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SOFTWARE Peeping Into Windows For geeks, it's a scintillating show: Microsoft is releasing its closely guarded Windows source code - the instructions that make it run - to most governments. The move is designed to fend off the threat from Linux, the open-source platform that is gaining headway in governments across Europe. Cheaper and, many experts say, more secure than Windows, Linux is the world's fastest-growing server operating system. Openness becomes a strength because users share improvements. Microsoft wants to reassure governments about security, but it hasn't shed all its reserve. This show is only a peep...
...area to support it. So Wal-Mart can situate Supercenters less than 5 miles apart in many suburban areas. It is also deploying a cut-down grocery-convenience store called the Neighborhood Market between the superstores. At the same time, Wal-Mart is adding merchandise categories, such as gasoline, Linux computers and flat-screen TVs, in which it can take prices down significantly. There's no escape...
...software superpower is nothing new. "Proprietary software companies hand out free copies for the same reason that cigarette companies give sample packs to college kids?to encourage addiction," says Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, who urges folks to adopt cheap open-source software such as Linux. Given that the average Indian makes less than $400 a year, the largesse of Gates is probably the only way they'll be able to join the info...
...forcing Microsoft to share information to make Windows work with competing server software, while the other key issue - bundling extra programs into Windows - has been remanded to an appeals court for further review. Even if Microsoft prevails, the victory may be hollow. As the rise in the open-source Linux operating system (invented in Finland 11 years ago) shows, Microsoft is increasingly having to move from a world of tight control to one of open standards. Last week the largest European manufacturer committed to a Microsoft-powered Smartphone, Britain's Sendo, abandoned the project just weeks before launch. Now, Sendo...
...systems from Microsoft and Palm, there's a new browser packaged in Palo Alto, California-based Danger's $200 phone, which includes a camera and e-mail and instant messaging functions. A potential dark horse in the mobile race is Oslo-based Trolltech. Trolltech's technology is based on Linux, a system used mainly on Web servers. Because Linux technology is in the public domain, it can be easily customized for any device. Sharp is using Trolltech's mobile version of Linux in its Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant. As the mobile browser wars rage on, billions of euros...