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Microsoft, JBoss link server software

Two companies on opposite sides of the open-source philosophical divide, Microsoft and JBoss, have signed a partnership to make their server software work together better. Read more »

Microsoft--forget PR, clean up the code

Have you noticed that Microsoft is on the offensive? After countless months of reading press clippings about the pathetic state of Windows security, the folks in Redmond have decided to fight back with one of their strongest weapons--public relations. Read more »

Microsoft eyes cookie-cutter approach to services

When it comes to Microsoft's strategy for the managed services business, the game plan has a familiar ring: high volume and low cost. Read more »

Microsoft to buy Groove Networks

Microsoft on Thursday said it will acquire Groove Networks and make Groove's founder, Ray Ozzie, a chief technical officer at the software giant. Read more »

Sender ID's fading message

At the start of last year, Bill Gates told the world's elite at an annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, that the problem of spam would be solved in two years. Read more »

Microsoft Web services plan targets Java

The company aims to turn up the heat on Java rivals with plans for software that could simplify the creation of heavy-duty Web services applications. Read more »

Features (9)

Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?

The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer. But can they play nicely together? Read more »

Will MS Longhorn outflank Java rivals?

The debut of a new Windows operating system won't necessarily determine the outcome of the jockeying between Microsoft, IBM, Sun and BEA. Read more »

The beginning of the end of Java as we know it?

Though the two companies appear to be cooperating more, especially in the area of Web services, the desires of IBM and Microsoft to vanquish one another should not be underestimated. Read more »

Is Red Hat going to be the next Microsoft?

How could a little company that provides Linux open source software hope to topple Microsoft? Could Red Hat become the next dominant (not necessarily domineering) operating systems provider? Read more »

Eclipse emerges from Microsoft's shadow

Here's why Eclipse is clearly on track to take over from Visual Studio as the leading tool platform in the industry. Read more »

Top ten reasons why Microsoft is a good citizen

Why does everyone have to dump on Microsoft? Despite its antitrust troubles, the company has done some very good things for us all. Read more »

Both sides come out swinging in the open source battle

The open source debate rages on with Novell and Microsoft taking center stage with new announcements. Builder AU examines what each side has to say and what it means to be truly open source. Read more »

Model-Driven Development today

Model Driven Design promises to cut development time, reduce bugs, and increase maintainability. Pipe dreams? Maybe not according to Matthew Overington. Read more »

A simpler Java?

With C# and .NET from Microsoft breathing down its neck, Java is facing more heat than it has before. Java creator James Gosling explains Sun's gameplan: A simpler Java that can be deployed faster. Read more »

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