Peter Galli

Microsoft Corp. is starting to react more aggressively to the Linux and open-source threat, last week slashing the price of its SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition by $450, to $49. The second major price cut in as many weeks followed the Redmond, Wash., companys decision to reduce the retail price of Office XP by 15 […]

Microsoft Corp., citing customer feedback, has delayed the release of the next version of SQL Server, code-named Yukon, until it can be integrated with Visual Studio .Net. Yukon was originally slated for release next spring, but it is now expected to be released to manufacturing in the second half of next year, said officials of […]

SuSE Linux A.G. is set to ship an enterprise Linux desktop solution, SuSE Linux Desktop, designed for large IT infrastructures and software development and high-performance computing environments. Holger Dyroff, who heads up SuSEs North American operations in Oakland, Calif., told eWEEK in an interview that the company is targeting installations of between 500 and 1,000 […]

One year to the day after announcing its Unbreakable Linux initiative, Dave Dargo, the vice president of Oracle Corp.s Linux Program Office, took to the stage at the Enterprise Linux Forum at the Santa Clara, Calif., convention center on Friday to talk about how Oracle has achieved most of its goals for that initiative. “Our […]

San Francisco-based Vector Capital Corp. will buy all of the outstanding common shares of struggling Canadian software maker Corel Corp., providing the deal is approved by a court and shareholders. This follows a report by eWEEK Thursday that Corel was set to be acquired by Vector Capital. In March, Corel admitted that it was actively […]

The SCO Group on Friday once again reiterated that it is the only rightful owner of the Unix System V source code and all related copyrights. The question of the copyright transfer is clarified in Amendment No.2 to the asset purchase agreement between SCO and Novell, dated October 1996, SCO CEO Darl McBride said in […]

Shares in the SCO Group surged nearly 30 percent on Thursday as the company continued to defend what it sees as the unauthorized and illegal use by customers, Linux users, vendors and the open source community of its Unix code. SCOs shares leapt $1.92, or 29 percent, to $8.52 on Thursday as more than 1.12-million […]

Struggling Canadian software firm Corel Corp. on Thursday indicated that it was about to be acquired by San Franciscos Vector Capital Corp. In March, Corel admitted that it was actively trying to find a buyer for its business and had signed a non-disclosure and standstill agreement with Vector Capital that let Vector investigate a takeover […]

Microsoft Corp. officials on Wednesday again expressed concerns about the threat Linux and open-source software poses to the companys business. In an annual letter sent to all Microsoft employees by CEO Steve Ballmer following the companys annual retreat for senior managers, Ballmer said that while most non-commercial software products present challenges to the firm, Linux […]

DALLAS—Microsoft Corp. has pushed back the release of the next version of SQL server, code-named Yukon, which will now ship in the second half of 2004 rather than the first half as previously expected. Paul Flessner, the senior vice president of Microsofts Windows Server division, told several thousand attendees at his opening keynote at the […]

Microsoft Corp.s battle to counter the growth of open-source software is costing the company millions of dollars, but Linux is still beating the software company in lucrative Windows deployment deals. The Redmond, Wash., companys latest licensing update, announced last week, will give customers who sign up for Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance free support, services […]

DALLAS—Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a range of new initiatives to augment its Certified Partner Program and that it hopes will help a wide range of its industry partners develop and deploy Microsoft Office System-based productivity solutions. The Microsoft Office System is due for release later this year, and more than 40 of Microsofts industry […]