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• UPDATE: EC indicates Microsoft's source code licensing may not be enough*
  Wednesday 25 January 2006 – 05:02
  A brief statement issued this evening, European time, on behalf of the European Commission, indicates that it is leaving its options open with regard to whether Microsoft's creation of new "reference licenses" for certain elements of Windows source code, qualifies as an adequate response to its call for documentation of those elements.
• Microsoft blasts open-source software clones for patent infringement*
  Tuesday 15 May 2007 – 12:57
  Microsoft's next big legal endeavor will be to bring down Linux, OpenOffice.org, and others for infringing on a total of 235 patents. ...
• Making Open Source Software Pay*
  Monday 26 July 2004 – 06:00
  Open Source software source code is, by definition, free to view and modify and devoid of licensing fees. However, Open Source software is not always free. THG explains the discrepancy, analyzes what Open Source means and, more importantly, illustrates how it can save your enterprise money.
• Will Open Source Save Hardware?*
  Friday 4 July 2003 – 06:00
  These last few days, I have fanned the fanboy flames of the barbecue of indignation (Happy Independence Day), so, being a good judge of hate mail by now, I can feel the lethargy all around me. There used to be more bite, more venom, and more banter in the old days (2002). Who can blame them, the PC platform is languishing. Hardware fanatics are at a loss, and maybe that's why they sometimes seem to be clutching at straws - to maintain enthusiasm. Can the Open Source movement step into this vacuum?
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