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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I_Love_Pocky! writes &quot;According to this article, Microsoft is going to give its source code for Office 2003 to more than 30 different world governements.
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Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
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Microsoft Corp. yesterday released an unusually large number of software security updates to fix flaws in its products, some of which could be exploited to remotely take over computers running the Windows operating system.
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Microsoft is expanding a plan to draw mainframe customers to Windows for high-end applications. Under a program with the internal code name Mission Critical Microsoft, the company is trying to extend its current
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Microsoft Corp.  is expanding its indemnification program for Windows and other software products in order to shield users from legal claims and patent disputes, the world's largest software maker said on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Corp. today released an unprecedented number of software security updates to plug flaws in its products, including seven "critical" defects that it said hackers could use to hijack vulnerable computers running the Windows operating system.
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New developer program invites closer integration with search AOL functions.
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Programming project's annual release grows larger, now encompassing the core software and 20 extensions.
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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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EBay has big plans to provide more programming tools to its large community of third-party developers.
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In a bid to further differentiate itself from open source rivals, Microsoft Tuesday said it will expand its indemnification program to cover the vast majority of its customers.
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Microsoft is expanding its indemnification program for Windows and other software products in order to shield users from legal claims and patent disputes.
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IBM Corp. is enhancing its software developer&#39;s support program by creating a software code exchange.
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A software patch to protect your system is available from Microsoft.
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Microsoft Corp. continues to tweak its volume licensing programs to make it easier for business customers to purchase the company&#39;s software in bulk.
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The productivity package is added to the program that allows governments to see Microsoft source code.