Topic - open source

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VMware Snags SpringSource for $420M

Virtualization software maker picks up developer of software tools used to program in Java. For VCs, the SpringSource deal marks a hefty return on the roughly $46 million pumped into the 5-year-old startup.
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G1 on Android Kicks Off Google-Apple OS War

Apple's attack on the mobile market may have met its fiercest rival yet in Google's open-source operating system Android and the legions of phones to come.
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Microsoft Vows More Open Windows, Office

EU regulators say they've heard this tune before; No. 1 software company says initiative will promote data portability, open-source links.
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Sun Snares Open-Source Firm for $1B

Company gambles that acquisition of MySQL, an open-source database company used by Google, Southwest Airlines and Facebook, will reignite growth.
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Computers, Media, Internet

Yahoo: Open-Source Distributed Computing

The search player plans to launch an open-source program for developing software for distributed computing, with Carnegie Mellon University as its first academic partner in the venture.
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Computers, Communications, Internet

Microsoft Endgame

The European Union court's ruling against Microsoft could signal the beginning of the end for Redmond's dominance over the PC software industry.
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General news

CollabNet Bonds Linux Vendors

CTO Brian Behlendorf talks about collaboration as his company finds allies in changing market.
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Computers

Open-Source Groups Merge

Two major Linux groups vying for wider adoption come together.
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Finance

PostPath Scores $15M

Linux alternative to Microsoft’s Exchange wins third round of funding.
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Computers

Linux in the City of Canals

Liberal Amsterdam experiments with open source operating system.
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Finance

Open-Source Predictions for 2007

Free software advocates are predicting big things for open source in the coming year.
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Computers

Open-Source Guru Goes to Google

Jeremy Allison leaves Novell in protest, saying the Microsoft deal made them industry pariahs.
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Finance

Linux: Red Hat's Hat Trick

The Linux distributor's shares jump after posting strong results amidst fresh competition from Oracle, Microsoft, and Novell. 
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General news

JanRain Man

Scott Kveton is taking open source places.
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Finance

MontaVista Scores Extra $21M

Company drives trend toward embedded devices running Linux.
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Computers

Novell Sales Miss; Shares Sink

Open-source software maker posts a profit on lower sales. Shares slip lower.
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Computers

OpenOffice Meets Office 2007

Novell works with Microsoft to bring interoperability between OpenOffice.org and Office 2007.
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Computers

Linux Faithful: Vista No Threat

Pricing, availability, and technical issues will dog Vista.
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Computers

Redmond, Novell on Rocky Ground

Disagreements on certain issues could create friction, but not enough to end relationship.
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Internet

Why Sun Picked GPL for Java

Experts discuss reasons why the General Public License makes more sense for Java.
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