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RSS open source xmlCorel debuts new WordPerfect
News He said companies frustrated with Microsoft licensing are mostly opting to stick with older versions of Office, and those looking at alternatives are focusing on wholly different approaches, most notably the free, open-source OpenOffice package. [16 Apr 2003]
Novell embraces open source
News Networking-software company Novell on Monday gave details of plans to tighten its products' ties with open-source software. At the company's annual Brainshare customer conference, Novell said it is bundling open source software with its own... [16 Apr 2003]
The chimera of the closing IT skills gap
Comment But then that's hardly surprising, as the open source operating system is becoming more and more acceptable within corporates throughout the country, and supply always lags behind demand. For example, last year, 32 per cent of respondents said that... [24 Mar 2003]
Microsoft patent plans could stifle standards
News More and more, the patent debate is pitting companies like IBM and Microsoft - which are looking to patents to protect and recoup the millions of dollars they spend developing products - against members of the open source and free software... [11 Feb 2003]
Ballmer on Linux, licensing and .Net
News And the threat from the open-source Linux operating system is stronger than ever. The term open source - it's a philosophy. People don't look at open source they look at Linux. People highlight, 'OK guys - where's the source code? [14 Oct 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: ERM, Microsoft wants Unix converts and our old friend information overload
Comment By operating across the whole range of server platforms, the advent of open source Linux has managed to blur many of the traditional operating system divides. Gartner found, quite surprisingly, that the most useful information employees receive... [20 May 2002]
How about an alternative to Microsoft .NET?
Comment Sun was just the last in a line of vendors - including HP, IBM, and Oracle, as well as the open source community - to bring forward a web services strategy. If users are willing to do some work then the open source community could be perfectly... [09 Oct 2001]
Microsoft's big idea: Why .NET matters
Comment Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Books, and longstanding open source guru, likes the idea. However, he admits take up will be slow initially, based around small open source applications written by enthusiasts. [03 Oct 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: IT's slump, the StarOffice challenge and owning the technology vision.
Comment This is no trivial attempt by Sun to make an open source impact on the office applications market, but the question is; does it have any chance of denting Microsoft's grip on the market? It is difficult to estimate market share for open source... [13 Aug 2001]
IT's slump, the StarOffice challenge and owning the technology vision.
Comment This is no trivial attempt by Sun to make an open source impact on the office applications market, but the question is does it have any chance of denting Microsoft's grip on the market? It is difficult to estimate market share for open source... [13 Aug 2001]
All Hail Microsoft: Software giant storms in with .Net
News Those types of numbers will be a dream for developers, Microsoft's source of API (application programming interface) support. All HailStorm services are based on XML, and (according to Microsoft) conform to open industry standards. [20 Mar 2001]
The Bloor Perspective: E-marketplaces made simple, optical internet deal in the offing, and internet access uneven
Comment Neither company has confirmed rumours of an impending deal involving the sale of Nortel's optical components business to Corning, although the stories claim to be based on a source close to the negotiations. [31 Jul 2000]
Web surfers speak out with SpeechWorks
News Both products are based on an open source code available free for developers and vendors alike. The technology is based on VoiceXML, an XML-based application, which has Java and HTTP elements that support linking to other websites and manage... [03 Jul 2000]
Tadpole buys US m-commerce firm for $3.3m
News Endeavors is about to release the first version of Magi, a cut-down version of the open-source Web server, Apache, for Java-enabled mobile devices. Tadpole hopes to make money off the back of the open-source Magi server, with the sale of workflow... [13 Mar 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: How to do WAP, the death of the PC, and Baan's troubled times
Comment Now, though, Fast Search and Transfer has launched a search engine that it claims is the fastest and most comprehensive source of information on WAP-enabled information, with more than 20,000 pages currently indexed. [05 Mar 2000]
