IBM is considering releasing its DB2 database-management software under an open-source licence.
Hot on the heels of the AU$80 million contract with Microsoft earlier this week, the Victorian Government has signed a four-year deal with IBM covering the use of Lotus software on more than 30,000 desktop systems.
Microsoft has ended its long battle with European regulators by agreeing to comply with key elements of the European Commission's 2004 antitrust order, the parties announced on yesterday.
New server technologies, such as multicore processors and virtualisation, have led IBM to begin radically revamping its server software pricing method.
The UK government will get a discount of more than AU$2.5 million a year from Microsoft, under a deal reached between the software company and the Office of Government Commerce (OGC).
Non-profit organisations are keen to take advantage of emerging technologies such as social networking for fundraising and software as a service for administration, but a lack of perceived support options is keeping them away from open source software and focused on traditional providers such as Microsoft.
Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
Microsoft is taking a stand on an emerging technology that threatens to reshape software pricing models.
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