...Technical Committee requested by Microsoft. 2. But for a single vote against creating the committee (that was IBM) and a single abstention (HP), everyone else who voted cast their...
...development. As the result of acquiring several Massachusetts-based companies, including Rational Software, Lotus Development Corp. and Ascential Software, we now have over 4,000 IBMers based in the Commonwealth. Our employees...
...in part by companies who stand to benefit from a change in computer software used by the state. Peter J. Quinn, director of the state’s Informational Technology Division and...
...in the coming days, Microsoft will provide additional important details which will serve to clarify their position. Specifically, does this announcement represent a true commitment to openness? There are...
China's Open Source Software Promotion Union says that it will be introducing "its own Linux standard" next year - and the association representing traditional software vendors in China doesn't like...
...For the Commission, the days to come will focus on gaining the support of other nations for the EU’s policy of investing in Information and Communication Technology, as a means...
...Online article just mentioned, which includes the following: Pryke-Smith said Microsoft would not be adopting OpenDocument, citing backwards compatibility concerns, but did say the company will watch to see...
...story on the Massachusetts decision, based on interviews with Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn, the OASIS Open Document TC chair, and Microsoft representatives. For a free subscription, go to: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/subscribe/ ...
...of 1988). PowerOpen would create standards to make it even easier for platform vendors to design computers based on (and therefore commit to) the PowerPC chip line, and for ISVs...
...the past six months that has not only pitted factions of the state government against each other, but also set the largest IT companies in the world in opposition as...