The judge presiding over Microsoft's antitrust case said Tuesday that the company must release details on how different parts of Windows work together, according to a Dow Jones Newswires report.
Google "is perhaps the most notable example of how open and competitive the software industry has become," with "prospects ... so bright that the capital markets value the company at approximately US$231.5 billion, making it the fifth most valuable company in America". Or so says Microsoft.
Oracle has announced the availability of its Oracle Database 11g on the Linux platform and new capabilities for its Enterprise Edition offering.
The deputy general counsel for Microsoft says they have learned their lessons on dealing with the US government in antitrust matters. Now he has some advice for Google on the same subject.
Google's last minute antitrust complaint surrounding Windows Vista desktop seach was rejected by a US federal judge on Tuesday.
The market for database server software, seen as a barometer of overall software market health, grew slightly last year, fuelled in part by sales of Linux.
Microsoft and IBM are in a fight to the death in Asia-Pacific but Oracle might end up the loser.
While there will likely be more litigation from competitors seeking to sanction Microsoft in some way, columnist Tim Landgrave explains why the recent US federal ruling bodes well for both Microsoft, and more importantly, the public consumer sector.
A federal judge has told Microsoft it must disclose portions of the Windows source code, including XP and XP Embedded, to nine litigating states and the District of Columbia.
Microsoft has released an updated version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 without the company's version of Java, complying with a court order that was stayed just hours later.
In terms of a legal conduct remedy for Microsoft, Larry Seltzer thinks that giving a judge the power to control an OS would be like asking software engineers to write laws.
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