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  • Wiki-based patent site grants people a say in patent process

    A new service called wikipatents.com aims to improve tracking software patents with a community-driven model that has fueled the Wikipedia phenomenon.  Article

  • SCO down but not out in lawsuit against IBM

    SCO's longstanding brawl with IBM is tilting in Big Blue's favor after a judge threw out 194 of the Unix vendor's claims. But the Linux community should stay tuned, said one legal expert. This case is far from over.  Article

  • Bochs

    Bochs (pronounced 'box') is an open source PC emulator that supports a wide variety of operating systems... (Continued)  Definition

  • sendmail

    On the Internet, sendmail is the most popular UNIX-based implementation of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) for transmitting e-mail.  Definition

  • Open source IP case puts spotlight on patents

    A lawsuit is brewing in the open source community that has the potential to change the way users look at software patents. Tom Carey, a Boston intellectual property attorney, tells customers to be wary when considering open source software.  Article

  • GPL version 3 evaluation committees admit Stallman is ultimate 'decider'

    The committees vetting a draft of the General Public License version 3 say they have ideas about the direction of the popular open source license, but ultimately Richard Stallman controls its fate for better or worse.  Article

  • boot loader (boot manager)

    A boot loader, also called a boot manager, is a small program that places the operating system (OS) of a computer into memory...  Definition

  • Quiz: March of the Penguin (Linuxworld Boston, 2006)

    Last year was a big year for penguins, from their appearance in Oscar-winning documentaries to wholesale adoption of Linux by South America's largest economy.  Definition

  • Solaris

    Solaris is the computer operating system that Sun Microsystems provides for its family of Scalable Processor Architecture-based processors as well as for Intel-based processors.  Definition

  • OpenDocument Alliance ranks surge, favorable ISO vote imminent

    A group tasked with promoting the OpenDocument file standard on a global level has quadrupled its membership and handlers now expect a favorable vote when it comes time for ISO certification next month.  Article

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