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  • Microsoft and SugarCRM partner on open source

    Microsoft and open-source enterprise applications vendor SugarCRM unveiled a technical collaboration on Tuesday under which Sugar CRM will release its next customer relationship management suite under the Microsoft Community Licence.

  • Police IT boss: Why we dropped open source

    Central Scotland Police is replacing parts of its open source infrastructure with Microsoft software following a review of its IT strategy.

  • Challenging the musical status quo

    Programmer Christopher Montgomery believes the Ogg Vorbis audio format can challenge Microsoft, Netscape and even MP3. Do he and his cohorts have more than a snowball's chance?

  • Microsoft readies new Exchange

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

  • Samba and Microsoft strike interoperability pact

    Open source software project Samba has signed an agreement with Microsoft to receive protocol documentation for the software giant's Windows workgroup server products.

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  • The best of open source and .NET development

    Imagine the power of running code created by Microsoft development tools on a Linux machine or including an open source component in a proprietary product. In an interview, author Brian Nantz explains how to do it.

  • Sun poised to take open-source Solaris step

    Sun Microsystems is about to take the next step in its plan to refurbish the reputation of its Solaris operating system in the eyes of a small but crucial group: programmers.

  • Linux continues desktop march

    The good news for Linux as an operating system for the desktop--as opposed to the server--is that it is set to become number two after Windows in the next year or so.

  • Seven mail servers tested

    Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.

  • Microsoft readies new Exchange

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

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