Redmond's patent claims ignite comments on Web site devoted to open source approach.
Redmond plans to collaborate on a translation project between its Open XML format and China's Unified Office Format.
Redmond votes to add Open Document Format to ANSI, even as it pushes its OOXML format.
A new nonprofit industry group works to push IEEE 802.1x as the basis for open source client-side security.
The Borland subsidiary, moving at a rapid clip, has announced new tools for rapid application development.
Execs allege 235 violations of Microsoft patents and finger Linux and OpenOffice as culprits.
Software companies are reaching out with partnerships and educational efforts to show how service-oriented architecture can improve IT and business processes.
Ericsson will provide its SIP technology as part of the open-source GlassFish project.
Sun announced at JavaOne that the development kit for its Java Platform Standard Edition platform will be available to developers on an open-source basis with GPLv2 licensing.
Oracle had three developer-related announcements at this week's JavaOne event.
New product line includes a scripting language and solutions for the device application development market.
Computer vendor to offer SuSE Linux Enterprise solution, along with Ubuntu Linux version.
This week's event for Java developers promises a beefed-up agenda and much more on open-source development.
A hybrid approach to software development, combining the best of open-source and proprietary methods, may be emerging, according to members of the Open Source Think Tank.
Programmers can clean up code within a virtual machine (VM) directly from Visual Studio using latest VMware release (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).