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NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile Sun bullied, used threats to gain control of open source project, former owner says By John Fontana Ex-Sun worker says former employer threatened to withhold severance benefits if group did not relinquish ownership of OpenDS open-source project. Read full story Senior Editor John Fontana covers Microsoft for Network World. Reach him at jfontana@nww.com. SPONSORED BY NEW EDGE NETWORKS Manage Your Virtual Enterprise Get real-world advice on how to best support and manage your organizations virtual workforce. Watch this complimentary Webcast, Building IP Networks for the Distributed Workforce, to hear how selecting the right WAN service to support distant employees can make all the difference. Click here to view now. RELATED NEWS: THIS WEEK'S MOST-READ NEWS STORIES AND BLOGS 1. Cool Tools Holiday Gift Guide 2. Football field-sized kite powers latest heavy freight ship 3. Teleworkers called back to cubicle life 4. Judge backs Amazon, chides prosecutors in book-records case 5. BSA, software giants target little guys 6. Boeing, USAF show off supersonic bomb firing technology 7. Testing all-in-one firewalls 8. 3.3 billion mobile accounts: 1 for every 2 earthlings 9. Which certifications are worth your time? 10. 2007 Enterprise All-Star Awards 11. Microsoft working to close 8-year-old Web proxy vulnerability 12. Security concerns cloud virtualization deployments 13. Open source's future: More Microsoft, bigger talent shortages 14. Another inconvenient truth: Al Gore's Web site hacked 15. A California city rebuilds network using all open source software 16. AT&T to hike prices on dial-up 17. One reader's IT management nightmare 18. First large-scale 802.11n wireless LAN now operational 19. 12 spam research projects that might make a difference 20. EFF fires an upper-cut at Internet traffic interference 21. OLPC sued for patent infringement 22. Hackers jack Monster.com, infect job hunters 23. Geek press can't handle a sex scandal 24. Parts of Cisco.com inaccessible for most of Monday 25. Free password generators, Part 2 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Find the very best tech holiday gift ideas. '07 ENTERPRISE ALL-STARS Honoring outstanding technology projects. SPONSORED BY NEW EDGE NETWORKS Manage Your Virtual Enterprise Get real-world advice on how to best support and manage your organizations virtual workforce. Watch this complimentary Webcast, Building IP Networks for the Distributed Workforce, to hear how selecting the right WAN service to support distant employees can make all the difference. Click here to view now. Join Network World's Technology Opinion Panel Here is your chance to help shape the future of IT. You know what products and enhancements are needed, you have the insight and foresight to be out front and provide direction to Network Word and the network industry. To join the panel, complete a brief registration survey. The panel is strictly for technology professionals to share their vision. Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnsreport.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   11/29/07 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: 3.3 billion mobile accounts: 1 for every 2 earthlings EFF fires an upper-cut at Internet traffic interference Open source's future: More Microsoft, bigger talent shortages Which certifications are worth your time? 2007 Cool Yule Tools Gift Guide First large-scale 802.11n wireless LAN now operational Teleworkers called back to cubicle life 2007 Enterprise All-Star Awards Testing all-in-one firewalls Lotus Notes vulnerable to e-mail attack FEATURED BUYER'S GUIDE: VoIP Monitoring, Analysis and Management Executive Guide "Data Center Decisions" Download our new Executive Guide "Data Center Decisions" to sharpen your competitive edge. This guide offers tips on dealing with server consolidation, virtualization, management, cooling and power issues. Click Here for More Information IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Daily News PM Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007