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- Microsoft's Ballmer calls out Red Hat with more patent threats
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is back on the "Linux violates our patents" kick. But this time, he's calling out Red Hat, specifically, for allegedly infringing on Microsoft IP. At the UK launch of Microsoft's Startup Accelerator Programme last week, Ballmer said it's only a matter of time...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- GPLv3 Myth #4: GPLv3 undercuts the Microsoft/Novell deal
- GPLv3 Myth #4: GPLv3 undercuts the Microsoft/Novell dealSo GPLv3 does undercut the Microsoft/Novell deal.Or close enough.GPLv3 attempts to prevent similar future agreements. And may create a legal hazard for Microsoft and thus Novell based on interpretations of various legal documents.Makes the grandfathering of Microsoft/Novell approximately moot, no?!How much you...
- Tags: developer, GPLv3, GPL-3, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp., litigation
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Open- and Closed-Source Services Convergence
- Open- and Closed-Source Services ConvergenceFixed price and modular and limited"While I agree with Roberto that fixed-price services are the right model, it's not specifically an open source issue."When a consulting firm uses proprietary software, its own homebrewed CMS for instance, sometimes they use it to lock the client into continued...
- Tags: Outsourcing, open source, content management system, Fixed Price
- Discussion threads 2007-07-31
- Survey says: Microsoft's patent might worries few, angers many more
- Survey says: Microsoft's patent might worries few, angers many moreGeez, DanaCouldn't you let it cool down for a bit? [1] As it is, the frothing-at-the-mouth set are going to be back demanding [u]your[/u] retirement and making nasty comments about [u]your[/u] mother instead of going all potty-mouthed on Mary...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, survey, Microsoft Corp., patent
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- Microsoft Windows and Office violate 532 patents?
- Microsoft Windows and Office violate 532 patents?SantayanaThis really is SCOX part deaux, isn't it?If I recall the script, though, the next act after everyone says that "there's nothing to worry about because [b]nobody[/b] would be stupid enough to actually sue" is that the Management pulls out a phone book and...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., window, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
- Microsoft: If we're violating IP, 'we'll take a license'
- On May 13, Microsoft finally put a number behind its previous claims that open-source software violated Microsoft patents. In an article published in Fortune Magazine, Microsoft IP lawyers claimed that free and open-source software FOSS violates 235 Microsoft patents. Now, courtesy of the same Microsoft public-relations representative who provided us...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Legal, Linux, Novell
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- Wal-Mart eyes Microsoft for Web build-out
- Wal-Mart eyes Microsoft for Web build-outRight"Wal-Mart, currently a Red Hat Linux customer, intends to use Windows Server and Suse Linux Enterprise Server in the expansion, she said."So Walmart is switching from RHEL to SLES - nice to have choices.Given SLES doesn't integrate any better with MS servers than RHEL I...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Web, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-22
- MySQL shies away from GPLv3, free version
- Peter Zaitsev reported recently that new versions of MySQL Community edition are no longer available for download from the MySQL Download Area. This provoked a storm of speculation that MySQL was abandoning its free software roots, talk of a fork, calls to abandon MySQL in favor of PostgreSQL, and other...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, GPLv3, MySQL
- Blog posts 2007-01-03
- Novell clarifies $40M payment to Microsoft as "peace of mind"
- Novell clarifies $40M payment to Microsoft as "peace of mind"Sounds about right.You might add that all the protests and promises to rewrite any piece of open source software that violates Microsoft IP feed the fire. If the possibility of IP violation creates that much response, it should be taken...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-22
- Novell clarifies $40M payment to Microsoft as "peace of mind"
- In a series of e-mail exchanges that started a couple of evenings ago with a notification from Novells press relations department about an open letter to the open source community from the companys CEO Ron Hovsepian, I asked Novell spokesperson Kevan Barney why, if as Novell has so vociferously claimed,...
- Tags: Novells $40, peace, Microsoft Corp., Linux, General, Open Source, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Legal, Berlind
- Blog posts 2006-11-22
- Attack code targets zero-day Mac OS flaw
- Attack code targets zero-day Mac OS flawNothing to be afraid of[i]A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X[/i]This is merely proof of concept code written by a researcher. There is no way a real "hacker" would ever take this PoC code and do...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, SECURITY, proof of concept, Apple Macintosh, flaw, Apple Safari, operating system, Mac Attack, Apple Mac OS
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- Novell and Microsoft enter into late night spitting match over $40M "IP payoff"
- Its getting ugly. Something has apparently gone terribly awry in the recent legal pact between Microsoft and Novell. No doubt, as it was signed, hands were being shaken and there was some agreement over the messaging that would go out once the agreement was made public. But now, the two...
- Tags: agreement, General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Legal, Berlind, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Microsoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pact
- Microsoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pactMicrosoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pactMicrosoft has to pay Novell just to keep them alive as competition. This has "rescue me" written all over it for Novell. Too funny.Looks like MS was desperate to sign a deal, this is all in...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux, SCO Group Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-07
- A peace prize for Novell and Microsoft?
- A peace prize for Novell and Microsoft?And I'm also surprised that...Hovsepian didn't catch him on that.Hmmm, sort of...How would you go about tracking down the thousands of contributors? Even Linus T. said that would be impossible in responce to the changing Linux the GPL 3 draft.Ballmer misunderstands the GPL[i]"An...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Balmer, GPL, Microsoft Corp., SuSE, Novell Inc., lawsuit, patent
- Discussion threads 2006-11-07
- Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasons
- Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasonsI agree with the risks for RedHat, but, killing RedHat does NOT help MS, itwould hurt them. A new RedHat with a different name would form out of the ashes of RedHat, with all infringing code removed...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Marbux, Microsoft Corp., Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-06
- Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasons
- According to a new FAQ on Red Hats Web site -- one thats primarily designed to spin the bilateral legal protection that Microsoft and Novell have assured to each other as a net positive for Red Hat -- the North Carolina-based distributor of open source software will now offer indemnification...
- Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Legal, indemnification
- Blog posts 2006-11-06
- Why IBM's patent suit against Amazon could be bad news for the entire Web
- Why IBM's patent suit against Amazon could be bad news for the entire WebI kind of wonder.Not that I really trust IBM but this does seem kind of out of character with their other behavior of late. Could this be IBM's way of trying to get the idea of...
- Tags: Patent Laws, Prognosticators, Web, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, IBM Corp., patent, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Does open source indemnification still matter?
- Does open source indemnification still matter?It's Probably Not a ProblemBut it's like insurance. You hope you don't need it, but it's nice if you do.Not reallyThe open nature of FLOSS material makes it effectively transparent. If you are worried, look at the code and determine if you are at...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, indemnification, OSS, patent
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Could more Eolas-like open source benefactors hurt Microsoft, others?
- Whenever Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz ends up talking about his company's open source strategy, the word "indemnified" invariably crops up. Schwartz, who is always on-message, never forgets to slip in a reminder that when Sun open sources something -- like Solaris -- that users of that open-sourced-something are using software...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mozilla Firefox, software, open source
- Blog posts 2006-05-30
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