Sun, allies broaden open-source chip push
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| Sun Microsystems' open-source chip plan is bearing some early fruit,
| but the server and software company hopes to increase further
| involvement by sharing the designs of its forthcoming "Niagara
| 2" processor.
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| Simply RISC, too, was drawn by the open-source license. Sun chose the
| General Public License (GPL), which also governs the Linux kernel
| and thousands of other software projects.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6183562.html
Speculation: Did Microsoft Try to Get Sun to Sue Linux?
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| Today, Pamela Jones (of Groklaw) has a little insight. Based on
| Jonathan Schwarz?s blog, she suspects that Microsoft may have
| tried to encourage Sun to sue Linux (the infamous 'proxy
| manoeuvre'). Here is what Jonathan says...
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http://boycottnovell.com/2007/05/16/sun-microsoft-speculation/
Related:
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| Sun Microsystems plans to release on Tuesday the underlying design of
| its UltraSparc T1 "Niagara" processor under the terms of the General
| Public License.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6051800.html
Sun's Niagara chip breaks like the Wind River
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| Wind River this week lent a helping hand to one of Sun Microsystems'
| more interesting processor efforts. The software maker announced that
| its telco hardened version of Linux will be tuned for Sun's UltraSPARC
| T1 processor.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/sun_windriver/
Perens set to tackle open-source hardware
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| On Monday, Perens plans to announce the TAPR Open Hardware
| License, a document written by John Ackerman designed
| specifically to govern hardware designs that can be
| modified and redistrubuted. Perens plans to submit the
| license to the Open Source Initiative for its as an
| open-source license.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6156093.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/2noydh
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