Oracle asked to sell MySQL
Open Source activist Richard Stallman has called on Oracle to sell MySQL which they are gaining as part of their acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Richard Stallman along with Knowledge Ecology International and Open Rights Group have asked the European Commission to force Oracle to sell this open source database product before [...]
Microsoft Windows 7 cleared for launch in Europe
European Commission has finally given its approval to Microsoft to sell their Windows 7 operating system with Internet Explorer in the European market.
Microsoft spoke about their deal with EU: “Windows 7 will ship as planned – users will get Windows 7 then some time later they [...]
Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems approved by Justice Department
Database industry giant Oracle has said that their acquisition of Sun Microsystems has now received the approval from the Justice Department in the USA.
They are now waiting for approval by the European Commission.
The acquisition deal has been facing issues because of the involvement of technologies [...]
Microsoft could offer multiple web browser options in Europe in Windows 7
Microsoft has taken some drastic steps with their Windows 7 operating system to pacify the European Commission.
The company has now proposed a scenario where a user would get a ballot screen to pick the web browser he wants to install on his machine [...]
Windows 7 without Internet Explorer for Europe!
Microsoft has announced the unthinkable. The US based software giant has announced that they would ship their Windows 7 operating system in the European markets without the (much hated) Internet Explorer web browser.
This is largely due to the fact that the company has been repeatedly criticized by [...]
EU to look into Microsoft’s announcement to support ODF in Office
Microsoft has surprised market experts by announcing that they would soon add inbuilt functionality in MS Office suite to let the user edit and access ODF format files.
The company aims to support this open source format by early next year in their own office productivity [...]
Opera Software complains about Microsoft behavior to European Commission
Opera Software has now complained to the European Commission about the behavior of Microsoft when it comes to web browsers on the Windows platform.
Opera Software is claiming that Microsoft is making it tough for the developers to code applications that work with each other as they do [...]
