    Sun Microsystems has released Solaris as open-source software, a move that's central to the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend off rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft.

  • Oracle wanted to own Novell

    Outspoken chief executive officer Larry Ellison believes the company needs its own operating system to match the competition, and has admitted he considered buying Suse Linux owner, Novell.

  • Novell delivers security shield for Linux computers

    Novell plans to release software on Tuesday in the United States that is designed to make it harder for new attacks to compromise existing Linux-based computers.

  • Red Hat's Fedora 5 boosts desktop features

    Red Hat released its Fedora Core 5 version of Linux on Monday, giving enthusiasts new graphics and virtualisation abilities, as well as some desktop utilities based on a software framework from Microsoft.

  • Open source company prepares MS competition complaint

    An open source software company wants Australia's competition watchdog to force hardware vendors to offer PCs without a Microsoft OS pre-installed and force changes to a public education procurement process it claims is biased towards Redmond.

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  • Microsoft's answer to Linux

    Despite threat of Linux and open source, software powerhouse's Server and Tools division brings home double-digital revenue growth -- again.

  • Linux licence overhaul -- don't hold your breath

    General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.

  • Sun floats open-source database idea

    Sun Microsystems has raised the possibility that it might offer customers its own database, a move that could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates.

  • Sun's open-source gamble

    Company president Jonathan Schwartz has ordered an open-source makeover. Can it put Sun back on the right course after continuous periods of revenue decline?

  • Open source's next frontier

    Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.

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