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    Red Hat and Intel have settled a licensing hiccup that threatened to prevent the Linux company from contributing to Intel's open-source project--a reminder of the frictions that can arise between the commercial tech world and the open-source community.

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    IBM and Novell's inking of contracts to formally become members of the NSW government's Linux and open source panel should finally start delivering some real competition in state procurement.

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  • Armour-plated Linux gets backup

    Two companies have announced a new version of Security-Enhanced Linux, in a bid to build business from additions to the bare-bones operating system.

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    Microsoft is now cosying up to the open source movement, and there are sound business reasons behind the about-face.

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    Open-source activist Bruce Perens uncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince users that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux.

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