Open source community projects and commercial software aren't necessarily adversaries. Some interactions have resulted in a positive outcome for all. One such instance is the KDE project's collaboration with Oslo, Norway-based Trolltech. Since 1996, Trolltech's QT toolkit has been used in the KDE Desktop Environment. The collaboration resulted in user-friendly desktops for Unix and Unix-like operating systems (such as Linux).
Search Server 2008 Express takes on Google’s Mini Search Appliance.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/15/2007
IdentityMine provides UI components to simplify coding in WPF.
- By Michael Desmond
- 12/15/2007
OpenSolaris and Windows can cooperate thanks to released CIFS code
- By John K. Waters
- 12/15/2007
OpenID system is top contender in online ID-management frameworks.
- By John K. Waters
- 12/15/2007
Dynamics CRM 4.0 could score big for Microsoft in the midmarket space.
- By Richard Adhikari
- 12/15/2007
Scott Guthrie shares his views on the new Web and client development tools in Visual Studio 2008.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/15/2007
ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions brings Ruby on Rails’ functionality to ASP.NET.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/15/2007
Those who were denied the opportunity to get the Release Candidate (RC) for the first service pack for Windows Vista last week now have their opportunity, as it's now available for public download.
Dan shows you how to use Silverlight's brushes to create custom images.
One of the best benefits of Team System 2008 are the Team Build improvements -- including wizards, new test and scheduling options, and much more. Find out what they can do for you.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 12/11/2007
A year after its initial release, Microsoft today announced it is shipping the first service pack for Office 2007.
- By James E. Powell
- 12/11/2007
Nothing has prevented ASP.NET developers from using a model view controller (MVC) architecture. But it's likely to get a lot easier with Microsoft's ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions, which will include the highly anticipated MVC option. The first preview of the technology was released today.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/10/2007
Microsoft released Entity Framework Beta 3 on Dec. 6 and officially announced the third-party database vendors and ADO.NET 2.0 data providers that have agreed to support the framework.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 12/07/2007
DataDirect Technologies upgraded two of its XML products. The new products include 3.1 versions of the company's XQuery and XML Converters solutions.
Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is back on the roster for October 2008 in L.A.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/06/2007
Volta toolset, used with Visual Studio 2008, promises easier deployment of apps beyond the .NET world.
- By Barbara Darrow
- 12/05/2007
Create these elements in Silverlight using Canvas.
Component-rich upgrade for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 released.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 12/01/2007
Scott Guthrie turns heads at ALT.NET conference.