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| <p>2003-08-19</p> |
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| <td colspan="2" class="alt4">2001</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.informationweek.com">Informationweek.com </a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20011220S0022">Panelists |
| See Benefits To Open-Source Practices</a> <br> |
| <i>2001 December 20</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Eric Chabrow reports on the Carnegie Mellon University panel |
| on the business of Open Source and on the intricacies of moving from a |
| proprietary scheme to one predicated on Open Source techniques.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/">Cnet News.Com </a></td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8171790.html">Sun |
| saturated with StarOffice advice</a><br> |
| <i>2001 December 13</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">As Stephen Shankland writes, "Sun Microsystems will cut |
| off downloads of the StarOffice 6 beta software on Dec. 31 as the company |
| prepares for a final release in the first half of 2002, the company said |
| Wednesday."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/tc/?u">Yahoo! |
| News (Reuters)</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011213/tc/tech_hacker_dc_3.html">U. |
| S. Reaches Deal to Free Russian Programmer</a><br> |
| <i>2001 December 13</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">The U.S. has agreed to free Sklyarov in exchange for his |
| testimony against his company.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.eweek.com">eWeek</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D19928,00.asp">Sun |
| considers charging for StarOffice</a><br> |
| <i>2001 December 12</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">In an important article on the state of StarOffice development, |
| Peter Galli examines the issues behind Sun's possible decision to charge |
| a fee for the increasingly popular office productivity suite.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.com">The Register</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" > <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23280.html">Open |
| source IE, license MSOffice, says rebel States' pitch</a><br> |
| <i>2001 December 10</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">A trenchant analysis of the States' opposition to the "settlement" by |
| staff writer John Lettice.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/">Cnet News.Com </a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" > <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8100898.html">States |
| get tough in Microsoft case</a> <br> |
| <i>2001 December 07</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Joe Wilcox reports on the reluctance nine states and the |
| District of Columbia have to swallowing the Bush administration's capitulation |
| to Microsoft's desires.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/">ZDNet Australia </a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" > <a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/software/business/story/0,2000023555,20262203,00.htm">StarOffice |
| 6.0 may outshine Office XP</a><br> |
| <i>2001 December 05</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">As Jason Brooks writes, "Sun's free StarOffice 6.0 |
| offers features that could draw firms away from Microsoft applications, |
| especially in the face of Microsoft's potentially costly new licensing |
| schemes."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/">MacCentral</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" > <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0112/06.settlement.php">Jobs |
| questions Microsoft settlement proposal value</a><br> |
| <i>2001 December 07</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">A soap opera with real consequence, and now Apple is chiming |
| in on the egregious putative settlement between Microsoft and the Bush |
| Justice department. </td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxlookup.com/">LinuxLookup</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://www.linuxlookup.com/html/reviews/software/staroffice6.html">Star |
| Office 6 (Beta) Review </a><br> |
| <i>2001 November 30</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Another useful and interesting review of StarOffice 6 Beta, |
| in which the reviewer (JJ) states, "This Beta version has some great improvements. |
| I find Beta 6 to be very stable (so far that is) and I am actually using |
| it as my default Application suite."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.sdtimes.com/index.htm">SDTimes</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://www.sdtimes.com/cols/opensourcewatch.htm">OPEN |
| SOURCE WATCH: Constant Change Is Here to Stay</a><br> |
| <i>2001 August 01</i></td> |
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| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Columnist J.D. Hildebrand examines the most interesting |
| developments of the summer in Open Source.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.advogato.org/">Advogato</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://www.advogato.org/article/378.html">Chewing |
| up and spitting out our leaders</a><br> |
| <i>2001 November 14</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Advogato examines the implications of the recent resignation |
| of Christoph Pfisterer from the Open Source <a href="http://fink.sourceforge.net/">Fink</a> project, |
| which aims to "bring the full world of Unix Open Source software to <a href="http://www.opensource.apple.com/">Darwin</a> and |
| Mac OS X."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://consultingtimes.com/">Consulting |
| Times</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://consultingtimes.com/SOConversions.html">The |
| OpenOffice Rosetta Stone</a><br> |
| <i>2001 November 09</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Erwin Zijleman & Stephen E. Harris continue their favorable |
| examination of OpenOffice.org.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.adtmag.com/">ADTmag.com</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://www.adtmag.com/article.asp?id=5647">Open |
| source concerns die hard</a><br> |
| <i>2001 November 05</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Johanna Ambrosio writes about the state of the business |
| of Open Source. </td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com">The New York |
| Times.com</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/05/technology/05OPEN.html">Some |
| I.B.M. Software Tools to Be Put in Public Domain</a><br> |
| <i>2001 November 05</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Steve Lohr of the New York Times discusses IBM's open source |
| initiative, "Eclipse."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1002.html?tag=hdrgf">Cnet</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%" ><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7739670.html?tag=tp_pr">Rival |
| browsers benefiting from MSN gaffe</a><br> |
| <i>2001 November 01</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Staff writers Rachel Konrad and Sandeep Junnarkar interviewed |
| Tim Berners-Lee and report that "Microsoft's blockage of competing |
| Web browsers from MSN.com has been good news for some plucky rivals: They |
| are experiencing record traffic and downloads, and a leading Internet authority |
| is heaping scorn on the software giant." </td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theregister">The Register</a> </td> |
| <td width="75%"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22595.html">MS |
| antitrust deal close - WinXP, bundling to emerge unscathed?</a><br> |
| <i>2001 November 01</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">John Lettice writes on the deal being discussed by Microsoft |
| and the US "Antitrust" division. </td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/">ZDNet Australia</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20257787-1,00.htm">Governments |
| push open source</a><br> |
| <i>2001 August 30</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">As Paul Festa writes, "More and more governments around |
| the world are requiring their agencies to use free or open source software |
| and use proprietary software only as a last resort. Microsoft is working |
| overtime to quell the revolution."</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxorbit.com/">LinuxOrbit</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.linuxorbit.com/features/slambo1.php">StarOffice |
| 6.0 Beta - Out of the (Cyber) Box Experience</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 30</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Sean Lamb praises StarOffice 6 Beta for not only being able |
| to view Microsoft Office documents, but for leaving him "impressed with |
| its capabilities and I'm sure I'll like it more as I use it more." </td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://consultingtimes.com/">Consulting |
| Times</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://consultingtimes.com/staroffice.html">StarOffice |
| 6 Rises to the Desktop Challenge</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 27</i></td> |
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| <td class="alt9">Stephen E. Harris, publisher of Consulting Times, finds |
| that "much to [his] surprise -- [StarOffice 6 beta] was a rather full feature |
| office suite, based on open standards, with the best Microsoft Office compatibility |
| to date." This article includes an excellent interview with Iyer Venkatesan, |
| the StarOffice product manager.</td> |
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| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.newsforge.com" target="_blank">NewsForge</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/10/21/2037202&mode=thread">OpenOffice.org: |
| A little over a year and 7.5 million lines of code later</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 24</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Grant Gross of NewsForge interviews Community Managers Zaheda |
| Bhorat and Louis Suárez-Potts for an analysis of the state of OpenOffice.org, |
| one year after the release of the code.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.com/" target="_blank">The |
| Register</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22404.html">Doom |
| for .NET? InterTrust opens up on the MS lawsuit </a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 22</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Mucraker Register reporter writes on the latest David fighting |
| the Goliath of Software: InteTrust, who uses patent law to its (and possibly |
| Open Source's) advantage.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/" target="_blank">ZDNet</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2817381,00.html">StarOffice |
| shaping up as true Office alternative</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 11</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Michael P. Deignan reviews StarOffice beta 6.0 and proclaims |
| it a near replacement for you-know-what.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://linuxtoday.com/" target="_blank">Linux |
| Today </a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-10-16-013-20-OS-DT-SW">Sander |
| Vesik: One Year of OpenOffice.org</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 16</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Sander Vesik, release engineer for OpenOffice.org, writes |
| about the one-year anniversary of OpenOffice.org.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com" target="_blank">Cnet</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.cnet.com/software/0-811003-8-7411744-1.html?tag=sd">StarOffice |
| 6.0 Beta</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 16</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">In a glowing review, Gregg Keizer praises StarOffice 6.0 |
| beta for being efficient and powerful.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/" target="_blank">LinuxPlanet</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/3841/1/">The |
| StartX Files: Word to the Wise: Writer 638C</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 16</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Brian Proffitt writes glowingly about OpenOffice.org 638c |
| and describes how it is persuading others <i>away</i> from Microsoft XP. </td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com" target="_blank">Computerworld</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/community/story/0,3201,NAV65-1797_STO64689,00.html2C00.html" target="_blank">The |
| Case for Open File Formats</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 12</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Scott McNealy argues for open-file formats in this special |
| piece to Computerworld.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/" target="_blank">LinuxPlanet</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/3841/1/">The |
| StartX Files: Word to the Wise: Writer 638C</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 16</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Brian Proffitt writes glowingly about OpenOffice.org 638c |
| and describes how it is persuading others <i>away</i> from Microsoft XP. </td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com" target="_blank">Computerworld</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/community/story/0,3201,NAV65-1797_STO64689,00.html2C00.html" target="_blank">The |
| Case for Open File Formats</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 12</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Scott McNealy argues for open-file formats in this special |
| piece to Computerworld.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.eweek.com" target="_blank">eWeek</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D16135,00.asp" target="_blank">Users |
| swarm to StarOffice 6 beta</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 10</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">As Peter Galli, writes, "The brouhaha surrounding Microsoft |
| Corp.'s new volume licensing plans has apparently been good news for companies |
| like Sun Microsystems Inc., which last week announced the beta release |
| of its free StarOffice 6 office productivity suite."</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.linuxworld.com" target="_blank">LinuxWorld.com</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/1005.staroffice.html" target="_blank">A |
| first look at StarOffice 6.0 beta</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 09</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Joe Barr writes that "those interested in finding a |
| migration plan away from the Microsoft monopolies would be well advised |
| to start looking at StarOffice 6.0, since it runs not only on Windows but |
| on Solaris and Linux as well."</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/tc/zd/?u" target="_blank">ZDNet |
| News (Yahoo!)</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20011009/tc/staroffice_offers_it_real_choice_1.html">StarOffice |
| offers IT real choice</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 09</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Jason Brooks, of <a href="http://www.eweek.com" target="_blank">eWeek</a>, |
| writes on the new StarOffice 6 Beta and how it represents a real and usable |
| alternative to Microsoft's Office.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theregister.com" target="_blank">The |
| Register </a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22070.html" target="_blank">Finnish |
| city plans switch from Windows to Linux</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 05</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">John Lettice reports on the proposed move by the city of |
| Turku to adopt not just Linux but also OpenOffice.org.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theregister.com" target="_blank">The |
| Register </a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21988.html">Sun |
| unveils kinder, gentler StarOffice</a><br> |
| <i>2001 October 02</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Andrew Orlowski bites into the Beta of StarOffice 6.0, which |
| is pretty much OpenOffice.org 638c.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.theregister.com" target="_blank">The |
| Register </a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/21885.html" target="_blank">Consumer |
| groups to call for defanging of WinXP</a><br> |
| <i>2001 September 26</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">John Lettice reports that "Four US consumer organisations |
| are poised to damn Windows XP later today, and to offer their thoughts |
| on the measures the courts should take to protect the public from the Beast."</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/" target="_blank">MacCentral</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0109/06.opensource.php" target="_blank">Open |
| source, Microsoft, and Apple</a><br> |
| <i>2001 September 6</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Dennis Sellers analyzes the different approaches to Open |
| Source that Microsoft and Apple have taken.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ts/" target="_blank">Yahoo!News-Reuters</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010906/ts/microsoft_justice_dc_5.html" target="_blank">U.S. |
| Abandons Microsoft Breakup Effort</a><br> |
| <i>2001 September 6</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Peter Kaplan writes that the Bush Justice Department is |
| no longer pursuing a break-up of Microsoft and "would strive to find |
| a remedy in the three-year old case 'as quickly as possible.'''</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"> <a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/" target="_blank">NetworkWorldFusion</a> </td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0831mslinuxw.html?nw" target="_blank">Microsoft |
| casts a watchful eye on LinuxWorld</a><br> |
| <i>2001 September 4</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">John Fontana analyzes Microsoft's reactions to Linux.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.idg.net" target="_blank">CNET.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7018328.html" target="_blank">Sun |
| shows new version of StarOffice</a><br> |
| <i>August 31, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Stephen Shankland reports from LinuxWorld that "Sun |
| Microsystems is showing Linux fans the next version of StarOffice, the |
| most viable competition to Microsoft's Office package, and will release |
| the beta version in October."</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.idg.net" target="_blank">IDG.net</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/tc/opensource.html" target="_blank">LinuxWorld |
| Expo: Post-show impressions</a><br> |
| <i>August 31, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Joe Barr summarizes this years LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.infoworld.com" target="_blank">InfoWorld</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.infoworld.com/tc/opensource.html" target="_blank">Test |
| Center In Focus: Traveling the open-source road?</a><br> |
| <i>August 30, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">InfoWorld presents a special forum on Open Source, its state, |
| economy, and promise.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com" target="_blank">CNET.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7004860.html?tag=mn_hd" target="_blank">Lawyer |
| Lessig raps new copyright laws</a><br> |
| <i>August 29, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">From LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco, Stephen Shankland |
| reports on noted law professor Lawrence Lessig's speech on copyright, patents, |
| and why we should be concerned.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com" target="_blank">CNET.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7009202.html?tag=mn_hd" target="_blank">Microsoft |
| learns from its enemy--Linux</a><br> |
| <i>August 29, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Stephen Shankland, CNET staff writer, writes on how Microsoft, |
| despite its harsh words attacking Linux, Open Source, and a lot else, is |
| learning from Linux.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.cnet.com" target="_blank">CNET.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7008296.html?tag=mn_hd" target="_blank">Making |
| Linux usable tops Torvalds' list</a><br> |
| <i>August 29, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">A review of the important panel, "The State of Open |
| Source," at this year's LinuxWorld Convention in San Francisco, by |
| Stephen Shankland. </td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://linuxtoday.com/" target="_blank">Linux |
| Today</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-08-25-011-20-PR-BZ-CY" target="_blank">Eric |
| S. Raymond: VA going proprietary? Naahhh...</a><br> |
| <i>August 25, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Noted Open Source advocate and VA Linux board member accounts |
| for VA Linux's recent strategic move.</td> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/" target="_blank">ZDNetNews</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2807176,00.html" target="_blank">Gnome |
| Foundation Hires Timothy Ney</a><br> |
| <i>August 23, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Charles Babcock, of Interactive Week, reports on Gnome's |
| hiring of Free Software Foundation manager Timothy Ney.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/" target="_blank">ZDNetNews</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2804416,00.html" target="_blank">Hail |
| to IBM's ode to open source</a><br> |
| <i>August 9, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">AnchorDesk analyst Patrick Houston hails IBM's Open Source |
| moves.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/" target="_blank">eWeek</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2804315,00.html" target="_blank">IBM: |
| Open standards hold key to dynamic e-busines</a>s<br> |
| <i>August 14, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Peter Galli of eWeek reports on IBM's commitment to Open |
| Source. An interesting and important document, and an insightful departure |
| from Microsoft's fear of Open Source.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/tc/zd/?u" target="_blank">Yahoo! |
| ZDNet News</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010809/tc/sun_linux_offer_help_in_ms-kids_pc_flap_1.html" target="_blank">Sun, |
| Linux offer help in MS-kids PC flap </a><br> |
| <i>August 9, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Megan McAuliffe, ZDNet, Australia, reports on how Sun has |
| (yet again) trumped Microsoft by offering to provide an Australian charity, |
| PC for Kids, with free installations of StarOffice and RedHat 6.2 on its |
| old PCs.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.com" target="_blank">The |
| Register</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20884.html" target="_blank">.Net |
| may yet close the open source movement</a><br> |
| <i>August 8, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">A characteristically trenchant analysis of the battle between |
| .Net and its Free Software and Open Source opponents.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://java.sun.com/" target="_blank">JavaSun.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://java.sun.com/features/2001/07/oscon01.html?frontpage-banner" target="_blank">May |
| the Best Code Win: Reaction to OSCON's Microsoft-Red Hat Debate </a><br> |
| <i>July 27, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Kammie Kayl interviews Sun's chief Open Source advocate, |
| Danese Cooper, on the debate between Microsoft's Craig Mundie and Red Hat's |
| CTO Michael Tiemann. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/" target="_blank">Computerworld</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/Printer_Friendly_Version/0,1212,NAV47_STO62567-,00.html" target="_blank">Open-source |
| debate rages at O'Reilly conference </a><br> |
| <i>July 26, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Ashlee Vance, IDG News Service, writes that "Despite recent |
| changes by Microsoft Corp. to its licensing strategy for some software, |
| the debate between commercial software developers and the open-source community |
| continued to rage on Thursday, as top executives from Microsoft and Red |
| Hat Inc. met at an industry conference." writer Andrew Orlowski reports |
| on the turf wars being fought among pundit Nick Petreley, Open Source maven |
| Miguel de Icaza, and everyone's favorite monopoly, Microsoft over .Net |
| and its free-software/Open Source equivalents."</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/" target="_blank">CNET |
| News.com </a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1276-210-6659302-1.html?tag=bt_pr" target="_blank">Open-source |
| brouhaha: Missing the point</a><br> |
| <i>July 25, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td width="75%"> A preview of the Microsoft-Open Source showdown by Brian |
| Behlendorf, founder and president of Apache and founder and CTO of CollabNet. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk" target="_blank">The |
| Register </a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/20616.html">BETRAYAL! |
| .NET clones and GNOME in the firing line</a><br> |
| <i>July 24, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9"> Staff writer Andrew Orlowski reports on the turf wars being |
| fought among pundit Nick Petreley, Open Source maven Miguel de Icaza, and |
| everyone's favorite monopoly, Microsoft over .Net and its free-software/Open |
| Source equivalents.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/">ZDNet News </a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2792690,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02" target="_blank">Linux, |
| Microsoft struggle looms over .Net</a><br> |
| <i>July 20, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9"> Lem Bingley reports that "A fledgling effort to replicate |
| Microsoft's .Net architecture on Linux, called Mono, could quickly become |
| mired in intellectual property difficulties."</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.idg.net">IDG.net</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.idg.net/ic_651013_1793_1-3921.html" target="_blank">Users |
| order StarOffice, protest Microsoft licensing scheme</a><br> |
| <i>July 16, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9"> As Joris Evers writes, Dutch users are fed up with Microsoft's |
| profiteering and have chosen instead a better alternative, one that is |
| both free and supported by Open Source technology. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.eweek.com">eWeek</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2784625,00.html" target="_blank">Open-source |
| OpenOffice[.org] for OS X faces uphill battle</a><br> |
| <i>July 12, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9"> Daniel Drew Turner, in a special to <i>eWeek</i>, writes |
| on the work that must be done to fully develop the OS X port of OpenOffice.org.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/" target="_blank">CNET |
| News.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6527632.html?tag=mn_hd" target="_blank">Open-source |
| steps in to duplicate .Net!</a><br> |
| <i>July 9, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9"> According to Stephen Shankland, "Open-source fans |
| announced on Monday the first steps in an effort to reproduce Microsoft's |
| .Net's underpinnings so people can use the technology without Microsoft's |
| involvement." </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/" target="_blank">David |
| A. Wheeler</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.dwheeler.com/" target="_blank">Why Open |
| Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!</a><br> |
| <i>July 9, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9"> Noted IT writer David Wheeler presents the case for Open |
| Source / Free Software in the most persuasive terms possible: he uses facts |
| and numbers to prove his case.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.salon.com" target="_blank">Salon.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/28/appeals_reaction/index.html">Microsoft |
| wins--or does it?</a><br> |
| <i>June 28, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9"> "Lawrence Lessig, Tim O'Reilly, Eric Raymond and other |
| experts and observers analyze the appeals court's ruling in the antitrust |
| case." Presented by the Salon Technology staff.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.eweek.com">eWeek</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2779806,00.html">StarOffice |
| meet Star Wars</a><br> |
| <i>June 25, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Peter Galli reports from the war front: "In a significant |
| win for open source desktop productivity suites, Sun Microsystems Monday |
| announced that the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) would |
| implement up to 25,000 units of its StarOffice 5.2 software."</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/" target="_blank">CNET |
| News.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6291224.html?tag=prntfr" target="_blank">Why |
| Microsoft is Wary of Open Source</a><br> |
| <i>June 18, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">As Joe Wilcox and Stephen Shankland argue, the issue for |
| Microsoft is not whether Linux and Free Software is un-American, but whether |
| Linux's popularity will ultimately "hinder" Microsoft's quest |
| to gain more control in the server market. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://public.wsj.com/" target="_blank">The |
| Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com)</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB992819157437237260.htm" target="_blank">Microsoft |
| Uses Open-Source Code Despite Denying Use of Such Software</a><br> |
| <i>June 18, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">As Lee Gomes reports, Microsoft Corporation, despite its |
| repeated and heated insistence, has continued to benefit from FreeBSD, |
| which it has used for running elements of its HotMail system. [Registration |
| required to read the article.]</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://public.wsj.com/" target="_blank">The |
| Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com)</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://interactive.wsj.com/archive/retrieve.cgi?id=SB992473322427071471.djm&template=doclink.tmpl">The |
| Campaign Against Linux Is Uphill Battle for Microsoft</a><br> |
| <i>June 14, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Lee Gomes argues that Microsoft's effort's to "vilify |
| Linux and other 'open source' software appears to be backfiring. [Registration |
| required to read the article.]</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com" target="_blank">The |
| New York Times.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/04/technology/04NECO.html" target="_blank">New |
| Economy: Open-Source Movement Advances</a><br> |
| <i>May 30, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Laurie J. Flynn of the New York <i>Times</i> analyzes the |
| state of Open Source. [Free registration required to read the article on |
| the site.]</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com" target="_blank">ZDNetNews</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/sp/stories/news/0,4538,2766745,00.html" target="_blank">Making |
| a Friendly Standard</a><br> |
| <i>May 30, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Suzanne Deffree writes about how Sun Microsystems "looks |
| to open-source systems management." </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.itworld.com/" target="_blank">ITWorld.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2001/0530ibmnhf.html" target="_blank">IBM, |
| NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu team on Linux</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Martyn Williams reports on the joining together of the four |
| companies to strengthen Linux. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com" target="_blank">ZDNetNews</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2766341,00.html?chkpt=zdhpnews01" target="_blank">Stallman |
| Strikes Back at Microsoft</a><br> |
| <i>May 29, 2001</i> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">For Richard Stallman, Mary Jo Foley writes, software is "about |
| freedom, equality and liberty." For Microsoft, it "is about making |
| money."</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.sdtimes.com" target="_blank">SD |
| Times</a></td> |
| <td width="75%"><a href="http://www.sdtimes.com/cols/opensourcewatch.htm" target="_blank">Open |
| Source Watch: Weekly Columns</a> </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr > |
| <td class="alt9">Noted columnist Bruce Hildebrand analyzes the state of Open |
| Source every week.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/" target="_blank">MacCentral</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0104/11.openoffice.shtml" target="_blank">OpenOffice[.org] |
| code comes to Mac OS X</a><br> |
| <i>April 10, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">Dennis Sellers provides ground-breaking reportage on the |
| Mac OS X port of the OpenOffice.org code. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" class="alt8"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/" target="_blank">CNET |
| News.com</a></td> |
| <td width="75%" "29" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"><a href="http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-5551386-0.html" target="_blank">Open-source |
| development drives innovation</a><br> |
| <i>April 10, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">One of the biggest developments in software during the past |
| decade has been the growth of the open-source software movement. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">Yahoo! |
| News</a>: <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/tc/zd/?u" target="_blank">ZDNet</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010228/tc/the_gnu_gpl_and_the_american_way_1.html" target="_blank">The |
| GNU GPL and the American Way</a><br> |
| <i>February 28, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">Richard Stallman, who founded the GNU Project, powerfully |
| argues that Open Source is anything but "un-American," as Microsoft |
| has asserted.</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.xml.com">XML.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/02/07/openoffice.html">Adventures |
| with OpenOffice[.org] and XML</a><br> |
| <i>February 5, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">Matt Sergeant examines OpenOffice.org's XML capability and |
| focuses on "using the XML to generate something of potential interest |
| to web developers and content editors."</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/index.html">abcNEWS.com</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/linuxworld010202.html">Free |
| Money: At LinuxWorld, Companies Plan to Profit From Free Software</a><br> |
| <i>February 2, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">Asking, "If you can get the Linux operating system |
| for free, how are companies making money on it?" Sascha Segan inquires |
| into the profitability of Open Source. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.linuxpower.org/">Linuxpower</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.linuxpower.org/display.php?id=202">Talking |
| with John Heard of Sun about GNOME</a><br> |
| <i>January 23, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">A fascinating interview conducted by Christian Schaller |
| with the manager of architecture and strategy at Sun. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.atstake.com/">@Stake</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a012301-1.txt">Parsing |
| Overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000</a><br> |
| <i>January 23, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">Microsoft PowerPoint is shown to be vulnerable to malicious |
| files which could take control not just of the application but also of |
| the viewer's machine. As an alternative to PowerPoint, the analysts recommend |
| StarOffice 5.2 and OpenOffice.org. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.newsforge.com/">NewsForge</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/01/18/2117229">How |
| close are we, really? [A] Review of StarOffice 5.2</a><br> |
| <i>January 19, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">In this insightful review article, Tim Hanson appraises |
| the state of office productivity software for Linux. </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td rowspan="2" class="alt8"><a href="http://www.eweek.com">eWeek</a></td> |
| <td class="alt9"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2672703,00.html">Sun |
| Makes Headway Toward StarOffice 6</a><br> |
| <i>January 9, 2001</i></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="alt9">Sun Microsystems Inc. on Tuesday will release the latest |
| draft specification of the XML file format that will be included in the |
| next version of its StarOffice software suite due out later this year. </td> |
| </tr> |
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