IBM has donated source code to an open-source project in an effort to create more sophisticated development tools for building graphical interfaces.
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A day after Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy said open-source software is his company's friend, a prominent advocate of the collaborative programming philosophy has called upon the server maker to open the code of Java.
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Microsoft has created the non-profit CodePlex Foundation to target increased communication between open source communities and software companies.
Google announced overnight the release and open-sourcing of a trio of tools designed to help JavaScript developers.
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Several organisations argue that SCO's shipment of a Linux product undermines its current attack on the operating system's intellectual-property underpinnings, but SCO says the argument is baseless.
Open-source software is about more than free code and occasionally troublesome licensing models.
Microsoft is now cosying up to the open source movement, and there are sound business reasons behind the about-face.
Companies are beginning to see open source software as a viable alternative for the enterprise, according to a leading analyst.
Until recently, the price of intranet portal software implementations have made them prohibitive for small- to medium-size companies. Enter open source Slash, a free alternative.
The Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson claims that one of the reasons he hasn't deployed much open source software is due to fears about security because the code has not been subject to enough "technical scrutiny".
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Developers are to get access to the handheld operating system, in a move that the company hopes will encourage the creation of more applications.
OpenOffice.org 2.0, the freeware version of Sun's StarOffice 8, is a great deal for small-business users who don't mind browsing online forums for technical support. But enterprises are better served by StarOffice 8.
Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting.
Red Hat and Intel have settled a licensing hiccup that threatened to prevent the Linux company from contributing to Intel's open-source project--a reminder of the frictions that can arise between the commercial tech world and the open-source community.
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