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Backers of Mambo are deeply divided over how to govern the open-source project.
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Windows Server 2003 will be launched in 'modules' in an effort to make Microsoft as responsive as the open-source community to development issues.
Commentary: A shift in corporate IT's priorities might play to Microsoft's advantage, but it will take a quasi-religious conversion to get IT directors to accept the Microsoft way.
When the Blaster, MS/SQL, and Sobig worms made their appearance on the scene in 2003, one thing became clear: none of the worms was initially stopped with antivirus software.
Customers and analysts say Microsoft is forcing its most important partners to use competing browsers by its move to integrate IE with Windows.
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