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IN THIS ISSUE

* OASIS strikes back * Microsoft and Oracle: Not so different * Dell gives AMD a "No" * FBI acts to stop phony e-mail scheme using its name

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OASIS STRIKES BACK

OASIS has released a statement expressing disappointment with a widely distributed letter opposing the organization's new intellectual property policy as potentially undermining open source development. Signed by dignitaries in the open source field, the letter objects to the "reasonable and non-discriminatory" license terms provision allowed by the new policy, which permits technology developers to charge royalties for use of their work. In its statement, OASIS defended its policy. "We are disappointed that Mr. Rosen (Lawrence Rosen, an attorney who was one of the signatories to the letter) chose to issue a press statement without first bringing his concerns to OASIS,"...

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MICROSOFT AND ORACLE: NOT SO DIFFERENT

Microsoft and Oracle may be bitter rivals in the software industry, but both have taken a bit of a heads-in-the-sand approach to the growing competitive threat of open source offerings. In unveiling an upgrade to its SQL Server database this week, Microsoft actually raised the price of the product by as much as 25 percent. That's kind of peculiar when there are open source offerings such as MySQL and PostgreSQL that can be had for little to nothing. Oracle made a similar move recently, upping the price of its Oracle Application Server 10g despite competition from open source alternatives such...

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DELL GIVES AMD A "NO"

Dell has apparently given a polite, but firm "No" to AMD, deciding to keep Intel as its sole chip supplier. Dell's CEO, Kevin Rollins, was speaking at an investor conference in Phoenix and said that the company had indeed seriously considered AMD, a story InfoWorld broke in November. AMD had gained momentum last year by introducing technologies ahead of arch-rival Intel. It also helped that Intel had a series of missteps, leading the world's largest chip producer to delay, cancel and recall several produces following design and manufacturing errors. When InfoWorld spoke to Rollins in November, he said customers were...

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FBI ACTS TO STOP PHONY E-MAIL SCHEME USING ITS NAME

The FBI decided to publish a statement on its Website this week, cautioning the public that a phony e-mail in mass distribution that claimed to be from the agency was actually a malicious virus. "These e-mails did not come from the FBI," the agency said in a statement. "Recipients of this or similar solicitations should know that the FBI does not engage in the practice of sending unsolicited e-mails to the public in this manner. "Opening e-mail attachments from an unknown sender is a risky and dangerous endeavor as such attachments frequently contain viruses that can infect the recipient's computer,"...

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