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09/03/2010 08:56 AM

Beleaguered Novell Buoyed by VMware Linux Deal

Despite faltering financial results, Novell pushes on with partnerships such as that with VMware for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware. - Just when things were beginning to look pretty bleak for Novell, in comes a new partnership with an old friend to help the beleaguered company. In its latest financial results Novell reported net revenue of $199 million for its third fiscal quarter of 2010, which was down from net revenue of ...

08/17/2010 10:11 AM

Oracle Suit Against Android Threatens Open-Source Existence

News Analysis: Oracle's suit against Google over Android is only the first shot in a war to end open-source software in all of its forms. - There's no question that Oracle just hates the very idea of open-source software. The suit against Google over its use of Java in the open-source Android mobile operating system is really just part of a pattern. If you look at what's happened already, the pattern has become clear. Oracle ha...

08/16/2010 12:16 PM

Oracle Suit Against Google Android Part of Anti-Open Source Drive

News Analysis: Nothing less than Java's status as an open-source technology is at stake in an Oracle lawsuit against Google for the use of Java on the Android mobile OS platform. - Oracle has long held a unique position in Californias Silicon Valley. It is to some the most reviled company in the valley. The lawsuit against Google for its use of Java technology in its Android smartphone software is just the latest example of Oracle's determination to crush any company it be...

08/13/2010 10:08 AM

Highlights from Linuxcon 2010

This week in Boston, the Linux Foundation held the second annual Linuxcon, a gathering of the developers, administrators, users and executives that call Linux home. All told, the conference touched on nearly every corner of computing&#151an indication of how broadly Linux has spread. Check out these highlights from the conference. - ...

08/13/2010 07:35 AM

Oracle Sues Google over Java Use in Android

Oracle sues Google for patent and copyright infringement over Google's use of Java in its Android operating system. The suit could halt Android development on phones, tablets and other platforms. - Oracle Aug. 12 sued Google for patent and copyright infringement over Google's use of Java in its open-source Android operating system. Oracle, which purchased Sun Microsystems and renamed it Oracle America in January, accused Google of infringing seven Java patents and other copyrights. Sun ...

08/10/2010 03:39 PM

Linux Foundation Launches Open Compliance Program

The Linux Foundation announces the launch of its Open Compliance Program, which includes tools, training and a standard format for reporting software licensing information. - The Linux Foundation on Aug. 10 announced the launch of the Open Compliance Program, which it described as quot;a comprehensive initiative that includes tools, training, a standard format [in which] to report software licensing information, consulting and a self-assessment checklist that will h...

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