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    A former Microsoft executive who helped shape the company's initial response to Linux has joined a company selling open-source media software.

  • Think proprietary, government tells open source developers

    Open-source developers keen to impress potential government buyers should take some pages from the practices of proprietary software vendors, a senior government procurement officer told attendees of the AUUG 2004 conference in Melbourne.

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    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.

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    New versions of software based on a popular file-compression technology could create headaches for users through their use of incompatible formats.

  • Office to work with proprietary back-ends

    "Open to new ideas. Plays well with others."

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