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Open-source group broadens its reach
News For example, a developer could write a program that draws on collaboration software and a content management system from two separate software companies without having to learn the language for the two plug-in applications.
[December 16, 2002, 15:44]
Open-source group lobbies for members
News The group said open source allows people to improve the software and study how a program works -- something that isn't always possible with proprietary software. A new trade group is on the horizon for open-source advocates hoping to dispel myths...
[August 7, 2003, 11:00]
JBoss downplays open-source code 'plagiarism'
News It has come to our attention that portions of the Geronimo program appear to be virtually identical or substantially similar to JBoss program source code," wrote David Byer of law firm Testa, Hurwitz and Thibeault.
[November 12, 2003, 17:20]
Intel launches open source group
News Intel spokesman Michael Houlihan confirmed the creation of the Open Source Program Office and said on Tuesday that Jon Bork, formerly general manager of the home product group, was named its leader on Thursday.
[May 11, 2005, 9:45]
Hackers lured into sweeter Honeypot
News By observing the attack, the security consultant discovered that the intruder had gotten access to the system by way of a previously unknown flaw in Samba, a widely used open-source program for sharing Windows files between Unix and Linux systems.
[April 14, 2003, 12:30]
JBoss offers customers legal protection
News It has come to our attention that portions of the Geronimo program appear to be virtually identical or substantially similar to JBoss program source code," wrote David Byer, a lawyer with the firm Testa Hurwitz & Thibeault.
[November 17, 2003, 8:37]
Novell opens up SuSE tool
News Reversing a long-standing position, Novell plans to adopt a widely used open-source licence for its Linux-management tool, in a plan to spread the program and make its SuSE Linux product more popular, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com has learned.
[March 19, 2004, 7:50]
Hackers send Sendmail a message
News The exploited code that we see is not in our (development) tree at all," said Eric Allman, chief technology officer of Sendmail, which sells a version of the open-source email server program, and a member of the Sendmail Consortium, the...
[October 10, 2002, 7:50]
Technology in emerging markets
News The program involves sponsoring faculty awards at universities, erecting Linux competency centres where local application developers can hone their skills, and collaborating with venture capitalists to form indigenous start-ups that in turn could...
[February 15, 2005, 15:30]
SCO wants to undermine Linux foundation
News Numerous open-source projects besides the core, or kernel, of Linux employ the GPL, including the OpenOffice desktop software suite, the MySQL database, the Gaim instant-messenger software and the Snort intrusion detection program.
[October 29, 2003, 7:50]
Sun shines on Linux desktop
News The program lets Linux or Solaris computers running Ximian's Evolution program -- a match with Microsoft's Outlook in terms of features -- connect to the Sun Open Network Environment (Sun ONE) server software for handling email, online calendars...
[January 23, 2003, 7:44]
MyDoom trail traces back to single author
News The virus-laden emails have an attachment that, when opened, installs a program on the victim's computer, in order to open up a software "back door. The name "andy", which was left in the code by the author of the MyDoom virus, links the original...
[February 3, 2004, 7:50]
IBM launches Linux counterattack on SCO
News Section 0 of the GPL states, "This licence applies to any program or other work which contains a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed under the terms of this General Public License.
[July 28, 2003, 9:06]
LinuxWorld: A chance to shine
News Open source software, such as Linux, allows users access to the source code, or building blocks, of the operating system, meaning virtually anyone can tinker with the program to quickly fix bugs or tailor it to special needs.
[March 1, 1999, 9:08]
Microsoft's draft licence, step by step
News Implementation of the Microsoft Work Group Sever Protocol Program, or WSPP. This program comprises two types of software: operating systems that implement Microsoft Windows file and print protocols; and operating systems that implement Windows...
[March 18, 2005, 17:10]
New tool camouflages hacker programs
News Some security aficionados posting to the Bugtraq list concentrated on Snort as a program vulnerable to the Fragroute program, but Song waved off the implied criticism on the open-source program in his posting.
[April 22, 2002, 9:11]
Calendaring: The last great niche?
News In the late 1990s, Microsoft Outlook introduced the basic calendar that exists today in the popular Windows email program; and Yahoo runs a sophisticated online service on its network. IBM's Almaden Research Lab is also developing a sophisticated...
[December 8, 2005, 7:55]
New program mimics Napster
News A group of software engineers who work for a unit of America Online (AOL) has released an early version of a program that mimics the operation of Napster, the popular Web software that allows for the free trading of music files, including pirated...
[March 15, 2000, 14:03]
A Year Ago: New program mimics Napster
News A group of software engineers who work for a unit of America Online (AOL) has released an early version of a program that mimics the operation of Napster, the popular Web software that allows for the free trading of music files, including pirated...
[March 15, 2001, 6:01]
McNealy: Don't let Microsoft steal the Net
News To help ameliorate the situation, Sun announced on Monday the Application Verification Kit, software that checks a program to make sure it will work on any application server. The kit doesn't preclude tuning for one particular app server, said...
[March 27, 2002, 9:53]
