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News The UK's academic sector is about to get an open source software awakening from its central contract negotiating unit. Mark Summerfield, software team manager at the Combined Higher Education Software... [07 Dec 1998]
Linus Torvalds to speak to LinuxWorld conference
News Michael Cowpland, president and CEO of Corel Corporation, Mark Jarvis, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Oracle, and Linus Torvalds, creator of the open-source software, Linux. A star line up... [25 Nov 1998]
Sun to ease grip on Java
News Sun Microsystems is in the process of drafting more open Java licenses which could lead to the opening of the source code. Alan Baratz, president of Sun's Java software division, fuelled speculation... [24 Nov 1998]
Netscape confirms sell-out plans
News The bottom line for Netscape is that it will never be able to compete on the desktop with Microsoft or even against open source products, according to Longbottom. Netscape has officially confirmed... [23 Nov 1998]
Open source fans get first major conferences
News Open source software (OSS) was officially recognised by top conference organisers in the US late Monday night when they announced that a chain of Linux and Apache-based events are to be held there next... [17 Nov 1998]
Open source guru speaks out on Linux memos
News Eric Raymond - the man behind the open source software movement - has quashed rumours that Microsoft faked the famous 'Halloween memos' just to put the US Department of Justice (DoJ) off its trail. Two... [17 Nov 1998]
Second Linux memo leaked from Microsoft
News However, Muth's statement conflicts with a response given to Silicon.com last week by the company's UK Windows product manager, Nick McGrath, who maintained that Linux and open source are not seen as... [09 Nov 1998]
Mexican school children go for Linux
News Red Hat software will install the open-source operating system in schools throughout the country over the next five years as part of the government's Scholar Net programme. Eric Raymond, a pro... [09 Nov 1998]
Microsoft denies Linux threat
News Microsoft's UK Windows marketing manager, Nick McGrath, has denied rumours that the company is feeling threatened by up-and-coming open source software (OSS) products such as Linux and Apache. McGrath... [03 Nov 1998]
CA latches on to Linux
News Computer Associates (CA) is to offer the Linux version of its Ingres II relational database for free, and has released an open source beta version of the software. The open beta can be... [20 Oct 1998]
Novell to offer native NDS for Linux
News Novell is striking a deal to enable its increasingly prolific Novell Directory Services (NDS) technology to run natively on Linux, the open source operating system (OS) that is gathering significant... [19 Oct 1998]
Hats off to Linux as Intel confirms interest
News The Open source code model certainly seems to offer certain advantages," she said. A spokeswoman for the processor giant told Silicon.com this morning that its support of Linux - a free... [30 Sep 1998]
Open source code gets boost with UK conference
News A meeting to discuss the future of open source code software - such as the Linux operating system - is to be held in January in the UK. The purpose of this meeting is to get people to understand that... [14 Sep 1998]
More grief for Microsoft as Bristol jumps on antitrust bandwagon
News Bristol Technology, based in Connecticut, claims Microsoft engaged in anti-competitive behaviour through "predatory manipulation of the access to the information that is the source of its monopoly power: the Windows... [19 Aug 1998]
Chicago exchange to adopt Eurex system
News A source close to the situation told Silicon News that the adoption of a similar system for its 'side by side' electronic trading is likely. The company stated its intention to link Project A with Eurex last March, but... [05 Aug 1998]
