Developers skeptical of Microsoft’s effort to make OOXML a global standard.
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/01/2007
RDN talks with OpenOffice.org's John McCreesh.
- By Michael Desmond
- 10/01/2007
Release of MySQL 6.0 is expected in mid-2008.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 10/01/2007
Sun Microsystems, in conjunction with the <a href="https://glassfish.dev.java.net/" target="_blank">GlassFish Community</a>, announced the availability of GlassFish 2.0, a major server upgrade that works with the Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris and Windows operating systems.
The no-cost alternatives for Microsoft Office just keep growing: IBM announced yesterday that it is now offering Lotus Symphony, a free suite of "enterprise-grade" software featuring word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications for Windows and Linux.
IDC study finds practical concerns driving XML-based doc formats.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 09/15/2007
CollabNet has released the latest version of its open source application lifecycle management (ALM) solution, which features improvements in collaboration, tools integration and reporting capabilities.
In its first major refresh in nearly two years, MySQL is set to release a new version of its flagship open source database accompanied by a bevy of new tools and beefed-up subscription-based services.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 09/12/2007
Is Microsoft Office in danger of having real competition for the first time in a decade? That's the question being asked this week, as the battle for office productivity suites heats up on several fronts.
Miguel de Icaza on open source and his dual roles as free software visionary and corporate VP
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/01/2007
Microsoft, Linux camps continue wary dance.
- By John K. Waters
- 09/01/2007
The Open XML-encoded file format that competes with Microsoft's Office Open XML.
- By Erwin Tenhumberg
- 09/01/2007
DotNetNuke's CEO Shaun Walker hooked up with VSM's editor in chief Patrick Meader to discuss the formation of DotNetNuke, the project's core features, and what's next for the open source ASP.NET-based Web application framework.
- By Patrick Meader
- 03/01/2007
Alfresco Software provides a fresh, open source alternative for enterprise content management. Following the release of its Java SDK, Alfresco is looking to make its system the ECM platform for Web 2.0.
- By Terrence O'Donnell
- 10/25/2006
Compiling your applications frequently can help you save time, effort, and sleepless nights down the road. Learn how to implement this system using the open source tool, Draco.NET.