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Facebook rolls out open-source datacentre hardware

...now, storage hardware. In November the company turned the project into an independent foundation to encourage greater industry involvement Read more

2 May, 2012

IBM ejects Eclipse

...source development tools organisation backed by IBM, plans to transition to an independent foundation by next month, a representative said on Tuesday. The Eclipse consortium... Read more

20 January, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

Laptop fund for four-year olds

...foundation Tuesday, which focuses on bridging the digital divide in Britain. The independent foundation, backed by education secretary David Blunkett, has also received £1m funding... Read more

28 February, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Facebook to fork out £5.9m in privacy settlement

...5m (£5.9m) settlement fund has been established to set up an independent foundation to "fund projects and initiatives that promote the cause of online... Read more

21 September, 2009 by Caroline McCarthy
Symbian Foundation launch: What members said

Symbian Foundation launch: What members said

...is important to look at the structure: it is a non-profit, independent foundation that is not controlled by any individual company Read more

24 June, 2008 by Matt Loney
Facing the past and future at Facebook

Facing the past and future at Facebook

...and just like a little hobby of ours. When Mozilla became an independent foundation they made a decision to switch to Firefox and they spent... Read more

30 August, 2007 by Miriam Olsson

Mobile Linux alliance formed

...DoCoMo and Vodafone, expect to announce on Thursday plans to form an independent foundation to develop a common mobile Linux-based platform. They will use... Read more

15 June, 2006 by Marguerite Reardon

OpenOffice denies rift with Sun

...said that if Sun donated the code from OpenOffice.org to an independent foundation, this would help attract additional developers. "In an ideal world open... Read more

10 February, 2006 by Ingrid Marson

BEA joins Eclipse Foundation

...software, combined with the fact that IBM spun off Eclipse as an independent foundation last year, led BEA to reconsider, said Bill Roth, vice-president... Read more

23 February, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

AOL upgrades Netscape browser

...a unit of Time Warner, last summer spun off Mozilla as an independent foundation. Netscape 7.2 is available for free download or by mail... Read more

18 August, 2004 by Paul Festa

Microsoft defeat stirs patent concerns

Web browser companies are looking nervously over their shoulders, after a tiny company won $521m in a patent-infringement suit against Microsoft Read more

14 August, 2003 by Paul Festa

Lawyers for Microsoft, Apple face off

...Maryland in Baltimore. Burt described the settlement proposal, which would establish an independent foundation to help needy schools, as "very fair and even generous". Later... Read more

11 December, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft to amend schools settlement plan

The settlement could be altered to give schools more choice in how funds are used, and to support training Read more

10 December, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Apple calls for Microsoft to pay cash for settlement

...for Microsoft to give their proposed $1 billion -- in cash -- to an independent foundation, which will provide our most needy schools with the computer technology... Read more

7 December, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft releases details of new settlement

Microsoft's proposed settlement of more than 100 private antitrust cases would cost the company £700m - but could it also boost Windows market share? Read more

21 November, 2001 by Joe Wilcox

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