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Microsoft Opens XML Schemas for Office 2003

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio, referring to Microsoft's focus and reliance on XML in its new and forthcoming products, said the issuance of XML schemas is a matter of common sense from a technical perspective DiDio, who indicated customers are surprised by the flexib...

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Innovation Loses If Open Source Wins

To help me keep the peace among participants who rarely agree with each other, Laura DiDio from the Yankee Group will be providing the analyst perspective so I can just mediate -- I mean moderate. It starts at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 19th. If you're there, stop by. I'm expecting it to be rather lively...

Spam Fighting for Small Businesses

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told the E-Commerce Times that she is closely watching a company called Sunbelt Software. In the summer of 2002, the company produced a US$19.95 product, called iHateSpam, and was stunned by the response "They sold over 200,000 copies of...

SCO Files Subpoenas To Summon Stallman and Torvalds

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that SCO's fate lies in its courtroom success. The company is suing IBM and is defending itself against countersuits by Big Blue and Linux distributor Red Hat "In order for SCO to thrive, they've got to sell a product,"...

Microsoft Issues Critical Patch for Office 2003

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio downplayed the issue, telling TechNewsWorld that the glitch and subsequent patch are unlikely to deter Microsoft's much-desired migration to Office 2003. "That's not likely to be any major impediment," she said. "You expect bugs at this point in the game; this is the cost of doing business for most folks."

Microsoft Again in Court over Aging Antitrust Case

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio, who credited the "liberal and democratic" nature of Massachusetts for its persistence in the antitrust case, told TechNewsWorld that the state's computer users are ready to move on DiDio said the issue is not high on anyone's radar scre...

Microsoft Opens Door to Longhorn Developers

For her part, Laura DiDio, senior analyst of application infrastructure and software platforms at the Yankee Group, told the E-Commerce Times that the long lead time from the introduction of Longhorn to its projected commercial release date is a good sign for Microsoft's customers...

Linux Gets Lift from Oracle

Oracle's latest endorsement of Red Hat isn't merely a public show of support for a major standard bearer for Linux, added Laura DiDio, senior analyst at the Yankee Group. "Oracle has a very well-defined and fleshed-out Linux initiative that is both tactical and strategic," she told TechNewsWorld...

Microsoft Releases Office 2003

"The market is definitely different because Microsoft is under siege," Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "They have competition." ...

Apple Sets Release Date for Mac OS X Panther

Calling Panther "the biggest release of Mac OS X Server ever" and "a major release of the world's most advanced operating system," Apple is capitalizing on the wait for Microsoft's next major OS release -- code-named Longhorn -- Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld...

Microsoft Deal Ties BIOS Tightly to Windows

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld that the deal makes perfect sense, given Microsoft's aim to get into new markets. DiDio also said that while it represents only a subtle improvement, the move will mean more functionality for Microsoft customers and users...

SGI Removes Code, Rebuffs SCO

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld that SCO's fate lies in its courtroom success. The company is suing IBM and is defending itself against countersuits by Big Blue and Linux distributor Red Hat DiDio, who said SCO likely did all it could to avoid confro...

SCO Mulls Terminating SGI License

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told LinuxInsider that SCO has been aware of "blatant SGI violations" for a year, and the lack of action thus far indicates SCO may not want to take additional legal action. "I don't think [SCO] wanted to do this," she said. "They wanted to keep it focused on IBM because they didn't want to bite off more than they could chew."

TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT

Microsoft’s Advanced-Research Division Comes of Age

Today, the Microsoft Research division is very different from its origins. "Microsoft Research is now very impressive," Laura DiDio, Yankee Group senior analyst for application infrastructure and software platforms, told TechNewsWorld ...

SCO Claims Copyright Trumps GPL

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld that the legal maneuvering in the case will not impact Linux deployment immediately IBM, Red Hat and the open-source community as a whole must address the issues of licensing and indemnification to ensure the long-term...

SCO Yanks Second IBM License

"The suit is obviously heating up with all sides upping the ante," Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld. "Separately, each legal action is complex and confusing, and it could take years to resolve this." ...

Linux Community Mounts Fight, SCO Responds

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld that IBM, which provides indemnification on every other platform it sells, needs to state whether customers will or will not be indemnified "The entire Linux community is saying to customers, 'You're on your own,'" DiD...

European Union Pursues Microsoft on Abuses

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio, who said she views the EU actions as part of a larger anti-Microsoft movement, told TechNewsWorld that the European Commission and the software company are unlikely to find common ground "It's a case of unstoppable force meets immovable...

Split Decision on SCO Impact, Response

However, Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio told TechNewsWorld that she knows of at least one customer that chose Microsoft's Windows over a Linux deployment from IBM because of the SCO claims "This is not going away," DiDio said. "At every juncture of this complex, convo...

IBM Pushes Linux in Face of SCO Suit

Yankee Group senior analyst Laura DiDio, however, said SCO is taking a small but significant step in its suit against IBM and its claims on Linux by securing U.S. copyright registrations this week "Will it affect the lawsuit? Probably not, but appearances are everything," DiDi...

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