Developers of the highly portable operating system have made a plea for users to donate "cold, hard cash" to the open source project.
In a move as political as it is technological, Microsoft says it will use its new "shared source" philosophy to help spread the software plumbing of its Microsoft.Net plan beyond the Windows operating system.
Microsoft has said a technology standards body has endorsed programming tools key to expanding the appeal of the company's .Net Web services plan.
Last month, the ECMA approved C# as a standard--raising the possibility that .Net might break free of its Windows underpinnings. Eric Knorr assesses the prospects.
Even as Microsoft touts the open availability of the underpinnings of its .Net initiative, open-source advocates are working to make sure .Net isn't a Microsoft-only technology.
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Microsoft and Sun each have their own vision for your IT future; which will you choose? The answer may be easier than you think. ZDNet Australia investigates.
Open-source developer Landon Fuller explains why he is devoting his time to patching flaws found by the Month of Apple Bugs.
Some of your old servers may be ready for retirement, but others can still play a useful role in your business. Discover some ways to turn a potential doorstop into a valuable piece of equipment.
The RAID 31205 is Adaptec's newest Unified Serial controller, providing a single storage solution for cost effective SATA drives and high performance SAS drives.
Isn't it time we took another Macintoshesque great leap forward in terms of personal computing, is 2003 going to be a year of computational revolution?
Short of setting up duplicate systems, testing new software can be a hairy exercise. Here's another way: use virtual OSes like VMWare and Virtual PC as your testing platform.
With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualisation is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you?
Want to put a VPN or firewall on your network card? A new class of product handles all the processing, keeping your server free to do the hard work.
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