The software giant makes the second beta of the component-based version of the operating system available to developers.
It started as a small rebellion--a warning shot fired at the Windows monopoly by independent-minded programmers. But the open-source movement traditionally associated with the happy penguin and the pierced, tattooed crowd is increasingly moving into the enterprise, mingling peacefully with commercial and proprietary code.
The company running the German railway system has moved half of its servers to Linux, and expects to have more than 300 Linux servers in operation by the end of this year.
German Linux start-up Tuxia has cut a deal to bring the company into the expanding and potentially gigantic Chinese market for Internet appliances.
The Eclipse project is to release an update to its technology that will help development tools from different software companies work together
In Mannheim, a preference for "open" standards -- not cost -- is driving the German city's shift to Linux.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
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Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.
Buyers of new PCs will have to grapple with Microsoft Product Activation - the most controversial feature ever to appear in Windows. Users who buy PCs with Microsoft Windows XP could find their machine disabled if they change or upgrade as few as four components.
Microsoft on Friday quietly released a new Macintosh version of its Windows Media Player software.
Microsoft is designing its ever-present Windows operating system to streamline and lower the cost of building and distributing the software.
StarOffice 6.0 is relatively inexpensive, but it's unlikely to win over existing users of Microsoft's Office products.
This much-anticipated update to Live Meeting faces stiff competition from WebEx and GoToMeeting.
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