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May 13, 2005 Big Blue is encouraging its 330,000 employees to use Firefox as an alternative to IE, providing support and internal downloads. TAGS: IBM Corp., Firefox, help desk, open source, industry standard, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

February 25, 2005 Looking to widen its developer audience, IBM signs a partnership with Zend to bolster use of the PHP scripting language. TAGS: Zend Technologies Ltd., PHP, scripting language, IBM Corp., open source, IBM WebSphere, Java, industry standard, server software, language, Web service, Linux, database, server

August 2, 2005 Big Blue asserts that its Workplace initiative is gaining ground, pitting IBM directly against Microsoft in desktop software. TAGS: collaboration tool, desktop software, collaboration, IBM Corp., workplace, IBM WebSphere Portal Server, IBM Lotus Notes, division, messaging, general manager, initiative, IBM Lotus Domino, IBM WebSphere, industry standard, portal, spreadsheet

June 8, 2006 Open-source OS now accounts for a quarter of Dell's enterprise business and is growing fast, the company says. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Linux, industry standard, Unix, SuSE, Novell Inc., Dell, open source, IBM Corp., server, Intel, Microsoft Corp., operating system

October 16, 2000 Sun Microsystems announces it will partner with General Motors' dashboard technology division, OnStar, in an effort to make Java the computing standard for the automotive industry. TAGS: OnStar, telematics, Sun Microsystems Inc., vehicle, dashboard, Java, car, industry standard, cell phone, handheld, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

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