Peter Galli

Microsoft Corp. has told beta testers of Office 11, its next-version Office desktop productivity suite, that the product will only work with the Windows 2000 operating system with Service Pack 3 installed, Windows XP and later desktop releases. This means that the more than 50 percent of the Redmond, Wash., software companys installed customer base, […]

The Xandros Desktop Linux operating system is finally shipping, more than a year after the company bought Canadian software firm Corel Corp.s Linux desktop distribution and all the licensing rights. The Xandros Desktop product is built on the Linux kernel 2.4.19, XFree86 4.2, Debian 3.0, Corel Linux 3.0 and an enhanced K Desktop Environment. According […]

Microsoft Corp. has sent the first beta of Office 11, its next-version desktop productivity suite, to a core group of several thousand technical testers for evaluation, bug checking and comment. The Redmond, Wash., software company, which will announce the release of the beta on Tuesday, has high expectations for this Office upgrade, which it is […]

LAS VEGAS—Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced the release of its Windows XP embedded operating system with Service Pack 1, meeting its promise to deliver new Windows XP Embedded technologies within 90 days of the client release. Keith White, senior director of Microsofts Embedded and Appliance Platform group, told a press briefing on Tuesday morning here […]

Xandros Inc. is giving users and businesses one more reason to try Linux on the desktop—with applications that mimic Windows ease of use and interface. To achieve that, Xandros, in Ottawa, which bought Corel Corp.s Linux desktop distribution in August last year, signed a deal to integrate CodeWeavers Inc.s CrossOver technology into the Xandros Desktop […]

DaimlerChrysler has found an innovative way to cut costs: It is using a Linux cluster based on IBM workstations to perform impact analysis simulation at faster speeds and a lower cost. An IBM spokesman told eWEEK that the Chrysler Group, a unit of DaimlerChrysler, is the first automotive company to take advantage of the price […]

Network software stalwart Novell Inc. is planning to ship a commercial version of the open-source MySQL database, which has been optimized for its NetWare 6 network operating system, by the end of the year. MySQL, a relational database management system for Web site and business application development and deployment, will also be included in future […]

The feature set for the Linux 3.0 kernel, the next major update to the open source operating system, is close to being finalized and contributors are being told to submit their patches to the list of candidates as soon as possible. In a posting to the Linux kernel mailing list, which was also posted on […]

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday reported a 26 percent surge in revenue to $7.75 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30 compared with the same quarter a year earlier, citing broad customer adoption of its multiyear volume licensing programs for the gain. Operating income for the quarter, which is also its first fiscal quarter of the […]

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released a new worldwide lifecycle support policy for almost all of its products currently available through retail purchase or volume licensing and for most of its future products. The policy is effective immediately. The new Support Lifecycle policy, which Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer alluded to in a broad customer e-mail sent […]

Microsoft Corp. announced the development of an information-gathering tool last week that the company claims will bring robust data-capturing capabilities to its Office productivity suite. The tool, XDocs, which is in the alpha stage of development, is a smart client. It is a hybrid information-gathering tool that blends the benefits and richness of a traditional […]

In a move to challenge Microsoft Corp.s Exchange, SuSE Linux will later this week announce that its new Openexchange Server will be available in mid-November. The Openexchange Server will combine the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system, an e-mail server and groupware functionalities in what a SuSE spokesman says is an “innovative all-in-one communication and […]