Letter suggests that the Yahoo acquisition may close by the second half of 2008, if approved by regulators.
New service enables "lifecycle development" of Web-based applications, providing a complete environment, company officials say.
Redmond's stated policy shift suggests better interoperability with open source solutions may happen, some say.
CEO Ballmer described a company shift toward promoting open connections, data portability, standards and community engagement.
The flagship product aims to simplify the development of rich Internet applications for service-oriented architectures, company officials assert.
Independent survey reveals gap between virtualization's importance and IT's confidence in managing it effectively.
New online community, educational resources help enterprises understand and adopt business modeling practices.
Some say the benefits of reuse are exaggerated. Prove them wrong by implementing a plan of action.
The funds will be offered to teams that can demonstrate IDE improvements.
The update eventually will be needed to install Vista SP1.
Product purportedly injects role-based access control security into legacy Java apps.
Features and fixes are now available for Visual Studio Team System 2008 and Visual Basic.
Official suggests both will be unveiled at the next Professional Developers Conference in October.
The tactic is seen as cheaper way for Redmond to acquire the company.
New Web page defines Microsoft's vision for Software Plus Services.
A product line preview is planned for the second half of 2008.
The open source solution provider plans to offer a "comprehensive" SOA product.
Free software is available across 11 countries, tied to academic institutions.
The two companies are planning integration and marketing efforts.
Product extends application performance monitoring to service-oriented architectures.