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  • Gentoo Linux founder quits Microsoft

    Daniel Robbins, the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project, has quit his job at Microsoft after only eight months, the software giant has confirmed.

  • Microsoft learns to live with open source

    Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

  • OSDL boss hints at Microsoft collaboration

    Microsoft software designed specifically to run on open source platforms such as Linux could be closer to reality than previously thought, according to comments made by the head of Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) on Monday.

  • Microsoft hires Gentoo Linux founder

    Microsoft has hired one of the key figures behind a popular Linux distribution to educate its in-house developers about open source.

  • Firms keep silent over child pornography

    Most companies would rather keep quiet than call the police if they caught employees downloading child pornography, according to research published by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) on Wednesday.

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  • Microsoft learns to live with open source

    Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

  • ILM: Getting intimate with data

    ILM is the future of storage (or so we're told). But what is it? How do you get it? The details may still be a bit sketchy but that doesn't necessarily mean you can afford to put considerations to the side.

  • The worst kind of IT manager

    What is it that separates an unsuccessful IT manager from the rest? Find out the pitfalls to avoid.

  • Moving . . . um . . . forward

    There must be a phrasebook being passed around"but are the phrases designed to confuse, or is it just that nobody has anything in particular to say?

  • ROI: You can teach a New Economy old tricks

    In these tough times, customers will no longer trust you on the basis of VC referrals or your phone manner. It's time to prove that your customers need your services. ROI-based sales pitches of the past make a resurgence in the dot-com downturn of the present.

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