Stories about: Ximian

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    GNOME creator respects proprietary software, can't wait for iPad 2 12/03/2011 02:26:00

    "If you are not planning on getting an iPad 2 on Friday at 5 p.m., the terrorists win." So said open source icon Miguel de Icaza on his Twitter feed this week, and he wasn't joking.
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    Novell through the years 23/11/2010 07:36:00

    1979: Novell Data Systems is founded in Provo, Utah, as a maker of computers and disk operating systems.
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    Novell rejects "inadequate" $2 billion takeover bid 22/03/2010 15:35:00

    Novell's CEO on Saturday notified customers that the open source software company has rejected hedge fund Elliott Associates' roughly $2 billion bid to take it private.
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    Novell target of hedge fund's $US2 billion takeover bid 04/03/2010 00:48:00

    Novell, one of the earliest names in networking, Tuesday received an unsolicited takeover bid worth about $US2 billion by a New York hedge fund.
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    MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal 07/03/2008 07:43:09

    Open-source pioneer and Novell Vice President Miguel de Icaza Thursday for the first time publicly slammed his company's cross-patent licensing agreement with Microsoft as he defended himself against lack of patent protection for third parties that distribute his company's Moonlight project, which ports Microsoft's Silverlight technology to Linux.
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    Taking the good stuff when trading Windows for Linux 05/09/2007 10:15:42

    So you're switching from Windows to Linux? Great. Like other users and organizations who've taken the plunge, it's likely you're making the move to take advantage of Linux's stability and reliance on open standards. Now all you have to do is prepare carefully for your move.
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    Picture perfect and in tune 23/09/2005 08:01:59

    Matthew Newton continues his love affair with the new Ubuntu distribution, finding two killer tools for this particular Linux.
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    Burn, network and search with Gnome 16/06/2005 14:03:46

    Our free software guru looks at new software for his desktop - some of which he can run, some of which he can't.
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    Lack of developers delays OpenOffice.org 19/04/2005 11:21:10

    Open source productivity suite OpenOffice.org may be touted as a viable alternative to Microsoft Office, but there are claims its pace of development and adoption of new features is being stifled by a "monolithic" code base and a developer community still largely controlled by Sun Microsystems.
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    Linux: Everything but the kitchen sink 11/03/2005 08:00:56

    Taking Linux and installing it on an alternative hardware platform may not be easy, but you can learn a lot from the experience.
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    Connecting to the Exchange 21/01/2005 13:45:13

    Microsoft Exchange is a standard groupware platform in many corporate environments, but it needn't be limited to just Windows.
 
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