Microsoft Corp.'s Office Open XML file format from the Ecma International standards body Thursday, giving it needed credibility as a rival to the OpenDocument format. But Ecma's vote could also make ...

SQL is the gateway drug to enterprise adoption says analysts at recent developer conference. Hadoop Summit, leading big data developer conference, saw the maturation of the Hadoop ecosystem. Hadoop is ...

Microsoft and Novell have wasted little time in demonstrating there is real work being done as part of their recent Linux interoperability pact. Just a month after the historic deal between the ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Open XML file format cleared a small hurdle Wednesday, after documents released by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) showed fewer countries harboring strong ...

Microsoft is cooperating with Novell on a project code-named "Moonlight" to port its Silverlight web development tool to Linux. On its face, this is big news because it is Microsoft's first real ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft Corp. claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

Stephen Walli, the former Microsoft exec turned open-source proponent, is at it again. This time, the former Softie is making a case for why Microsoft should consider open-sourcing some of its crown ...

The Microsoft-backed file formats are now an official standard, despite objections from those who feared that the status would give Redmond yet more market power. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...