Jim Wagner

UPDATED: The latest version of the open source office suite is now open for business in what can potentially be a wedge against Microsoft Office. In beta testing since the spring and more recently available as a release candidate, OpenOffice.org 2.0 is now finalized and ready for download, according to officials at the open source […]

A new version of the Jini Technology Starter Kit is now generally available for download, officials at Sun Microsystems announced Wednesday. The Jini Starter Kit 2.1 is an incremental update to the collection of Sun-created implementations, helper classes and other services used to help developers create Jini-powered applications. One of the improvements to the starter […]

Bob Young, Red Hat co-founder, is calling it quits with the company he helped create to work on another startup showing similar promise. According to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday, Young’s resignation went into effect Oct. 12. Red Hat officials made the announcement today. Young said one of the reasons […]

Fresh off its pledge to donate software development expertise to the Java open source tools group Eclipse Foundation, IBM announced the launch of IBM Rational Method Composer (RMC). The release follows Big Blue’s move last week to donate 300,000 lines of code and 15 percent of the content found in its Rational Unified Process (RUP) […]

UPDATED: Ward Cunningham, the “Father of the Wiki,” is joining the Eclipse Foundation, the organization’s chief announced Monday. He leaves Microsoft’s patterns and practices group, where he served as an architect. The group provides developers with guides, code samples and reference implementations to design, develop and deploy Microsoft applications. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company […]

Yahoo will begin offering co-branded DSL on BellSouth’s network in late 2006, the companies announced Monday. The agreement is a strategic alliance that combines Yahoo’s Web content with BellSouth’s nine-state broadband network. It also marks the third major telecom partnership in the U.S. for the Internet portal giant. Yahoo signed a similar DSL co-branding agreement […]

An open source group is hoping to do for mobile communications devices what it did for carrier-grade Linux: elevate its use. Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) announced the start of a Mobile Linux Initiative (MLI), part of an effort to jump-start the adoption of Linux-based mobile devices in much the way officials say they promoted […]

Borland acquired IT management and governance developer Legadero in an undisclosed all-cash deal, officials announced Monday. Legadero, an Austin, Texas-based firm, sells Tempo Governance Suite, which captures and monitors the governance and management needs for software development, including project management, portfolio management and demand management. The acquisition is part of Borland’s strategy to improve the […]

Bargain shoppers with a hankering for trips to outer space, rejoice. An e-commerce site dedicated to finding online savings on terra firma is giving would-be astronauts a break on upcoming commercial space flights, according to its co-founder Thursday. The deal is part of a promotion the site is doing as it changes its name from […]

Red Hat is launching what it says is the first performance-based security certification for enterprise Linux servers, officials announced Thursday. The security track, Red Hat Certified Security Specialist (RHCSS), covers a wide range of security-centric offerings, including setting up directory services and authentication, SELinux security policy administration and configuring VPNs . Most Linux security courses […]

Skype wants to build up support for its VoIP service on phones so its bringing one of its Asian partners in to fill the gap, officials announced Wednesday. The expanded partnership with Taiwanese Internet portal giant PChome Online’s subsidiary Ipevo is the second phone-related partnership from the free Internet communications company in as many days. […]

IBM wants to launch an industry-wide campaign to pool software development processes and will launch the effort with a donation to the Eclipse Foundation, officials said Wednesday. The goal is to kick-start an industry-wide effort to pool software development best practices and processes into an open source project able to be used, and reused, by […]