Oracle joins Linux patent commons
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| OIN members -- which currently include IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips,
| Red Hat, and Sony -- agree to assign software patents that might
| affect Linux to the OIN. These patents can then be used by anyone
| in Linux without having to pay any royalty fees or having to worry
| about future law suits.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3296732522.html
Sun hopes for growth from Project Redshift
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| Sun Microsystems, having returned to revenue growth after years
| struggling, is planning to catch the next wave of growth with an
| effort dubbed Project Redshift.
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| Schwartz declared Oracle's attempt to sell a Red Hat Enterprise
| Linux clone a dud. "That's had little to no effect on the
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| marketplace. The barriers to entry to compete against an
| operating system are a lot higher than they were historically,"
| Schwartz said.
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http://news.com.com/2100-7339_3-6170640.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/yqzeva
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