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Microsoft takes on the free world II

(a follow up to this post) As was expected, nearly everyone is commenting on the recent Fortune article about Microsoft and Patents. Even Linus has weighed in: "It's certainly a lot more likely that Microsoft violates patents than Linux does," said Torvalds, holder of the Linux

Sun hopes for Linux-like Solaris

Looks like Ian is already making a difference at Sun. From the article: In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun Microsystems has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux. The project is one of the items on

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What Brand Means

While I think part of the recent turnaround at Sun has to so with their increased acceptance of both Open Source and the Open Source philosophy, a lot has to do with attitude like this. I like getting reminders like that post from Jonathan every once and a while. The

Open Source and Business

In dealing with Open Source in the business world, it's amazing how often I run into statements like "we don't use Open Source because we need a supported product" or "isn't all Open Source no cost" or "yeah, but

Ian Murdock is Joining Sun

This is big news. Ian Murdock is leaving the Linux Foundation and joining Sun. If you're an OpenSolaris fan this has to be exciting, but it also means that Linux may actually get a fair shake inside Sun. Linux and Sun have had an odd history, with the

Will Sun License OpenSolaris Under GPLv3?

A recent eWeek article intimates that Sun will dual license OpenSolaris under the GPLv3 once it's officially released. Rich Green points out that no decisions will be made until after the GPLv3 is officially released, but indicates that Sun is in discussions with the community regarding the detailed

Where does open source code come from?

From this article: The European Commission has published its final report on the Economic Impact of FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) on innovation and competitiveness of the EU ICT sector. Weighing in at 287 pages it will take some time to digest, and contains enough data and statistics to

Sun Releases First GPLed Java Source

A quick (belated) follow up to a story I previously covered. Sun has now officially released part of Java under the GPL. phoneME, which has previously been called J2ME, is now available for download with a GPLv2 license. The supported platforms are Linux/ARM, Linux/x86 and Windows/i386. Many

Oracle questions GPL open sourced Java

It appears that Oracle is siding with IBM on the issue of the Open Source license for Java. From the article: Steven Harris told Computer Business Review he believed the release of the Java code as open source would be beneficial, but questioned whether the Santa Clara, California-based company would

IBM cool to Sun's open-source Java plan

In a bit of irony, it looks like IBM (who has been trying to get Sun to Open Source Java for years) isn't that happy with the GPL. From the article: After years of internal debates and public calls from IBM to make Java open source, you would

Sun Open Sources Java under the GPL

Well, it's official and the rumors were true. Sun has released Java under the GPL. From the press release: Santa Clara-based Sun said it is making nearly all of Java's source code - excluding small pockets of code that aren't owned by Sun -

Sun Set To Move On GPL License For Open-Source Java

I looks like I may have been wrong when I said that the license for Java would probably be the CDDL. Much to my surprise, it looks like Sun will be releasing it under the GPL. From the article: Sun Microsystems has talked a lot about putting Java into an

Google testing Sun's OpenSolaris

It looks like Google may be experimenting with OpenSolaris, according to a couple sources. From the article: Google runs a stripped-down version of Red Hat Linux specially modified by its engineers. But another source, a Solaris systems administrator who recently interviewed for a job at Google, said he was told