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Open source is years behind commercial products, says Socitm president

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 26/02/2009

...misleading what many people mean is 'anything but Microsoft' few businesses actually use open source directly - they buy software derived from open source that has been commercially packaged and sold with support, which, in practice, is little different... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/26/235025/Open-source-is-years-behind-commercial-products-says-Socitm.htm

How to avoid open source licensing pitfalls

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 07/02/2006

...there are exceptions. Open source licence terms will often impose a requirement that any person who distributes software derived from open source material must license that material on similar open source terms. In addition, some open source... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/10/04/213994/How-to-avoid-open-source-licensing-pitfalls.htm

Hot skills: Eclipse lets developers cash in on existing skills

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| 16/05/2006

...likely to prove the IDE of choice for that community for some time to come.” All technology, source code and software derived from Eclipse is made available royalty free under the Eclipse Public Licence. How difficult is it to master... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/05/16/215905/hot-skills-eclipse-lets-developers-cash-in-on-existing.htm

SAP and council link for modernisation project

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 06/06/2006

...develop a shared social services system would have taken much longer than the joint development with SAP. The software, derived from SAP CRM, has been running since April 2005. Last month, Trafford added case management to the system, allowing... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/06/06/216280/SAP-and-council-link-for-modernisation-project.htm

Users reveal the benefits of open software

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| 01/05/2003

...criteria. The general public license is the most common and also one of the most controversial as it demands that any software derived from a piece of GPL software is also distributed under its arrangements. In contrast, the Berkeley Software... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2003/05/06/194277/Users-reveal-the-benefits-of-open-software.htm

Unix lawsuit agreement raises questions for SCO

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 03/12/2004

...software has been illegally copied into the Linux source code. SCO also claims that IBM illegally contributed software derived from its Unix source code into Linux, and has launched a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the computer giant... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2004/12/03/207173/unix-lawsuit-agreement-raises-questions-for-sco.htm

SCO shows Linux code to analysts

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 10/06/2003

...Unix licence, originally signed with AT&T, but subsequently transferred to SCO, prevented IBM from distributing software derived from the Unix code base. IBM's contributions to Linux in the areas of non-uniform memory architecture (NUMA... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2003/06/10/195159/SCO-shows-Linux-code-to-analysts.htm

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System Fabric Works Makes Key Contributions to Sandia’s Latest Institutional Cluster Called RedSky

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| 14/11/2009

...seek to implement high performance computing and storage systems, low latency fabrics and the necessary related software. Derived from its 7 years of experience, SFW also offers custom integration and deployment of commodity servers and storage... http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3197494.htm

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