Monthly Archives: August 2005
Open-Source Software Companies Face Challenge to Build Business
When I think of companies that are emerging around the open-source software phenomenon, I cant help but think of an old Saturday Night Live...
Microsofts Linux Guru Woos Coders with Freebies
As Microsoft continues to try and convince its enterprise customers and the open-software community that it is committed to interoperability and working with them,...
SCO Expands Partnerships
LAS VEGAS—To buttress its anti-Linux product strategy, The SCO Group Inc. is working with third-party partners that include MySQL AB and EnterpriseDB Corp. on...
LinuxWorld Visitors Look for Real-World Apps
SAN FRANCISCO—The LinuxWorld Conference & Expo here this week has drawn fewer people who came to learn what Linux is all about and more...
Readers Respond: We Need a Spyware Law
I am in complete agreement that a spyware law must be passed ("We Need a Spyware Law," June 20) and if there can be...
IBM Adds Support for Geronimo App Server
Attendees at LinuxWorld this week in San Francisco are getting a good look at open source integration backed by the big guys.
IBM announced support...
Readers Respond: Sarbanes-Oxley: In Search of Payback
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was not intended to provide benefits to corporate bottom lines, but to provide benefits to stockholders and other users of financial...
Daylight-Saving Time Change May Cause Device Problems
An energy bill signed this week by President Bush will lengthen daylight-saving time by nearly a month, and some industry insiders worry that the...
Readers Respond: Microsoft Needs to Overhaul Prerelease Cycle
Regarding "Microsoft Needs to Overhaul Prerelease Cycle," Aug. 8) Ive always thought an annual release with one or two new features priced at about...
Neon Supplements Mainframe Integration With SOA
Neon Systems Inc. announced on Wednesday new software that adds a Services Oriented Architecture framework to the companys mainframe integration capabilities.
Neons Shadow RTE (Real-Time...