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  • 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 ...




  • 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...




  • 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...




  • 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. - ...




  • 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 ...




  • 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...




  • Debian Developer Conference Under Way in New York City
    The tenth annual Debian Developer Conference has opened in New York City. DebConf 2010 is the first time the event has been held in the United States. - The tenth annual Debian Developer Conference has opened in New York City. The Debian Developer Conference, the world's largest GNU/Linux distribution developers conference, is taking place at Columbia University Aug. 1-7. The Debian Project, the team behind the free Debian GNU/Linux operating...




  • Firefox 4 Beta 2 Delayed for Testing
    Firefox 4 Beta 2 has been delayed for a few more days as the candidate build undergoes quality assurance tests, according to a note on Mozilla's Website. Firefox 4's new features are designed to head off a challenge from Google Chrome and other browsers. - Firefox 4's latest beta will be delayed a week, according to Mozilla, as it undergoes more testing. quot;Hi! We're glad you're interested in Firefox 4 Beta 2 it's not quite ready yet, quot; read a posting on the Mozilla Wiki. quot;Our candidate builds (FTP links below) are still going throug...




  • Facebook Built Walled Garden with Open Source Software
    Facebook supports its social network of 500 million users with LAMP software infrastructure. This open source approach, also used by Google, Twitter, Yahoo and others, is a departure from the proprietary products offered by Microsoft, Oracle and IBM. - Facebook takes some heat from Google and others in the social networking community for being a walled garden, keeping the information users share within its friendly confines close to the vest. But most of the software infrastructure that supports Facebook activities is in fact open source, fre...




  • Mozilla Pushes Firefox 4 to Stay Ahead of Google Chrome
    Mozilla has launched the initial beta of Firefox 4, and promises additional beta versions of the open-source browser every few weeks as it refines features. Although Firefox holds a healthy portion of the browser market, it faces a growing challenge from Google Chrome as well as pressure from Internet Explorer. - Mozilla has launched the initial beta of Firefox 4, promising additional beta versions every few weeks as it works on refining the browser. And refinement is crucial, given the increasingly competitive nature of the Web browser market. quot;Your feedback is essential to help shape the product,...