Latest Microsoft news.
Novell says Microsoft deal is good for Linux business, 05/30/07: Novell Wednesday said its deal with Microsoft is helping drive gains in its Linux business, but danced around questions concerning how that deal may be altered given coming changes in open source licensing.
What would you ask Gates, Jobs when they share the stage?, 05/29/07: The last time the general public saw Microsoft chief Bill Gates and Apple head honcho Steve Jobs together was the 1999 docu-drama The Pirates of Silicon Valley starring Noah Wyle (Jobs) and Anthony Michael Hall (Gates). While those imposters can be had on DVD for $7.95 at Amazon.com, the real guys will have a rare 75-minute sit-down together Wednesday at the Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad.
End of BMC’s .Net Identity Management suite highlights stink with Microsoft, partners, 05/24/07: BMC has killed its .Net Identity Management product suite in part because partner Microsoft is squeezing BMC out with development of its own identity software, according to an internal Microsoft memo.
Microsoft sues alleged stock scammers, 05/25/07: Hoping to tackle the growing problem of pump-and-dump stock scams Microsoft has quietly filed lawsuits against at least three alleged perpetrators who it says used its MSN Hotmail networks to promote stocks.
Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes, 05/29/07: Microsoft has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report.
