How GPL fits in with the future of antitrust regulation
The "GPL and open-source have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws," declared the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently. That was in response to a federal complaint charging…
Myths And Realities Of Open Source
Continuing advancements in reliability and performance are elevating the role of open source in software development. Both users and developers are eager for the spread of cost-effective open…
IBM's Squashes SCO's Bogo "Spoliation" Claim
Hey, remember SCO?
I almost forgot myself. It's hard to focus on SCO when we're now into Son of SCO. Or is it Father? Anyway, there was a filing today, and it's important. SCO, as you'll…
Microsoft may lodge patent lawsuit test case: Linux specialist
After a week of saber rattling to seed the marketplace with FUD about the dangers of moving away from Microsoft to Linux, look for Microsoft to lodge a lawsuit against a medium sized user that's…
IBM WebSphere application server growing nearly three times faster than JBOSS
A new research report found that WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Community Edition -- IBM's (NYSE: IBM) open source application server software based on Apache Geronimo -- is gaining share…
KDE e.V. Quarterly Report 2006Q3 Now Available
The KDE e.V. Quarterly Report is now available for July to September 2006. Topics covered include the outcomes from the 2006 membership meeting, the status of the Technical Working Group's…
Microsoft-Novell Pact Is Already in Dispute
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…
German Lotto Company Plays it Safe with MySQL Cluster
Toto-Lotto Niedersachsen GmbH has standardized on MySQL® for all its appropriate future IT needs. The German lottery company based its selection on the success it has had using MySQL Cluster to…
Blizzard Unbans Linux World of Warcraft Players
World of Warcraft players using Cedega (the Linux-based Windows emulator) had their bans lifted after an investigation by Blizzard in cooperation with the Cedega development team revealed that the…
Open source databases '60 per cent cheaper'
Open source databases can save enterprises up to 60 per cent over proprietary products, according to data collected by Forrester Research.
Noel Yuhanna, a senior analyst at Forrester…