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Microsoft has appointed a director to lead its interoperability efforts with Novell.
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General Public License governing heart of popular open-source OS is being updated to deal with patents, other issues. But it'll be a struggle.
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At a time when Sun must vie for the attention of IT buyers bombarded by Red Hat, SuSE, Microsoft, IBM and HP, the company knows that it must tap the galvanising force of GNU/Linux rather than offend those who subscribe to it.
Linux kernel developer Harald Welte talks about the challenges of single-handedly tackling companies that violate the GPL.
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