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Microsoft Fails To Quash Second-hand Software Market
News There is a busy trade in disused software licence stock, which I believe will now grow exponentially with the pre-owned Select licence market", Unwin told ZDNet.co.uk, "and with older versions of software, such as Office 2000, which is really...
[March 6, 2008, 14:09]
HP Launches Four Systems For SMEs
News The Lights-Out 100i Advanced Pack is priced at £119 per licence; the Lights-Out 100i Select Pack at £59 per licence; and the Lights-Out 100c Remote Management Card at £119. Lights-Out 100i Advanced Pack, Lights-Out 100i Select Pack and Lights-Out...
[January 14, 2008, 16:04]
The Year Ahead: Linux Continues To Push For The Desktop
News What distinguishes Linux among its operating-system competitors is the way it is distributed: under its open-source licence, Linux can be modified and redistributed, as long as the modifications are made freely available to the developer community.
[December 31, 2002, 6:05]
Microsoft Shakes Up Software Assurance
News The changes include a Desktop Deployment Planning voucher that customers with either Select or Enterprise licence agreements can redeem for an onsite consultation of up to ten days, based on the volume of Microsoft Office software that the firm...
[September 15, 2005, 13:25]
Microsoft: We'll Protect You From Lawsuits
News The indemnity provision, which was included in a document called the master business agreement and is part of volume licence agreements such as Select and Enterprise, had been a thorn for years because it seemed to allocate all the risk on the...
[July 22, 2003, 12:07]
Sun Pioneer An Open-source Killjoy?
News Joy, a Sun co-founder and the principal designer of the Berkeley version of Unix, called BSD, said he preferred BSD's licence or, better, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL) to Linux's. Microsoft has been a vocal critic of some open-source...
[August 15, 2002, 7:47]
Iona Ditches App Server For Open-source JBoss
News JBoss currently lacks J2EE certification, said Labourey, because the J2EE 1.3 licence is not compatible with the open-source licence used by JBoss. Sun has removed this restriction with its 1.4 licence, opening the way for JBoss certification.
[November 12, 2003, 14:30]
The New Standard For Software Assets
News By monitoring precisely what companies have installed, what they are entitled to and how they use what they have, we can provide sound independent advice on how to minimise licence requirements and reduce maintenance costs.
[April 27, 2006, 12:40]
Scottish Council Pays Up For Microsoft Licence Breach
News Clackmannanshire Council was found to be in breach of its Select contract with Microsoft, which allowed it purchase software licences at reduced prices, when it was exposed for buying 470 illegal licence agreements at a further discounted price.
[January 11, 2002, 17:01]
Microsoft Extends Software Assurance To Disasters
Talkback Many of my clients have had to fork out twice for DR licences to remain compliant, and to be totally honest countless more simply don't bother to licence properly or understand the product use Ts & Cs and set-up DR sites anyway thus illegally...
[May 21, 2004, 10:04]
MPs Unhappy Over ADSL Dominance
Talkback A far reaching study must be carried out into the whole "carrier system" within UK to ensure that developers/licence holders do not select only the highly profitable areas but, like BT, are obliged to provide services to uneconomic localities.
[April 29, 2004, 10:31]
Transmeta Sells Microprocessor Unit
News Culture.com Technology Limited, a subsidiary of Culturecom Holdings of Hong Kong, will purchase the rights to the Crusoe microprocessor, the first chip produced by Transmeta, and acquire a licence to produce its successor, the Efficeon chip, on...
[June 2, 2005, 9:50]
RealAudio 3.0 Rings Changes
News The new version also lets users stream RealAudio files from any Web server without first buying a server licence. The firm also said it had improved sound by revamping compression algorithms using Dolby Labs' DolbyNet which lets users select audio...
[September 16, 1996, 16:17]
BP Employees Get DIY IT
News Access to the scheme is tightly controlled and those employees taking part must demonstrate a certain level of IT proficiency through a computer driving licence-style certification, as well as signing a diligent use agreement.
[October 12, 2006, 9:25]
Wal-Mart Accepts Electronic Cheques
News Once the "pay by cheque" option is selected, customers need to enter the name of their bank, account and routing numbers, drivers' licence information, address and their name, Lin said. Wal-Mart will ask customers to select a desired payment method.
[July 23, 2003, 8:42]
UnitedLinux Responds To Licensing Concerns
News Much of the Linux operating system is based on the GNU General Public Licence, which requires software to be made freely available. UnitedLinux recently began circulating a beta-test version of its distribution to select partners, and is planning...
[September 23, 2002, 16:23]
IBM Sues Mainframe Cloner Over Patent
News The licence agreement "expressly prohibits, among other things, any translation of the licensed software programs," IBM states in its complaint. The company is currently testing its servers with select customers and plans to begin selling its...
[December 7, 2006, 10:35]
EMC Buys Documentum
News Tucci said on Tuesday that EMC, Documentum and Legato had a combined total of more than $2bn in software licence and support revenue over the past 12 months. Software is central to our strategy of delivering comprehensive information life-cycle...
[October 14, 2003, 13:15]
BBC Hints At Digital Set-top Giveaway
News There is no question of the licence fee being used [to subsidise set-top boxes]," he said. The BBC director general told MPs at the Commons media select committee that the corporation is discussing ways of driving adoption of digital television...
[February 9, 2001, 12:58]
'Default' Open-source Licensing Plans Under Fire
News For this reason, the ISC strongly encourages the e-envoy to continue to promote a technology-neutral policy with respect to government funded R&D, and it recommends that any discriminatory reference to a particular software licence be deleted from...
[March 11, 2004, 15:40]
