Peter Galli

Microsoft is releasing software development kits for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, and the Microsoft Office Project 2007 platform on Jan. 23. The kits, which provide a complete platform API reference, also give technical guidance and sample code to help developers create Office business applications, a Microsoft spokesperson told eWEEK. These […]

The Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group are merging to form the Linux Foundation, which will provide services that allow open-source products to effectively compete with those of proprietary platforms like Microsoft Windows. The new Linux Foundation will be led by Jim Zemlin, the former executive director of the FSG and who […]

Microsoft is making it easier for customers to buy, upgrade and license multiple copies of Windows Vista online. The Redmond, Wash. software maker will unveil three new programs on Jan. 18 designed to give users additional flexibility in the ways they can go online to get Vista, which will be widely available on Jan. 30. […]

Sun Microsystems has launched a suite of new Solaris support subscriptions and restructured its reseller program as it moves to aggressively compete with its commercial Linux competitors like Red Hat. “We are delivering a whole new suite of service packages that will make us competitive against our Linux competitors like Red Hat,” Peder Ulander, the […]

Sun Microsystems is set to license OpenSolaris under the upcoming GNU General Public License Version 3 in addition to the existing Common Development and Distribution License, sources close to the company have told eWEEK. OpenSolaris currently is licensed only under Sun’s CDDL, but company executives have previously floated the idea of a dual license with […]

Aras, which makes product life-cycle management software, has a new spin on open source: making the code to its Aras Innovator software, which only runs on proprietary Microsoft technologies, openly available under the Microsoft Community License and hosted on Microsoft’s Codeplex Web site. Aras customers will be able to download its code, yet are not […]

ActiveGrid, which provides an SOA platform built on the Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Python/Perl software infrastructure stack, has appointed Christopher Keene as chairman and CEO. Founder and former CEO Peter Yared, who is also a former Sun Microsystems executive, will become chief technology officer and focus on the technology side of the business, especially its […]

Yahoo is working on an next-generation version of its Messenger product, designed specifically for the upcoming Windows Vista operating system. The Yahoo team has used the Windows Presentation Foundation framework to build dynamic features on top of the core communications features in Yahoo Messenger. “We plan to bring together the best of Yahoo! Messenger’s easy-to-use […]

As Microsoft heads into 2007, which will be marked by the general availability of Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Exchange 2007 in late January, analysts weigh in with their predictions for the year. The most interesting of these is the fact that one of the largest challenges Redmond will face in 2007 and beyond is […]

Microsoft is using a Web-based comic strip to try to reach a broad set of consumers and convince them that they can benefit from the new Ribbon-based user interface found in Office 2007. While much of the hype leading up to the consumer release of the 2007 Office system later in January has focused on […]

As Microsoft heads into 2007, the company faces a number of ongoing threats and challenges, most notably getting its large installed base to upgrade to the latest wave of products. “The larger the installed base gets, the harder it is to move, and the longer it takes to transition,” Al Gillen, vice president of research […]

A Microsoft-commissioned study that looks at the economic impact of Windows Vista in the United States in its first year of shipment estimates that for every dollar of Microsoft revenue from the new operating system, the ecosystem around it will reap $18 in revenues. That would result in about $70 billion in hardware, software packages […]