open...

In the early days of companies based around open source, the questions were: would they make any money? Would they survive? Once it was clea...

So far, I've held off from writing about the proposed sale of 882 Novell patents to a consortium “organised by Microsoft”, since there h...

Back in September, Mozilla made an announcement: This week Mozilla joined Open Invention Network as a licensee. OIN is an organization which...

The announcement that Attachmate would acquire Novell for $2.2 billion has naturally provoked a flurry of comments and analyses in the free ...

When a big enough star dies, it generally implodes, and forms a voracious black hole capable of swallowing anything that comes too close. W...

Microsoft's comments on happenings outside its immediate product portfolio are rare, and all the more valuable when they do appear. Here...

I'm struck by the almost unanimous chorus of indifference that has greeted the news that a court has reversed one part of an ealier rul...

Everyone's doing it, so Novell wants to join in : Novell plans to bring the wealth of open-source software to everyday users through an ...

“Free software” or “open source”? It's a perennial question that has provoked a thousand flame wars. Normally, the factions supporting e...

There is something rather curious about software companies operating in the open source world. Although they may be competitors in a particu...

News that an open source company has become an accredited IT services supplier for schools and colleges across the UK broke on Monday. As ha...

On Open Enterprise blog .

One of the surprising things about the Internet is the power of public opinion. Time and again, things have happened - or rather, been made...

On Open Enterprise blog .

The SCO saga may stagger on awhile: SCO has gotten a $16 million bid from York Capital for its Unix business. Coupled with the $10 million ...

Well, that nice Mr. Ballmer did warn us, and here it is: Plaintiffs, IP Innovation L.L.C. and Technology Licensing Corporation (collectivel...

Hm, don't know what to think about this : Over the last few months we've been working to enable Silverlight support on Linux, and to...

Well, we all knew it would happen, and, finally, it has : Judge Dale Kimball has issued a 102-page ruling [PDF] on the numerous summary jud...

A small step , but one of an increasing number towards wider availability of open source on the desktop/laptop: Lenovo and Novell today anno...

Well, it looks like the world of free software can cross another company off its Christmas card list: Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandr...