Open source dependency

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Choosing Desktop Linux

Comment A frequently encountered dependency on Microsoft Active Directory Given this, it's important to do your groundwork, assessing both the level of Windows dependency and the ability to meet user needs with... [14 Apr 2005]

Microsoft: Europe is key Linux battleground

News Speaking to silicon.com at the Tech Ed 2004 conference in Amsterdam this week, Microsoft's European general manager Philippe Dumont said there are cultural reasons for some governments wanting to limit dependency on... [30 Jun 2004]

Companies urged to patch Sendmail

News The only dependency is that the domain needs to accept email," Ingevaldson said. The Sendmail Consortium, the group responsible for development of the open source Sendmail code, released... [04 Mar 2003]

Devil's Advocate: Microsoft and users - 2002 as a turning point

Comment Almost everyone who has unveiled an intention to reduce dependency on Microsoft has relied on open source alternatives such as Linux and Open Office, or the proprietary... [17 Dec 2002]

Microsoft tries to hold back the open source tide

News Supporters of open source argue that the software can free governments from a dependency on proprietary document formats, such as those used by Microsoft. A Microsoft-backed group is... [13 Aug 2002]

Bye, bye monkey

Comment Failure to do so creates dependency on Microsoft, McNealy claimed in his own inimitable style. It emerged this week that the site ran on, err, Unix, and also (horror of horrors) used the open... [04 Apr 2002]

How about an alternative to Microsoft .NET?

Comment It will also cement its impressive footing (via MSN) in the web content arena, increasingly tying customers into a dependency on Microsoft on the internet to match the one it already has on the desktop. [09 Oct 2001]

The Bloor Perspective: NT clusters, open source in healthcare and Bezos' brand new dilemma

Comment There has been a well-recognised discrepancy between the actual availability delivered by popular platforms such as NT and the increasing dependency of business models on very high levels of uninterrupted service. [09 Apr 2000]

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