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OpenSuse 11.0 released

Latest version of the open-source operating system includes efforts to make installation easier and to improve sound management.
(By David Meyer of ZDNet UK)

June 20, 2008, 7:05 AM PDT

Red Hat unveils fully open-source hypervisor

Linux company says the product, now in beta, will complement--not compete with--its existing virtualization strategy based on Xen.
(By Andrew Donoghue of ZDNet UK)

June 19, 2008, 7:55 AM PDT

Red Hat chief: We're 'tough to do business with'

Jim Whitehurst, still new on the job, says Red Hat is trying to change its image as a company with "great technology" that's "not the easiest" to work with.
(By Andrew Donoghue of ZDNet UK)

June 19, 2008, 7:00 AM PDT

IBM to open-source DB2?

Big Blue is looking into bringing its widely used database software under an open-source license, a U.K. director acknowledges.

June 16, 2008, 5:14 AM PDT

Microsoft's backward route to ODF support

The changes Redmond's own OOXML underwent in becoming a standard make it more difficult for the company to support OOXML, rather than ODF, in Office 2007.
(By Tom Espiner of ZDNet UK)

May 23, 2008, 6:45 AM PDT

Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight

First public release of Novell's Moonlight will compete with products from Adobe, Sun, and Apple.
(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)

May 16, 2008, 7:26 AM PDT

Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test

Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO.
(By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK)

April 21, 2008, 7:46 AM PDT

Census for open-source apps kicks off

Project expects to offer the first detailed look at how businesses are using open-source software and how widespread it's become.
(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK)

April 18, 2008, 7:48 AM PDT

U.K. may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML

Microsoft's Office Open XML may win last-minute favor from a key British standards body, but Microsoft would need more votes to change before OOXML becomes a standard.

March 27, 2008, 12:52 PM PDT