"We will do some buying of companies that are built around open-source products," Ballmer said during an onstage interview at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
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Ballmer: Microsoft Will Buy Open-Source Companies
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Community is top priority in monetizing open source Openads
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Openads, formerly known as phpAdsNew, is one of the more successful open source development projects. Its online advertising software is used by many thousands of domain owners who want to make a profit on their Web content by selling advertisements.
Read more »On Your Marks, Get Set...Gutsy Gibbon!
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This week, I had the chance to take part in a press conference with Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu. Read on to learn why Shuttleworth's is so fired up about the new Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" (available this week), as well as why he thinks Ubuntu is so darned successful.
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An open-source web moocher comes clean
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Backcountry.com has been using open source for years. Last week, it finally gave something back. Unlike other web properties that have built their businesses on open source but acknowledge little need to contribute back, Backcountry.com has also given little back...but at least takes no pride in it.
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Dell CEO: Linux server sales increasingFaster than Windows products, apparently...
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Claims made by Microsoft that Linux violates its software patent have not affected sales of Linux-based hardware, according to Dell's CEO Michael Dell.
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Opportunities for open source software in Vietnam
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VietNamNet Bridge – As Vietnam is tightening control of illegal software, local administrations and enterprises are seeking cheap alternatives and open source software has become the top choice.
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Medsphere Wins 120-bed Los Angeles Hospital Business
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Medsphere Systems Corporation, the leading commercial provider of open source-based electronic health record (EHR) systems and services, today announced an agreement to implement its OpenVista® EHR platform at Century City Doctors Hospital (CCDH) in Los Angeles.
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Dell: Microsoft warnings haven't hurt Linux uptake
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Claims made by Microsoft that Linux violates its software patent have not affected sales of Linux-based hardware, according to Michael Dell.
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New Linux Server Competition for Novell, Red Hat?
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There’s a growing body of evidence suggesting that Novell and Red Hat could soon face new competition in the Linux server market. Something new from Microsoft? Nope. Another attack from Oracle? Not quite. This time, the competition could come from tiny Canonical and the company’s latest Ubuntu Linux release.
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Installing LedgerSMB (Open Source Accounting Application) On Debian Etch
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LedgerSMB is a free (licensed under the GPL), web based double entry accounting system written in Perl which uses PostgreSQL for data storage. It is intended for small and medium businesses (SMB), and it can be used easily through a regular web browser like Firefox. This tutorial explains how to install LedgerSMB on a Debian Etch system.
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Open Source for Business: Now More Than Ever, Part 2
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While open source business applications are gaining popularity, proprietary products are not yet being elbowed out the sales door. The reason, William Hurley, BMC Software's chief architect of open source strategy, believes is that many business people are more concerned with getting the job done than with who makes the tool.
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Red Hat: Customers Can Deploy Linux with Confidence
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Red Hat is assuring its customers that they can continue to deploy its Linux operating system with confidence and without fear of legal retribution from Microsoft, despite the increasingly vocal threats emanating from the Redmond, Wash., company.
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Linux for Business: 50 Apps to Get your Office on Open Source
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Open source software has a lot to offer the business world. Aside from the fact that they’re generally free, many open source programs are more secure, reliable and customizable than their proprietary counterparts. In fact, many large companies, including big names like Amazon, Google, and Yahoo, run their servers with Linux rather than Windows.
Read more »Is it time to give Red Hat some respect?
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Red Hat is the Rodney Dangerfield of open source. (To which the cynic responds, “yeah, it’s dead.” It don’t get no respect. We talk here a lot about Microsoft and Novell, about Sun and IBM. Red Hat just keeps plugging away.
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That's One Way To Reinvent A Company
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Jonathan Schwartz wants to return Sun Microsystems to glory by giving away its software.
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