The open-source community is pushing customers to patch their systems to close a hole in a software component that allows Windows programs to store and retrieve files on Linux and Unix servers.
The President of India added to a growing foreign-relations headache for Microsoft with a speech in which he advocated broader adoption of open-source software.
The SCO Group's Australian managing director has played down a move to bar media outlets from his presentation to the Australian Unix and Open Systems User Group (AUUG) as pressure intensifies over the vendor's decision to litigate over intellectual property issues.
Bill Joy, Sun's chief scientist and a pioneer in designing Unix, has voiced doubts about Linux's open-source underpinnings.
Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said Thursday.
Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Additional reading: Why one Norwegian city switched to Linux
Linux seller Red Hat has announced its first version of the open-source operating system for desktop computers, taking direct aim at Microsoft. Additional reading: Open Source Resource Centre
The software maker introduces a version of Linux aimed at enterprise customers, hoping to move the open-source software beyond servers and low-cost PCs.
Several organisations argue that SCO's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the operating system's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.
Bill Joy, Sun's chief scientist and a pioneer in designing Unix, has voiced doubts about Linux's open-source underpinnings.
A major upgrade to the Linux graphical user environment includes faster-running applications and a Web browser improved with help from Apple's Safari.
Linux Expo: With version 1.0 of its server software on the way, the unified Linux group is also contemplating a desktop rollout. It may also bring in new members.
OpenOffice.org developers have put the finishing touches on their productivity suite, which provides users and businesses with an alternative to Microsoft's Office suite.
Microsoft has released its second collection of bug fixes, or service pack, to Office XP, the company has confirmed.
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