Both companies claim that the open source operating system they are jointly developing - called eCos/M3 - will enable network operators and device manufacturers to make next generation solutions more cheaply and quickly than proprietary software.
While the company's proprietary software commands more than 90 per cent of the market for desktop operating systems and productivity suites, dominance in the server market is less certain. That popularity, Meta said, will lead Microsoft to offer...
IBM is to release an open-source version of the software which underpins its forthcoming "Storage Tank" technology, in order to encourage the broadest possible support and take-up of the next-generation storage system.
On top of that, the applications for general office use are Sun's StarOffice productivity suite, the open source Mozilla web browser, Ximian Evolution mail and calendar. While the specific look and feel may differ slightly from the current...
Others include: Flash combined with Macromedia's Flex server software; Sun Microsystems' J2SE; a platform under open-source development by Laszlo Systems; and the collection of established web standards recently dubbed 'Ajax'.
More web developers are using a programming technique known as Ajax, which stands for Asynchronous JavaScript + XML. The end result of using Ajax is interactive web pages and sites that can automatically refresh information from a server.