Thor Olavsrud

Stepping up to give software makers a push to open source their products, The Center of Open Source & Government Tuesday unveiled the Open Source Threshold Escrow Program, or O-STEP. Affiliated with the The Cyber Security Policy & Research Institute and The George Washington University, The Center of Open Source & Government intends the program […]

Microsoft took one of the last steps toward the general availability of the newest version of its office productivity family Monday when it began distributing a half-million copies of the beta 2 version of the newly rebranded Microsoft Office System. Microsoft plans to launch the Office System this summer. Formerly known simply as Microsoft Office, […]

Adding steam to its efforts to build greater support for collaboration in the enterprise, Microsoft unveiled the first widely available beta of ‘Greenwich,’ the code-name for its new instant messaging and real-time collaboration server software. “The delivery of this beta represents a milestone in the development of the ‘Greenwich’ technology, which is a component of […]

With Windows Server 2003 scheduled for its coming out party on April 24, Microsoft Monday unveiled a pricing guide for the server operating system. The pricing guide is also a first look at the pricing for a new version of Microsoft’s server operating system: Windows Server 2003 Web Edition. With a suggested retail price of […]

A large percentage of U.S. companies are unprepared to face business and IT outages caused by a severe calamity, according to the results of a survey released by research firm Gartner Dataquest Tuesday. The survey found that one third of U.S. businesses face the loss of critical data or operational capability in the wake of […]

Feeling the pinch due to a dearth of enterprise IT spending, Palm Monday warned investors that its third quarter revenues will fall short of guidance given in December. The company explained that demand for its entry-level and mid-range products has been in line with expectations, but lower-than-expected demand for its high-end products, particularly its Tungsten […]

With Microsoft planning two major releases this year — Windows Server 2003 on April 24th and Office 11 in late summer — the software giant Monday moved to rebrand team collaboration technology, which it considers a key component of both offerings. Microsoft said Monday that its SharePoint Team Services will now be dubbed Windows SharePoint […]

Fresh from the release of its CrossOver Office, Codeweavers, with a little help from application access software provider Tarantella , is looking to up the ante by aiming that product at Citrix and MicrosoftTerminal Server.CrossOver Officer allows users to run Microsoft Office natively on Linux desktops. Based on the WINE Project(of which Codeweavers is a […]

Despite the legitimacy of the open-source movement, most of Linux’s inroads have been made on the server side as opposed to the client (a.k.a. desktop). A new consortium, formed by a number of leading vendors and open source organizations in the Linux space, is trying to change that. The Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC) revealed itself […]

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