Peter Galli

Microsoft’s announcement of greater interoperability and openness comes just days ahead of a ballot resolution meeting in Geneva that is the precursor to the final vote on whether its Office file format is approved as an ISO standard. Microsoft said Feb 21 that it would adhere to a set of new interoperability principles designed to […]

Microsoft rolled out its big guns, including CEO Steve Ballmer and Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, to underscore its commitment to the set of new interoperability principles announced Feb. 21 that are designed to increase the openness of its high-volume products and drive greater interoperability. In fact, Microsoft’s long-term success depends on its ability to […]

Windows Live SkyDrive Exits Beta By Peter Galli Windows Live SkyDrive Exits Beta – Creating a New Folder to Share Files Users can share files with others based on the permissions they establish. Windows Live SkyDrive Exits Beta – Drag and Drop Files can be dragged and dropped into folders, where they will be uploaded. […]

Competitors in the open-source community responded with skepticism to Microsoft’s Feb. 21 announcement that it is committing itself to greater openness and interoperability for its software products. Others tentatively welcomed the move. Microsoft said it would adhere to a set of new interoperability principles designed to increase the openness of its high-volume products and drive […]

The upcoming release of Windows XP Service Pack 3 will further slow the rate of business adoption of Windows Vista by extending the life of the older operating system, some analysts say. Microsoft quietly released Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate 2 to the masses Feb. 19. But the company finds itself in a […]

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Students, faculty and other invited guests lined up in the rain at Stanford University here Feb. 19 to hear Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates talk about software, innovation, entrepreneurship and giving back. Gates, who already has a Computer Science building named after him on the campus, took the stage to thunderous applause. He started […]

As Microsoft gears up for the Feb. 27 launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008-the biggest enterprise launch in the company’s history-it is aggressively readying its partners to handle the wave of demand it hopes will be generated for these new products. So important is partner readiness that Allison Watson, […]

The controversial issue of software patents reared its ugly head again last week when Bruce Perens cited them as one of the greatest threats to free and open-source software. In a blog post last week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of open source, Perens (the creator of the Open Source Definition and co-founder of the […]

Sun Microsystems’ rationale for buying Innotek’s VirtualBox virtualization software and making it available as a free download is simple: Doing so will attract developers, who hopefully will then steer others to Sun’s own xVM Server offering. Innotek’s VirtualBox software enables users to run multiple operating systems on top of whatever operating system is currently installed, […]

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 Hits the Street Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 Hits the Street – Setting Up Your Desktop The new Zimbra desktop lets users define whatever synchronization they want with other e-mail clients, and then access that online and offline. Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0 Hits the Street – Youve Got Mail The Zimbra desktop […]