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Year in review: On Web, innovation meets hard times

 December 22, 2008 A lot of progress took place this year in Web start-ups and online technology, before the dark clouds of recession and layoffs swept in. TAGS: innovation, layoff, Twitter, Facebook, Web 2.0, standards, Google Inc., start-up, open source, Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Is open source getting to Microsoft?

 September 15, 2006 Pledge not to sue over Web services patents reflects the spread of the collaborative development model--as far as Microsoft, even. TAGS: Web service, open source, intellectual property, patent, standards, open-source community, software company, vendor, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows

Is Microsoft playing well with others?

 April 7, 2006 As it opens up to Linux and rival software, company faces deep skepticism over whether it's really changed its stripes. TAGS: Jeremy Allison, open source, open-source software, protocol, standards, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services

 September 13, 2006 Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns. TAGS: Web service, patent, open-source software, open source, open-source community, specification, royalty, Apache Software Foundation, standards, GPL, FAQ, developer, concern, lawyer, Microsoft Corp., XML

IBM sits out Office document standards effort

 December 21, 2005 Big Blue won't participate in an international committee that is standardizing Microsoft Office document formats. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, committee, IBM Corp., standards, Microsoft Office, XML, document, vice president, open source, Microsoft Corp.

Gates calls for better search technology

 July 1, 2005 Someday search will offer more than "just a bunch of links that starts a treasure hunt," Gates says during a talk on coming changes in tech. TAGS: Bill Gates, e-government, Web service, SOA, Singapore, TCP, search technology, standards, open source, search engine, Microsoft Corp.

Massachusetts to adopt 'open' desktop

 September 1, 2005 State intends to phase out office applications from Microsoft and others in favor of software based on "open" standards. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Massachusetts, Peter Quinn, XML, state, standards, agency, open source, OpenOffice, Adobe PDF, document, format, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Office

Microsoft's document gambit moves ahead

 December 7, 2006 Standards vote could boost its Office document format in high-stakes race for desktop prominence. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Novell Inc., standards, OpenOffice, desktop software, XML, Microsoft Office, attorney, open source, blog, Microsoft Corp., document, Linux

Mozilla finally turns 1.0

 June 5, 2002 The browser software, four years in the making in an open-source project, arrives on the Web. Netscape says developers wanted to be sure it would "be ready for prime time." TAGS: Netscape 6, Mozilla Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., open-source project, Document Object Model, Time Warner Inc., open source, Web browser, standards, developer, Microsoft Corp.
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