Coming to terms with open source

Big software makers are learning to live in an increasingly open-source world, but other institutions still have issues.

MySQL CEO offers mixed view of Oracle

Martin Mickos calls one of Oracle's products "crippleware" and then names the company as a partner of the year.
April 26, 2006

Banks 'should give back to open-source community'

Wall Street is making increasing use of open source, but the financial world should contribute more code in return, experts say.
April 26, 2006

Lighting a fire under Solaris

Two significant upgrades are coming to Solaris this year, but Linux remains a fearsome rival.
April 24, 2006

Open source meets business intelligence

Looking to crack into the business intelligence field, open-source challengers JasperSoft and Pentaho expand their product suites.
April 23, 2006