Windows Server 2008 was released last Wednesday, the next generation in a product notable for its performance, stability and security. It's predecessor, Windows Server 2003, experienced strong sales ...

The leader of Microsoft’s integration efforts around open source software and its proprietary technologies is expanding his role by adding the title “general manager of Windows server marketing,” ...

When Bob Hecht joined Informa PLC as its vice president of content strategy, he dreamed of rebuilding the British technical publisher’s infrastructure using Linux and open-source technologies. But ...

"We are putting our most valuable intellectual property on the table so we can put technical compliance issues to rest and move forward with a serious discussion about the substance of this case," ...

In September, JBoss, an open source application server and middleware firm that has long supported Windows, announced an agreement with Microsoft to provide better interoperability between its ...

Microsoft's Mark Russinovich commented that a future version of Windows could be open source. The comment by the Azure CTO was made during a panel on Wednesday at ChefConf 2015 in Santa Clara, Calif.

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Over at Seeking Alpha, uber-schmoozer Joe Panettieri (left), now running Nine Lives Media, has one of those pieces that makes me go "waah?" Short version: open source is Microsoft's secret weapon.

Microsoft Technical Fellow Mark Russinovich recently caused a stir by telling a crowd of geeks at ChefConf that an open-source Windows “is definitely possible.” The fact that a top Microsoft engineer ...