Sun's open-source chief rallies behind GPLv3

Sun's chief open-source officer has backed the third version of the General Public License.

On a company blog, Simon Phipps said that existing work towards GPLv3 had been "extraordinary and…

PostgreSQL 8.2 Released

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group is proud to announce the release of PostgreSQL 8.2, the world's most advanced open source database. View the release notes for more information.

Mandriva Linux, 3D on a flash drive

Mandriva today launches Mandriva Flash, the first Mandriva Linux Live USB key.

Bringing its long experience with Live CDs, Mandriva aims to offer the best performing live system. All you…

Novell earnings come up short

Novell posted disappointing quarterly results Tuesday due to weak sales of older products, and said it expected to take restructuring charges in 2007, driving its shares down over 8 percent.

Green Party slams Microsoft OLPC involvement

The UK's Green Party has accused Microsoft of "unacceptable bribery" in trying to run Windows on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.

"Open source tools are a way to let the global…

Zenoss to Exhibit at Large Installation Sys Admin Conference

Zenoss, Inc., a leading provider of open source enterprise network and systems monitoring software, will be exhibiting at the Large Installation Systems Administrators (LISA) Conference in…

MontaVista Software Secures $21 Million in Private Funding

MontaVista Software, Inc., today announced it has secured $21 million in funding led by Siemens Venture Capital. Also participating were NEC, Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, Aplix and others…

Open-source group seeks reversal of 'junk patent'

A legal centre is trying to overturn a patent it says threatens three open-source educational projects, a sign of the tension between patent holders and the collaborative programming community.…

OpenLogic Brings Together Open Source Community and Enterprise Users

OpenLogic, Inc., announced that the OpenLogic Expert Community has successfully resolved enterprise support issues for a range of open source products. The OpenLogic Expert Community is the first…

Linux grabs 75% of all open source investment

The Linux operating system is the recipient of 75% of all vendor investment in open source software, according to a new report from the Harvard Business School, which also indicates that vendor…