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OOXML projects bolster Microsoft's interoperability efforts

Microsoft on Monday unveiled projects to improve data portability between Office 2007 and other document file formats as part of an interoperability promise.

| News | Open Source | Software | 06/30/08 at 5:20 pm |

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Sun announces 'unlimited' GlassFish-MySQL bundle

Sun Microsystems on Friday announced a database and application-server package that allows unlimited deployments for a fixed annual rate, positioning the offer as a lower-cost alternative to competing vendors like Oracle.

| News | Open Source | Software | 06/27/08 at 1:40 pm |

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Mobile Linux groups join forces

After steadily losing membership this year, one of the earliest mobile Linux groups will close and join another faster growing initiative.

| News | Mobile & wireless | Open Source | Operating systems | 06/26/08 at 2:55 pm |

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Nokia buys rest of Symbian, will make code open source

Nokia on Tuesday announced it plans to acquire all of Symbian, which develops an operating system for mobile phones. The Finnish phone giant currently owns about 48 percent and will pay €264 million ($410 million) for the rest.

| News | Mobile & wireless | Open Source | Operating systems | 06/24/08 at 10:38 am |

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