Sun's Chief Open Source Officer Talks Patents, May 24, 2007

Sun Microsystems' Chief Open Source Officer, Simon Phipps, spoke on the issues of software patents, patent reform and Microsoft's claims that free and open-source software infringes the software company's patents. Phipps spoke with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. Taft.

Red Hat executives are putting on a brave face and looking at Oracle's Unbreakable Linux announcement as a positive for them, saying it is an acknowledgement that the future of software is open source and that its Enterprise Linux software is the gold standard.

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