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Why IBM passed on JBoss

IBM's software chief has shed some light on why his firm passed on Oracle's latest acquistion target. Read more »

Computer Associates has released its Ingres r3 database under an open-source agreement, marking its full entry into the open-source arena and the latest in a long line of open-source products to enter the database market. Read more »

Sun backs open-source database PostgreSQL

Sun Microsystems has thrown its weight behind PostgreSQL, announcing plans to distribute and support the open-source database. Read more »

IBM sets DB2 database free

IBM on Monday introduced a free version of its DB2 database, a move designed to win software developers over to its products. Read more »

Oracle grabs Sleepycat

The open source embedded database specialist has become Oracle's latest acquisition. Read more »

'Free' is the new 'cheap' for software tools

James Gosling, a vice president and fellow at Sun Microsystems, once quipped that the average software developer spends more on cafe lattes than on tools. Read more »

Start-up harvests customer code

OpenMFG, maker of manufacturing applications, is putting a twist on the open-source development model by taking code contributions from customers and value-added resellers. Read more »

BEA eyes scripting languages

BEA Systems -- a company long committed to the Java programming language -- plans to support alternative scripting languages in upcoming products. Read more »

Open source: The newest competitive tool

A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company with a newly acquired software product line. Read more »

BEA rejects US$6.66bn bid from Oracle

Oracle has offered to purchase rival BEA Systems for US$17 per share, a total of about US$6.66 billion in cash -- but BEA rejected the offer as too low. Read more »

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