Peter Galli

Microsoft Corp. and lawyers for the plaintiffs met before a mediator in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to try and iron out a settlement for the more than 100 private antitrust cases against the Redmond, Wash. software firm, but the talks ended without any resolution. Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said that todays meeting ended after a […]

Despite negotiating two settlement agreements, it appears increasingly unlikely that Microsoft Corp. will get a quick resolution of the antitrust actions dogging it. In a week in which the Redmond, Wash., software company was dealt several harsh blows in its ongoing court battles, it became clear that once-separate legal issues are becoming entangled— and not […]

As an increasing number of enterprise customers look for software that allow them to run applications across different platforms, IBM this week will announce that VMware Inc.s enterprise server software, ESX Server, has achieved IBM ServerProven validation. ESX Server is fully optimized to run on some IBM eServer xSeries systems, including the x350 and the […]

Microsoft Corp. has released the first service pack for Office XP–essentially a collection of all the bug fixes it has released and been working on since the product hit the shelves on May 31. The Redmond, Wash., company said the updates focus primarily on providing improvements in three key areas: security, performance and stability. “SP-1 […]

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday rejected out of hand the remedy proposals suggested by the nine dissenting states and the District of Columbia in the landmark antitrust case against the Redmond, Wash. software firm. In its 36-page Proposed Final Judgment filed today in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, Microsoft said that proposed […]

Sun Microsystems is evaluating the pricing plan for its StarOffice desktop productivity suite, and one option under consideration is charging users for the software. StarOffice 5.2 is available as a free download or on a CD for a nominal fee. The Cupertino, Calif., company is not sure that this is the way to go when […]

Maryland Federal District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz on Tuesday expressed concern about including California in the proposed settlement of more than 100 private antitrust suits against Microsoft Corp. The private antitrust cases were brought against Microsoft last year following the ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson that the Redmond, Wash., company […]

Microsoft Corp. on Monday presented the Federal District Court of Maryland with two changes to the proposed $1 billion settlement of more than 100 private antitrust cases the company faces. The software maker offered two revisions to the settlement it had offered last month saying it would change the method for appointing members to an […]

Ximian Inc. is the latest company with open-source roots to start selling proprietary products. Ximian, the open-source desktop company formerly known as Helix Code Inc., this week will announce a new proprietary product, the Ximian Connector for Microsoft Corp.s Exchange, which will bridge the gap between users Linux desktops and their Exchange servers, said Nat […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee has weighed in on the proposed antitrust case settlement between Microsoft Corp. and the federal government, and has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 12 to examine the credibility of the proposal. The committee will hear testimony from the Justice Department, attorneys general in favor and opposition to the settlement as well […]