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TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Oct 9, 2007 @ 2:19pm neoform

www.vnunet.com -- Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has warned users of Red Hat Linux that they will have to pay Microsoft for its intellectual property. "People who use Red Hat, at least with respect to our intellectual property, in a sense have an obligation to.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Feb 20, 2007 @ 11:57pm neoform

CNET -- Steve Ballmer has reissued Microsoft's patent threat against Linux, warning open-source vendors that they must respect his company's intellectual property. In a no-nonsense presentation to New York financial analysts last Thursday, Microsoft's chief ex.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Nov 22, 2006 @ 8:31am neoform

New York Times -- Less than three weeks after they reached an accord hailed as proof that rival software companies could work together, the chief executives of Novell and Microsoft are engaged in an unusual public dispute... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Tue Nov 21, 2006 @ 3:21pm mrmdc

The Register -- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said that every user of the open source Linux system could owe his company money for using its intellectual property. The statement will confirm the worst fears of the open source community... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sat Nov 18, 2006 @ 11:35pm neoform

Macworld -- In comments confirming the open-source community’s suspicions, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday declared his belief that the Linux operating system infringes on Microsoft’s intellectual property... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Nov 16, 2006 @ 10:22pm neoform

Computer World -- In comments confirming the open-source community's suspicions, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday declared his belief that the Linux operating system infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Nov 8, 2006 @ 8:19am neoform

Yahoo News -- Software maker Novell Corp. (Nasdaq:NOVL - news) said on Tuesday Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) will make two separate up-front payments totaling $348 million to the company under an agreement to allow Novell's open-source.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sat Aug 25, 2007 @ 10:50am neoform

The Register -- Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software. A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome de.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:34am neoform

BusinessWeek -- For the open-source operating system's next version, due in October, software developers begin work on porting it to Internet-enabled tablet PCs The Ubuntu flavour of Linux could soon be coming to a mobile device near you as developers of the open sour.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Apr 12, 2007 @ 4:03pm neoform

BusinessWeek -- The new platform, due before year end, will run the company's present operating system on top of a Linux kernel for more functionality Palm made headlines not long ago for its adoption of the Windows Mobile operating system. Now the handset maker's CEO.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 12:23am neoform

Yahoo News -- The people have spoken to Dell, and they have said "Linux." The personal computer giant announced Wednesday on its Web site that it would begin offering Linux on select desktops and laptops. Dell already provides the open-source OS for servers and its.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Mar 29, 2007 @ 7:29pm neoform

BBC News -- Computer giant Dell will start to sell PCs preinstalled with open source Linux operating systems, the firm has said. The second largest computer maker in the world said it had chosen to offer Linux in response to customer demand. Earlier this year,.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Wed Mar 7, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

CNN -- Dell is considering offering the Linux operating system as an alternative to Microsoft's Windows on its personal computers, a Dell spokesman said on Tuesday. The PC maker said it received more than 100,000 customer requests for Linux in a "suggestion b.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Thu Feb 8, 2007 @ 9:52am neoform

Wired -- The One Laptop Per Child project, which proposes to give every child in the developing world a computer of his own, dazzled fans with the unveiling of its little green "$100 laptop" in November 2005. Now it's impressing hard-bitten security geeks with.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Mon Nov 27, 2006 @ 1:40pm mrmdc

CNET -- France's gendarmes and Ministry of Culture and Communication have done it, and now members of the country's parliarment are about to switch to open source... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Sat Nov 11, 2006 @ 2:05am neoform

ZDNET -- A new IBM-sponsored study on Linux sent me by Joe McKendrick, our SOA expert, goes a long way toward explaining the big Oracle and Microsoft moves regarding Linux... Read More

TECHNOLOGY / OPINION Sun Nov 5, 2006 @ 6:00pm neoform

Forbes -- My first reaction when I got an e-mail from Microsoft about a big announcement involving Chief Executive Steve Ballmer this afternoon was that Vista was going to be shipping early. Rumors have been flying that the new and much-delayed version of the Windo.. Read More

TECHNOLOGY / NEWS Sat Nov 4, 2006 @ 9:34am neoform

SF Gate -- Microsoft Corp. surprised the tech world Thursday, unveiling a plan to make Windows compatible with a version of the Linux operating system, a major rival of the technology giant's software... Read More