Microsoft expands program on source code
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Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program to give government organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software blueprints amid growing competition from rivals who make such source code freely available.
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Open-source software maker releases big update to Java-based application server program.
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Last week, Microsoft quietly launched a program to address piracy issues with their software. The new program called &quot;Windows Genuine Advantage&quot; is a new validation on Microsoft&#39;s download center.
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Microsoft Watch has revealed that Microsoft is preparing to donate some more of its source code to the SourceForge code repository. Microsoft Watch editor Mary Jo Foley reports that on Tuesday, the software giant will come forward bearing gifts under the umbrella of the open source Common Public License (CPL). Foley has speculated that tomorrow's release may be the Microsoft Enterprise Library from its Patterns & Practices Group. Previous contributions include Microsoft's Windows Installer XML (WiX) and the Windows Template Library.
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The new Open Value Subscription program gives additional software license options to small businesses.
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As a result of the ongoing success of the Microsoft Government Security Program (GSP) and positive feedback from governmental entities, Microsoft has announced it will offer access to the source code of its flagship desktop offering, Microsoft Office 2003
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Microsoft is expanding its experimental Windows XP Starter Edition program to India, the company disclosed on Wednesday. It&#39;s the second such announcement from Microsoft this week.
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Ziff Davis - Microsoft has published a list of nearly 50 software programs that require tweaking in order to work with its most recent Windows update.
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Microsoft planned to announce Monday that it would give dozens of governments and international agencies access to the programming code in its Office desktop software, including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and e-mail programs.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Continuing its flirtation with open source, Microsoft Corp. on Monday posted the code of a little-known collaboration application to open-source development site SourceForge.net.
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Programming project's annual release grows larger, now encompassing the core software and 20 extensions.
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Redmond software company Microsoft Corp. said it will add the source code of its Office 2003 flagship software suite to its program for sharing the details of its products with government entities.
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The software maker expands its Visual Studio line of developer tools.
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New plug-ins enable the IDE to accommodate newly popular dynamic languages.  Features include visual tools, test support and refactoring.
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This afternoon, Microsoft confirmed to BetaNews it has added three sets of APIs and protocols to its intellectual property portfolio, for availability to corporate developers and other partners between now and next June.  Itâs generally not a free license, but the intention is to give partners who do have the intention to build on these protocols a way to do so, without Microsoft giving away secrets to its competitors.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft said this week that it is now allowing developers to examine source code for .Net Framework libraries as a way to help developers build better software. But developers first will need to upgrade to the newly released Visual Studio 2008 software development platform.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is expanding its indemnification program for Windows and other software products in order to shield users from legal claims and patent