Software Patents and the Threat They Pose
The controversial issue of software patents reared its ugly head again last week when Bruce Perens cited them as one of the greatest threats to free and open-source software....
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 6:44 PM/EST
Wednesday, August 29, 2007 6:42 PM/EST
Microsoft to FSF: Our Position on GPLv3 Is Unchanged
Redmond has very little to say in response to the Free Software Foundation's comments about its obligations under GPLv3....
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 1:45 PM/EST
Is Microsoft Negotiating to Buy Yahoo?
Is Microsoft negotiating to buy Yahoo? How big a competitive threat is Google? What is the biggest threat to IT at this point?...
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 6:15 PM/EST
Microsoft Updates Windows Live Hotmail
Microsoft has made a minor update to Windows Live Hotmail, the first since it launched the new service on May 7....
Friday, August 10, 2007 6:25 PM/EST
Is Microsoft Windows Vista Culpable?
Will Microsoft handle the release of Windows "7," the next version of the operating system, slated for 2010, a lot better than it did with Windows Vista?...
Monday, August 06, 2007 9:33 PM/EST
Palm Foleo to Be Built on Wind River Linux
Palm is hoping that its upcoming Foleo mobile companion will help establish a new category of personal-computing products, especially given its 2.5 pound weight, small size and five-hour battery life....
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:47 PM/EST
Expect to see More—Well, a Little More—of Ray Ozzie
Microsoft's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie spoke at the annual Financial Analyst Meeting last week, and he gave his clearest, and most comprehensive, explanation of the company's services plus software strategy to date....
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 5:19 PM/EST
BMC Software and Its New Open-Source Projects
BMC Software has announced a new developer network, several open-source projects and its support of a single permissive license: the OSI-approved BSD license....
Wednesday, July 25, 2007 2:55 PM/EST
SugarCRM Embraces GPLv3
The next version of Sugar Community Edition will be licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3 when it is made available later this year....
Monday, July 16, 2007 2:04 AM/EST
Microsoft and Red Hat: Talking About Not Talking
We may now have an answer to the question of whether Red Hat and Microsoft are talking about intellectual property and patents—they aren't—but that issue is far from dead....
