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Open-source firms seek safety in numbers 
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Open-source firms seek safety in numbers
By Stewart Mitchell | Dec 29, 2010 | Comment Now 
Patent dispute concerns force open source firms to band together.
 
NASA backs open-source cloud platform 
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NASA backs open-source cloud platform
By Miya Knights | Jul 20, 2010 | Comment Now 
Deal with Rackspace provides code for public cloud offerings.
 
IBM stands by open-source patent pledge 
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IBM stands by open-source patent pledge
By Rosalie Marshall | Apr 9, 2010 | Comment Now 
Says TurboHercules has been funded bycompetitors.
 
Open source bugs fixed faster than commercial software 
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Open source bugs fixed faster than commercial software
By Phil Muncaster | Dec 11, 2009 | Comment Now 
All code is "pretty bad".
 
Microsoft could hand patents to Linux firms 
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Microsoft could hand patents to Linux firms
By Shaun Nichols | Sep 9, 2009 | Comment Now 
Company said to be close to deal with open-source group.
 
UK Government publishes open source strategy 
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UK Government publishes open source strategy
By Tom Young | Feb 26, 2009 | Comment Now 
The UK Government has laid out a radical 10-point policy for using open-source software that is aimed at gaining greater value from IT.
 
Mozilla unveils Firefox update 
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Mozilla unveils Firefox update
By Sylvie Barak | Feb 5, 2009 | Comment Now 
Mozilla has released an updated version of its open-source Firefox browser, which tackles six main security and stability problems from previous versions.
 
Sun unveils open-source server virtualisation 
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Sun unveils open-source server virtualisation
By Daniel Robinson | Sep 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
Sun Microsystems has expanded its suite of virtualisation tools with a free server product and updated management console.
 
AMD opens up its cores 
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AMD opens up its cores
By Shaun Nichols | Feb 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
AMD's announcement that it is making its performance library available as open-source code should stimulate the development of multi-threaded software..
 
In open source, money doesn't always talk 
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In open source, money doesn't always talk
By Sarah Stokely | Jan 31, 2008 | Comment Now 
Getting a job in open source development can mean getting a pay-cheque for working on your favourite hobby. But the equation is more complicated than just adding money, ...
 
SourceCode eyes .NET workflow sales 
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SourceCode eyes .NET workflow sales
By Fleur Doidge | Sep 1, 2005 | Comment Now 
US-based developer SourceCode has opened an office in Sydney to serve the expanding market for its .NET-based edge workflow software in Australia and New Zealand.
 
Open-source kick-starts 2005 
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Open-source kick-starts 2005
By Logan Booker | Feb 28, 2005 | Comment Now 
Product support and open standards were just two of the topics that sparked heated debate on open-source and software development among panellists during ITJourno’s Kickstart ...
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