Peter Galli

The first day of oral arguments in the Microsoft antitrust case, being heard by the full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals here, was not a good one for the Department of Justice and the various states. Chief Judge Harry Edwards surprised many legal observers Monday afternoon when he bluntly stated that some of […]

As Microsoft Corp. and the Department of Justice prepare to present oral arguments to the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington next week, legal experts are divided over the approach the justices may take to the matter. Herb Hovenkamp, a law professor at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, and an antitrust expert, said […]

As new legal pressures mount against Microsoft Corp., the company is trying to put the spotlight back on its operating system products. But, so far, customers arent buying. The Redmond, Wash., company last week rolled out here the latest version of Windows, dubbed Windows XP—a release officials are touting as the most significant since Windows […]

If there is one area of technology Microsoft Corp. has not dominated, it is the embedded space. But no longer, as CEO Steve Ballmer made clear this month. Microsoft has ambitious plans for the embedded space—not the least of which is to sell 4 million Pocket PCs over the next year. That figure may be […]

Of the myriad challenges Microsoft Corp. will face over the next few months, none will be as pressing as persuading Windows and Office users to upgrade to the companys XP versions. The Redmond, Wash., software company will preview the Windows XP software this week. As it does, Microsoft will continue a two-front battle to regain […]

Microsoft corp., under siege by the growing popularity of Linux, is feeling increasing pressure to broaden its Windows platform base and in some minor ways is beginning to relent. Many corporate customers—angered by the Redmond, Wash., companys aggressive and, at times, threatening approach to licensing older Windows versions and upgrading to Windows 2000—are evaluating Linux […]

Corel Corp.s announcement last week that it will sell off its Linux desktop distribution unit will have little impact on the open-source community. Linux users contacted last week said they will not miss Corels Linux desktop distribution, particularly as updated environments are expected in the next two months from both KDE (K Desktop Environment) and […]

John Alberg, vice president of engineering at Employease Inc., is typical of many IT managers nursing budding relationships with the Linux operating system: He loves it; he loves it not. Alberg loves it as a relatively stable platform for running selected enterprise applications. About a year ago, the Atlanta-based human resources application service provider switched […]

IBM is stepping up to the interoperability plate and releasing a toolbox for its Unix operating system, AIX, that allows developers to recompile Linux applications to run on AIX. The toolbox, which can be downloaded at www.ibm.com/aix, contains a range of open-source and GNU software, including recompiled versions of GNU Network Object Model Environment and […]

Hoping to ultimately establish a standard file format for desktop productivity applications, Sun Microsystems Inc. last week released the latest draft specification of its XML file format that will be included in the next version of its StarOffice suite, which is due later this year. StarOffice is an open-source productivity applications suite that includes word […]