Peter Galli

As Microsoft Corp. prepares to release several new software products over the next two years, customers are becoming more frustrated about what they see as the companys obsessive focus on upgrades, rather than on improving existing products. Customers say they would like to see the Redmond, Wash., company pay more attention to making the products […]

Microsoft Corp. is looking at new ways to make its relatively unpopular Licensing 6 and Software Assurance volume licensing agreements more beneficial to the customers most negatively impacted: small and medium-size businesses. Some options under discussion within the Redmond, Wash., software developer include additional support for customers as well as free training, the level and […]

SuSE Linux ag, the SCO Group (formerly Caldera International Inc.), Conectiva S.A. and Turbolinux Inc. are expected to launch this week the latest versions of their Linux enterprise distributions powered by the UnitedLinux core, according to industry sources. This will be the first time the four Linux distributions are based on the UnitedLinux core and […]

Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.s chairman and chief software architect, will use his keynote address at the Comdex Fall show in Las Vegas on Sunday night to introduce OneNote, the latest technology in the Office desktop productivity suite. OneNote is a note-taking software application that allows users to capture, store and retrieve typewritten notes, pictures and […]

SuSE Linux, the SCO Group (formerly Caldera International), Conectiva and Turbolinux are all expected to launch on Tuesday the latest versions of their Linux enterprise distributions powered by the UnitedLinux core, according to industry sources late Thursday. This will be the first time the four Linux distributions are based on the UnitedLinux core, and follows […]

Microsoft Corp. has learned a great deal from its antitrust lawsuit and realized that it needs to take a different perspective on its position as an industry leader, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told customers on Wednesday in the latest of an ongoing series of e-mails to customers from Microsoft executives. Ballmer was addressing the Redmond, […]

REDMOND, Wash.—In yet another management shift, Microsoft Corp. has appointed Mohsen Al-Ghosein to head its Exchange Server group. Al-Ghosein, who joined Microsoft in 1990, has been involved in a number of corporate strategy and architectural roles at the company and was appointed a distinguished engineer in 2000. He replaces Malcolm Pearson, who is currently on […]

When Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates takes the stage in New York on Thursday morning to officially launch the Tablet PC, he will announce the availability of Microsoft Reader for Tablet PC. This is a special version of Microsofts existing electronic reading application designed for the Tablet. Gates will use his […]

Storage company Sistina Software and solutions provider Mainline Information Systems Inc. have formed an alliance to deliver a Linux-based data-sharing solution for the IBM S/390 and zSeries platforms. The companies have ported the Sistina Global File System (GFS) to the IBM eServer zSeries platform for the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server. Sistinas GFS is an enterprise-class […]

Microsoft Corp. has cut another tie to its past and, in the process, angered yet another group of legacy customers. The Redmond, Wash., software company last week confirmed its decision to make its forthcoming Office 11 suite compatible with only Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later operating systems, including Windows XP. The move will […]