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  • Open source software: the way forward?

    Companies are beginning to see open source software as a viable alternative for the enterprise, according to a leading analyst.

  • Open source campaigns fought on wrong territory

    Proponents of open source and proprietary software are exchanging blows "on the wrong battleground" said Gartner Research vice president Andrea Di Maio today.

  • ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'

    The International Organisation for Standardisation is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format, according to analyst group Gartner.

  • Gartner's top 10 technologies in 2004

    Open source and proprietary software backers are going head-to-head for all the wrong reasons, and their resources and efforts could be better spent concentrating on beefing up applications, says Gartner.

  • Ballmer fails to sway the sceptics

    At Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried to disabuse the thousands of IT executives attending the conference of two notions: Windows software is hopelessly insecure and Linux offers a better TCO (total cost of ownership) than Windows.

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  • Open source software: the way forward?

    Companies are beginning to see open source software as a viable alternative for the enterprise, according to a leading analyst.

  • Gartner's top 10 technologies in 2004

    Open source and proprietary software backers are going head-to-head for all the wrong reasons, and their resources and efforts could be better spent concentrating on beefing up applications, says Gartner.

  • Microsoft readies new Exchange

    A new version of Microsoft's Exchange communications software has entered a second round of testing, the company said Monday.

  • OS Wars: Microsoft vs Open Source

    Can one operating system fit all your needs? Or is it a matter of mixing and matching to the tasks at hand? ZDNet Australia assembled a panel of IT experts to find out which OS fits best.

  • Despite open-source ideology, QUT embraces Microsoft integration

    Organisations considering a change of productivity suites may do well to follow the example of Queensland University of Technology, which has taken a cautious approach to Microsoft Office 2007 and instead focused on sprucing up its back-end messaging environment.

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  • Microsoft readies new Exchange

    A new version of Microsoft's Exchange communications software has entered a second round of testing, the company said Monday.

  • Open source threatens Java servers

    Open-source software has already shaken up the operating systems business. Now, Java server software makers are feeling the heat.

  • Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux

    The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm has predicted in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.

  • How open is the new Office?

    Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.

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