Code name: mainstream; can 'open source' bridge the software gap?

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In its new report, the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee will recommend that the government adopt open source software as the way to develop software, in order to keep up with overwhelming demand for top-quality software. Netscape's open-source mozilla effort on its Netscape 6.0 browser is being watched closely as a possible model for licensing, for the way that it lets open source and proprietary software coexist. If open source is to win over the mainstream corporate sector, it must accommodate firms that have different business models and that want to maintain ownership of their own intellectual property.

Standards, Planning, Usage, Computer programming, Linux (Operating system), Source code, Technology and state, Technology policy, Apache (Internet/Web server software)

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Knowing Their Politics by Their Software

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Democrats tend to look at open-source computing as a model for future business, while Republicans are more supportive of established software companies such as Microsoft.

Government expenditures, Economic policy, Political aspects

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Some Microsoft Customers Will Get to See Office Code

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Microsoft Corp. is planning to share the code of many of its programs with large customers in a move to compete with open source software vendors.

Marketing procedures, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, Customer relations

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