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Open-source software has come under a barrage of criticism from Microsoft in recent weeks. But the tide of open-source development shows no signs of being diverted by this opposition, as Linux companies forge new alliances and make a bid for the mainstream with new tools designed for the enterprise.
Business intelligence software specialist Business Objects will make a preview version of its Crystal Reports software available for the open source Eclipse development environment before the end of the year.
A little more than a year ago, detractors painted the Eclipse open-source project as nothing more than a ploy by IBM to sell its own software. Today, by most accounts, it's the centre of innovation in the Java tools industry.
Sun Microsystems has released an early edition of software that will form the underpinnings of future Java applications for desktop computers.
Competing players are trying to integrate Java development tools, in the face of well-organised competition from Microsoft.
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