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    A research company engaged by Microsoft to compare .NET against IBM WebSphere/J2EE has added a unique twist to its results by describing many of them in terms its own code of conduct refers to as "gross and ultimately useless generalisations".

  • Microsoft dallies with open source

    Microsoft's love-hate relationship with open-source software can be epitomised by recent efforts to enhance interoperability and lure developers to Windows.

  • Microsoft hires Gentoo Linux founder

    Microsoft has hired one of the key figures behind a popular Linux distribution to educate its in-house developers about open source.

  • Novice PC users more likely to embrace Linux

    Linux advocates hoping to convert Windows users to the open source operating system are more likely to succeed with technophobes and very inexperienced computer users than with Windows power users.

  • Linux fanatics losing the plot?

    Are radical elements in the open source community slowing eroding the reputation and uptake of open-source software?

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  • Linux fanatics losing the plot?

    Are radical elements in the open source community slowing eroding the reputation and uptake of open-source software?

  • Microsoft learns to live with open source

    Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

  • Microsoft's answer to Linux

    Despite threat of Linux and open source, software powerhouse's Server and Tools division brings home double-digital revenue growth -- again.

  • Linux vendors hit back at Ballmer's e-mail

    Novell and Mandrakesoft have accused Microsoft's chief executive of being selective with the facts in his latest e-mail attacking Linux.

  • Microsoft-SCO: Fact and fiction

    Is Microsoft funding the SCO Group's legal fight against Linux? ZDNet hopes to shed some light and answer common questions swirling around the duo's relationship.

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  • Is Mac OS X weaker than Windows?

    Alarmist advice and unbacked claims by security software vendor Symantec has the Macintosh community up in arms.

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    We look at eight mail-server plugins designed to make sure your servers don't take a beating the next time one comes along.

  • Apple and Microsoft out of sync

    Apple Computer on Thursday released the final version of its iSync synchronization software, in what could be seen as an attempt to trump new software coming next week from Microsoft.

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