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Open source on the march
Sun readies an update to Solaris 10, software developers get access to some IBM patents and a new browser builds on Firefox.
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Images: The Flock browser's debut
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Sun to update Solaris 10 by year-end
The upgrade will include the Newboot start-up process and Sun software that alerts users to further updates.October 24, 2005
IBM expands free access to patents
Health-care, education groups can use patents in open-software standards for Web services, e-forms and open document formats.October 24, 2005
New browser gives taste of Web 2.0
Firefox-based Flock includes automatic RSS feeds, photo and bookmark sharing, and other next-generation Web technologies. Images: The Flock browser's debutOctober 21, 2005
Office-OpenDocument 'filter' planned
blog An Australian company has devised a way to add support for the OpenDocument format into Microsoft Office.October 21, 2005
IBM bemoans Joomla-Mambo split
blog "They're not scared of open-source software," a top software exec says of corporate customers. "But what they are scared of is what just happened to Mambo."October 21, 2005
OpenOffice celebrates turning 2.0
Programmers release a major overhaul to the open-source suite that has become a more serious rival to Microsoft Office.October 20, 2005
Andreessen: PHP succeeding where Java isn't
Netscape pioneer Marc Andreessen says the scripting language is better, simpler and has a brighter future than Java.October 19, 2005
Sun releases Jini with open-source license
Latest Jini development kit uses Apache license, part of Sun's plan to make Jini Community resemble an open-source project.October 19, 2005
Microsoft simplifies code-sharing plan
Company strips down its Shared Source Initiative to three licenses, one of which is modeled on the Mozilla Public License.October 19, 2005
Wiki founder leaves Microsoft for Eclipse
blog Ward Cunningham leaves Microsoft after two years to take up a post at the open-source body.October 18, 2005
Open source: Big and getting bigger
blog Analysts at Gartner's annual confab see signs that Linux and other technology is getting more mainstream.October 17, 2005
Is it kill or cure for Oracle's database buy?
Oracle's purchase of a company with close ties to open-source rival MySQL has people wondering what the database giant's motives are.October 14, 2005
