Even as it takes first step toward open-source Solaris, firm says it's considering a similar move with its server software product. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

"Hula" is meant to compete not only with Microsoft's Exchange and IBM's Domino, but also with Novell's own GroupWise Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

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Linden Lab on Monday released as open-source software the viewer used to access Second Life and plans to follow suit with the server software that powers the company's virtual realm. The initial move ...

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FEW IN IT continue to nurse doubts about the capabilities of open-source software. Yet when companies weigh open-source Web and database servers against costly commercial alternatives, open source ...

Apple Inc. yesterday updated Darwin Streaming Server, an open-source version of the company’s QuickTime for-pay streaming server software, to patch a pair of critical vulnerabilities. Darwin Streaming ...

To many, free open source software and Microsoft Windows seem to be mutually exclusive. After all, the open source development model is most closely associated with the Linux OS and, to a lesser ...