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Autodesk Open-Sources Web Mapping Software

Autodesk Inc. plans to release the full code of MapServer Enterprise, its new Web mapping platform, to open source early next year. A snapshot of...

Readers Respond: One GUI to Rule Them All

I am a 30-year veteran in the PC field. I dont see the Microsoft GUI hegemony as unfortunate, as Peter Coffee suggests in his...

What Users Want from Desktop Linux

Linux desktops have always faced an uphill battle against Windows desktops. Now, OSDL is calling together architects from over two dozen key desktop-oriented Linux...

Legal Analyst Sees Defects in Microsoft Open XML Initiative

Microsofts open standard Office XML format announcement may not be that big a deal, according to one standards attorney. When Microsoft announced Monday that it...

Senior Security Exec Quits Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday confirmed the sudden departure of Gordon Mangione, a 14-year Redmond veteran who last served as corporate vice president in the...

That Tightness That You Feel

Hot on the heels of my comment last week that "Web app failures dont take holidays," the United States Census Bureau announced last Wednesday...

Mono 1.1.10 Solves Deployment Problem

The newest version of Mono, the open-source implementation of Microsofts .Net, makes it much easier for developers to deploy .Net programs. The Mono Project, which...

Applications Are Outward-Bound

Mobile applications are the fastest-growing opportunity and challenge for developers, who are finally getting both the tools they need and the consensus on good...

GSA Modernizes With Open-Source Stack

The federal government is in the process of building out an open-source stack of software to be used across agencies to develop, deploy and...

Citrix Buys Teros; Enterasys Goes Private

Citrix Buys App Security Specialist TerosCitrix Systems continued its investment in application delivery technology last week, announcing the purchase of privately held Teros, a...