Microsoft files for XML related patents
Tuesday the 27th, January 2004 at 06:54 AM (EST)
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Microsft filed patent applications in New Zealand and the European Union that cover word processing documents stored in the XML (Extensible Markup Language) format. This may affect other word processors like OpenOffice or WordPerfect.
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IBM-Linux vs Microsoft
Wednesday the 21st, January 2004 at 06:53 AM (EST)
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LinuxWorld Expo opens today at the Javits Center and Linux is more than ever present in the business world. Microsoft is seeing Linux as a great threat and it is doing everything to preserve its monopoly.
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IBM Launches NT to Linux Migration Plan
Monday the 19th, January 2004 at 02:52 PM (EST)
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Microsoft is expected to pull the plug on support for Windows NT 4.0 Server by the end of 2004, and at least one vendor -- IBM Corp. -- smells blood.
At the Linux World event and expo in New York, IBM on Monday was announcing a new Windows NT to Linux migration program that it expects could entice as many as 1 million existing NT 4.0 customers to switch over to Linux.
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SCO Turns Its Attention to SGI
Wednesday the 1st, October 2003 at 11:39 AM (EDT)
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Ewdison Then writes "Silicon Graphics Inc says that it has received notice from SCO Group Inc that the Unix vendor intends to terminate its Unix System V license on the basis that SGI has breached the terms of the license."
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Korea jettisons Windows for Linux
Wednesday the 1st, October 2003 at 11:38 AM (EDT)
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Ewdison Then writes "The South Korean government has announced a plan to have proprietary software on a substantial number of its PCs and servers replaced with open source alternatives by 2007.
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SCO and Linux: The legal rights and wrongs
Monday the 29th, September 2003 at 11:54 AM (EDT)
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Ewdison Then writes "An intellectual-property lawyer gives advice to technology customers concerned by SCO's Linux action "
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AMD updates design for Linux PDA
Monday the 29th, September 2003 at 11:54 AM (EDT)
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Ewdison Then writes "TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has begun showing an updated reference design for a personal digital assistant (PDA) running the Linux operating system to hardware makers, according to a company executive. "
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Mass. Wants to Use Linux-Type Systems
Friday the 26th, September 2003 at 10:57 AM (EDT)
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Ewdison Then writes "BOSTON - Massachusetts, the lone holdout state still suing Microsoft Corp. for antitrust violations, will become the first state to adopt a broad-based strategy of moving its computer systems toward open standards, including Linux, the rival operating system to Microsoft's Windows.
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Ransom Love, Co-founder of Caldera and SCO, Speaks of Unix, GPL and the Lawsuit
Friday the 26th, September 2003 at 10:56 AM (EDT)
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Ewdison Then writes "In 1994, Caldera Inc. was formed by Bryan Sparks and Ransom Love with the financial backing of Novell Inc. founder Ray Noorda. The company was one of the first backers of commercial Linux. Since that time, Caldera's successor company, The SCO Group Inc., has gained notoriety for its legal actions against Linux vendors and end users over what it says is proprietary Unix code. When he left Caldera in mid-2001, industry wags said Love would take the helm of the UnitedLinux consortium; but instead, he left the Linux business. Today, Love is writing a book about the early days of Linux commercialization and the open-source way of approaching problems. "
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Sun gets behind Athlon 64 with Linux OS
Friday the 26th, September 2003 at 10:54 AM (EDT)
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Ewdison Then writes "Sun Microsystems' flirtation with AMD continues with the Java Desktop System set to make its way onto the Athlon 64 processor."
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