A former Microsoft executive who helped shape the company's initial response to Linux has joined a company selling open-source media software.
Hewlett-Packard is set to announce plans Wednesday to expand its support for open-source software.
IBM has asked the court presiding over its Linux dispute with the SCO Group to issue a prompt ruling that Big Blue did not infringe on SCO's copyrights.
Linux may be entrenched in the data center, but it will need some sprucing up before the upstart operating system grabs a significant spot on desktop PCs.
Open-source software is about more than free code and occasionally troublesome licensing models.
Sun Microsystems has recruited one of its biggest customers yet for its StarOffice software, signing a contract with the Ontario Ministry of Education covering 2.5 million students.
The Apache Software Foundation launches a project to develop Web application software based on Sun's Java.
Microsoft on Tuesday released what its executives touted as one of the most significant product updates in the company's history: a fresh version of Office with extensive new hooks into corporate computing systems.
A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response.
Desktop Linux software maker Lindows.com released on Thursday a version of its operating system that features support for Intel's Centrino chips for wireless notebooks.
Microsoft says the new version of Office, its most profitable product, could also represent a bonanza for its partners.
Only about 35 percent of large businesses plan to move up to the latest version of Microsoft's Office software next year, according to a new survey of chief information officers.
The new version of Microsoft's widespread Office software package won't likely spur immediate mass upgrades among businesses upon its release, analysts said, due in part to a complex set of added features.
New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats.
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