Peter Galli

The code and feature set for the upcoming Mozilla 1.0 open source Web browser suite were frozen earlier this week, meaning that the focus is now on critical bug fixing and other issues ahead of its final release in the next month or so. Items on the Mozilla.org Web site, at www.mozilla.org, which was founded […]

IBM and SuSE Linux have joined forces to provide Linux support and services to their combined global client base. “In the past we have had development relationships with SuSE to build distributions to run across our eServer line. But this is a global services relationship that focuses exclusively on professional services and support items,” Peter […]

IBM, in a move designed to accelerate both the use of its server products and the adoption of Linux in the telecommunications industry, on Tuesday announced a new Intel Corp.-based eServer and the creation of a Linux Server Provider Lab in Oregon. Dan Powers, the vice president of Linux solutions worldwide for IBM in Somers, […]

Ximian Inc., the open-source desktop company formerly known as Helix Code Inc., will on Monday release its Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange and its Red Carpet CorporateConnect products. Ximian Connector, first reported on by eWEEK in early December, is a proprietary product that bridges the gap between users Linux desktop and their Exchange universe. Red […]

Red Hat Inc. this week will take its biggest step yet into the enterprise with the release of its first Linux product thats specifically designed for corporate use. The Raleigh, N.C., companys Advanced Server is the first in what officials said will be a line of enterprise products that will ultimately include versions for technical […]

Neither Hewlett-Packard Co. nor Compaq Computer Corp. officials expect any significant shift in their Linux strategies if the merger between the two firms gets the green light. The union, voted on by shareholders this week, would effectively create the largest global Linux company and be a good meld of HPs Linux technology operations with Compaqs […]

Microsoft Corp. has updated an earlier critical security bulletin, warning all Windows users of another vulnerability with the code for its Java Virtual Machine. The bulletin said the latest vulnerability could allow a maliciously crafted Java applet to silently reroute all browser traffic to the applets host without the users knowledge. This traffic could then […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. confirmed Tuesday that it will charge users for the next version of its desktop productivity suite, StarOffice. Mike Rogers, Suns vice president and general manager of desktop and office productivity, in Cupertino, Calif., said that the Sun-branded version of StarOffice 6.0 will not be offered as a free download from Suns site […]

Microsoft Corp. is finally preparing to release the first general beta of its long-awaited next-generation Systems Management Server in late April, but some users whove seen early versions of the code are unimpressed with its evolution. For more than a year, Microsoft has promised users of SMS 2.0 a host of improvements, including enhanced support […]

Microsoft Corp. will be reducing by 10 percent the “geographic differential” its 1,600-odd Bay Area employees earn from Aug. 1, meaning a significant cut in their paychecks. Microsoft employees in San Francisco, Mountain View, Calif., and Foster City, Calif., were told that the “geographic differential” they are paid would be cut from 25 percent to […]