Google battles Chinese open weights models with Gemma 4
AI + ML Google battles Chinese open-weights models with Gemma 4 Now with a more permissive license, multi-modality, and support for more than 140 languages Google on Thursday unleashed a wave…
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Microsoft software resale appeal catches eye of class action
… Jonathan Horley, Managing Director of ValueLicensing, told The Register : "ValueLicensing is aware of the importance of the Court of Appeal hearings. …
Half of VMware users plan to reduce usage by 2028
…The analyst said many migrations are already under way, but believes not all will result in smaller Broadcom bills. Warrilow told The Register he’s heard that when Broadcom gets a whiff…
AI-pilled Arm CEO teases mystery products for $1T TAM
… Tuesday's event was all about Arm’s newly announced AGI CPU products, which will free the company from the shackles of its IP licensing model by enabling the company to sell directly to end customers. …
SAP's grand cloud escape plan €2B short of the runway
… Last year, SAP replaced RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition with SAP Cloud ERP Private Edition , creating confusion over licensing. …
Oracle AI obsession could mean higher prices, worse support
… Later that year, research from Gartner showed that costs could be between two and five times greater under the new licensing model for using the same software. …
CMA dithers as Microsoft's cloud meter runs on your dime
… Licensing structures, bundled services, and pricing models are notoriously complex. …
Amazon pays $11.5B for Globalstar to satisfy satellite-envy
… Licensing in the satellite space can be tricky, and Amazon has already tangled with SpaceX in spectrum fights before. …
FSF urges AI vendors to liberate LLMs
…According to the FSF, the book was published by O'Reilly and the FSF under the GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL). "This," wrote the FSF, "is a free license allowing use…
Usage-based billing muddles software vendor pricing
… And 48 percent said there was no integration between billing and CRM systems. Parry argues that transparency is a key theme for corporate customers, in terms of pricing design and the accessibility of usage and billing data. …