IBM upped the stakes in the United States in an ongoing contest over corporate e-mail software with a program that offers business partners up to US$20,000 to dump Microsoft's Exchange in favour of IBM's Lotus software on Linux.
Once mired in a stagnant market, IBM's Lotus division will use industry standards to loosen Microsoft's grip on desktop software, according to the outgoing Lotus general manager.
A judge in the United States issued a damning indictment of SCO's case against IBM, citing the 'complete lack' of evidence, but did not grant a summary judgement in IBM's favour.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival.
Microsoft and IBM are in a fight to the death in Asia-Pacific but Oracle might end up the loser.
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Microsoft's fiercest foes--Java software providers--are showing growing admiration for their powerful rival.
special report The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer.
Microsoft and IBM are in a fight to the death in Asia-Pacific but Oracle might end up the loser.
Apple's move to adopt Intel chips will inevitably result in new victors and casualities in the desktop battlefield. Here's a sample.
Has the sun prematurely set on Sun Microsystems? The company has proposed buying Novell for its Linux business but this move reveals Sun's myopic view on how the IT world functions.
Apple's move to adopt Intel chips will inevitably result in new victors and casualities in the desktop battlefield. Here's a sample.
The new version of Internet Explorer will include tabbed browsing but will this be enough to entice Firefox users to convert?
Why does everyone have to dump on Microsoft? Despite its antitrust troubles, the company has done some very good things for us all.
Sun would like to think it can succeed where others have failed,,"in breaking Microsoft's stranglehold on the office productivity market,"by offering a product that's almost as good as Microsoft Office at a much lower price. Do the sums add up?
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