Linux Gram articles from December 2005

Linux Gram archives from December 2005

Sun Throws in Towel on Open Source Debate; 'Frees' its Software.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)
December 5, 2005... Sun has decided to chase the open source model and make its software "free" and ultimately open source on the theory that "open source is the future" and that it's not too late for Sun to amass volume. With Sun open source isn't a...

GPL Price-Fixing Case Dismissed Without Prejudice.
December 5, 2005... Daniel Wallace's pro se antitrust suit against the Free Software Foundation and the GPL charging price-fixing was dismissed Monday without prejudice for failing to allege the proper kind of antitrust injury. The judge gave Wallace 20 days...

The Countdown to GPLv3 Starts.(General Public License)
December 5, 2005... The Free Software Foundation (FSF) said Wednesday that it would begin circulating its long- promised update of the famed General Public License (GPL), the hearthstone of the open source movement the thing Steve Ballmer once called a "cancer"...

SCO Gets $10m 'Vote of Confidence'.(shares of The SCO Group Inc. sold to the institutional investors)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... The SCO Group, the industry's favorite whipping boy, sent a message to IBM Wednesday saying it wasn't about to disappear. It said it had completed a private placement and sold $10 million worth of new stock to a half- dozen existing...

SCO Reportedly Wins Mock Trial.(The SCO Group Inc., International Business Machines Corp., case)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... The following message appeared for an instant Thursday morning before it disappeared from Groklaw, the SCO hate site. "I work in Salt Lake," it said. "A co-worker's spouse participated in a mock jury trial simulation for a law firm; by the...

Novell Looks Better Than It Has in a Long Time.(reorganisation and restructuring of the company)
December 5, 2005... After writing off $38 million in restructuring charges and another $2 million in impaired investments and intangible assets, Novell lost $5 million, a penny a share, on revenues that were relatively flat at $320 million in its fourth fiscal...

Microsoft Sends XML File Formats to ECMA.(European Computer Manufacturers Association)
December 5, 2005... Circumstances like the state of Massachusetts throwing its unqualified support behind the rival IBM/Sun-created, Oasis-blessed, OpenOffice-supported OpenDocument Format (ODF) and threatening to toss Microsoft out on its ear has pushed...

Ah, Politics.(Microsoft Corp. products meet the procurement policies of Massachusetts)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Massachusetts appears to be warming a bit to Microsoft. Its governor, Mitt Romney, said the other day that the state was "optimistic" that Microsoft's Office Open XML file formats will ultimately meet its procurement policies. The...

Novell Names New CTO.(Jeffrey Jaffe, chief technology officer)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Novell has named Jeffrey Jaffe chief technology officer, responsible for the company's technology direction as well as its product business units. Jaffe has been at Lucent Technologies for the last five years as president of Bell Labs...

Co-founder Abandons Cray Ivory Tower for M'soft Sandbox.(Burton Smith joined at Microsoft Corp.)
December 5, 2005... Cray co-founder and chief scientist Burton Smith, a big wheel in HPC circles, is jumping ship to go to Microsoft in a role that has yet to be described other than calling him a technical fellow but Microsoft needs any HPC help it can get to...

NEC & Stratus Tighten Their Links.(Stratus Technologies Inc.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Stratus Technologies and NEC, already joined at the hip, have signed two 10-year pacts covering joint product development and a long-term hardware purchasing arrangement. NEC also has committed to increase its equity position in Stratus to 3%...

Sun Worshippers' Advisory.
December 5, 2005... The first couple of servers based on Sun's newfangled eight-core Niagara chip, a k a T1, are due to hit the street on Tuesday, December 6.

Judge Tells Larry To Pay His Own Bills.(Larry Ellison)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... The judge hearing that civil case accusing Oracle CEO Larry Ellison of insider stock trading abuses in 2001 is making the billionaire pay his own legal bills. Ellison, who agreed to donate $100 million to charity by way of restitution for...

Intel Could Be America-Free.(Intel Corp. plans to build a plant at Israel)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Intel Thursday finally admitted what we already knew thanks to Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. It will build a 300mm wafer fab at Kiryat Gat in Israel in support of its 45nm process. The $3.5 billion plant, Intel's second 45nm factory...

HP's Software Boss Quits.(Nora Denzel, Hewlett-Packard Co.)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... HP has lost its software chief Nora Denzel, who reportedly resigned for personal reasons. OpenView general manager Todd DeLaughter will replace her for the time being. Before software, Denzel, who came to HP from Legato, ran HP's...

Will Intel Up Guidance?(share plans of the company)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... Although Lehman Brothers thinks Intel will stand pat, Bear Stearns thinks Intel is going to raise the mid-point of its Q4 guidance range at its mid-quarter update on December 8 because PC builds have been tracking better than expected. The...

PTO High.(United States. Patent and Trademark Office revenue report)(Brief article)
December 5, 2005... The US Patent and Trademark Office got a record 406,302 patent applications in the year ended in October, up 7.4% and passing 400,000 for the first time, according to its annual report. It granted 165,485 patents. Because applications are...

Mexican Bundle.
December 5, 2005... Corel is going to bundle Spanish-language versions of WordPerfect Office 12 on Blue Light desktop and laptop computers sold by Mexican retailer Elektra, which has something like 1,100 stores, many of them in low-income neighborhoods