Montag April 11, 2005

VMware support for Solaris
"VMware Workstation 5.0 is a major new release of the company's first product, created to speed software testing and deployment of applications for x86 operating systems such as Windows, Linux, Netware and Solaris x86."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 11 2005, 06:53:27 PM CEST ) Permalink

More search engine support for StarOffice
"Gaviri PocketSearch(TM) indexes text, HTML, music, video as well as most of the office suites such as Microsoft office, StarOffice, OpenOffice, KOffice, PDFs and a variety of other file formats. Gaviri PocketSearch(TM) categorizes data into easily understandable views. This makes it easy to understand the content of the drive and use categories to get relevant results. Users can easily zero in on what they want with one click."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 11 2005, 06:47:13 PM CEST ) Permalink

"Brazil: The Next Windows vs. Linux Battleground?"
Another country where Microsoft has to fight against the success of open source:
"Microsoft is poised to introduce its entry-level Windows XP Starter Edition product in Brazil, according to published reports coming out of that country this week."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 11 2005, 12:59:05 PM CEST ) Permalink Kommentare [1]

Soccer finally becomes interesting
Read more about the RoboCup German Open 2005 here. Select your language and check out the teams! Unfortunately the "Microsoft Hellhounds" won in the "Four-Legged Robo League".
( Apr 11 2005, 12:54:10 PM CEST ) Permalink

Firefox toolbar for W3Dictionary.com
"Attached to this Press Release is our beta version of the W3Dictionary.com IE toolbar. Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox toolbars are planned and should be released along with the final version of the W3Dictionary.com IE toolbar. You can download our toolbar at http://www.w3dictionary.com/toolbar/w3dictionary.exe - please note this download is completely spyware, virus and adware free."
The full article can be found here.
( Apr 11 2005, 10:31:06 AM CEST ) Permalink

"VCs Back Open-Source Upstarts"
"SpikeSource isn't saying how much venture capital it received from Kleiner Perkins, but the company boasts a lot of star power on its advisory board. Ray Lane, a general partner at the venture-capital firm and former president and chief operating officer of Oracle, serves as SpikeSource's chairman. MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, Mozilla Foundation president Mitchell Baker, and Brian Behlendorf, a primary developer of the Apache Web server, sit on the advisory board.

GroundWork Open Source Solutions Inc., a provider of open-source-based IT-management software and services, late last month revealed $8.5 million in series B funding, led by Mayfield Fund and Canaan Partners. GroundWork has raised a total of $11.5 million to expand its product and services offerings, as well as build out its marketing and sales programs."

The full article can be found here.
( Apr 11 2005, 07:48:40 AM CEST ) Permalink