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- Microsoft's 'Mission Impossible' man
- Microsoft's 'Mission Impossible' manha, ha, ha....more marketing fluff[We are considering all different types of opportunities…you know, what is the appropriate transition plan, in the form of some kind of technology guarantee or some program that we would do. ]I'll give M$ that: they are brilliant at marketing.As for the engineering,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Corporate law, Kinte, Microsoft Corp., Alchin, Al Gore, Apple Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-18
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- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logicFinally, The man gets a taste of his own chocolateThis has been one heck of a delightful tale, finally The Bill himself goes through the same hell the Windows users have to face every time that dreaded Update Icon enters the fray.Now let's see...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Channel management, Operating systems, Strategy, Now Let, Bible Story, Babel, Bill Gates, idiotic logic, web experience, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Vista and Leopard both make it onto PC World's "Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007"
- Vista and Leopard both make it onto PC World's "Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007"The reason - Multiple ProcessorsI can not speak of Leopard but Vista is a problem where the "Why and How" is well known. This time last year it was clear that the Vista team had built its...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, PC World, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Leopard, collaborator, Intel Corp., team
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking test
- Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking testXP outshines Vista...what a surprise...NOT!In the last 3 decades, new larger OSes have meant slower, more resource hungry OSes. I know of only one exception to that trend and that is for a remote access machine, an apple and orange comparison.I'd be interested...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, benchmarking, benchmarking test
- Discussion threads 2007-11-27
- Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?
- Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?No, I don't believe it willMainly because we don't really need to run all the life support applications that a Windows machine needs. And the ones we do, well we can re-nice those so they don't interfere with daily operations. CRON is easy to...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Cron, open source, Windows Machine, desktop, open source desktop, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?
- Vista SP1: Indictment of Vista 1.0?Message has been deleted.No pain, no gainIf Joe IT is worried about Vista breaking things then why bother upgrading?While Microsoft is tied down to serving corporate interests it will never be able to innovate.To be fair"When the SP1 lands in the first quarter of 2008...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-30
- Microsoft to dispute FCC on vacant TV airwaves
- Microsoft to dispute FCC on vacant TV airwavesEven MS may not have enough...money to pull this off. Only telephone companies get what they want from the FCC. Microsoft needs to get AT&T to ask the FCC. Then everything will be OK.Huzzah to Microsoft ; Free Universal...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Federal government, digital television, TV, Microsoft Corp., FCC, broadcast-TV
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Microsoft posts two major Vista fix packs for download
- Microsoft posts two major Vista fix packs for downloadaahhh more user testing ahead“The two updates will be available on Microsoft’s download center today, and will be available through Windows Update at a later date.”Why didn't I have to pay for these?I thought you had to charge for fix packs. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Problem Reports, Microsoft Corp., General Motors Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Vista IE7 issue remains unsolved for many users
- Vista IE7 issue remains unsolved for many usersAnd that's a GOOD thing[i]This is a huge time sink.[/i]Mission accomplished. People who invest that much in MSWinVista will be strongly motivated to recover their investment, which means promoting it wherever possible.That's also time not spent on undesirable activities, such as developing...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-05
- Microsoft may be bullish about Vista, but Acer CEO says it's been a dud for PC manufacturers
- Microsoft may be bullish about Vista, but Acer CEO says it's been a dud for PC manufacturersRE:Deciding what to call a success[b]"...10% increase would be a remarkable amount of money."[/b][b]"...rejecting facts should not be an option."[/b]Why don't M$ take a customer satisfaction poll and stop "Houdini"ing us with sales figures.Does...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PC, Acer Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- Linux, Microsoft, and the $3 desktop
- As most of you know Mr. Gates went to China last week to announce a $3 license package. Heres the bullet as reported by cnets Ina Fried: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is using a speech in Beijing to unveil a new low-cost...
- Tags: Vistabulations, Linux, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Vista: Whatever happened to fast boot?
- Vista: Whatever happened to fast boot?A new PC is a super computer. So I don'tthink it is hardware.It's the HardWareI think it's Primarily the hardware. I have a dual-boot set-up on a new bugdet PC and Vista is at least 20% faster.Is the hardware, look no more!I agreed...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), StartUp, new-PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware
- Discussion threads 2007-04-10
- About-face: Microsoft to make Expression Web, Blend available on MSDN
- About-face: Microsoft to make Expression Web, Blend available on MSDNGoodI don't always have to design my own UI, but I usually do, and not having that as part of my MSDN subscription would annoy me greatly.Of course, I get it anyway (I work for Microsoft, and I can install mostly...
- Tags: Team management, PRODUCTIVITY, Piracy, Microsoft Developer Network, w/MSDN, team, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- Former Windows bigwig working on Ajax Search API at Google
- Former Windows bigwig working on Ajax Search API at GoogleNot sure..if this is newsworthy? I'm sure while at MS he was exposed to this technology long before Google latched onto it and used it for it's own gains. Why do people call Google innovative? What did they innovate? Search? no....
- Tags: AJAX, Google Inc., Jim Alchin, Ajax Search API, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-12-13
- The Microsoft dating game
- The Microsoft dating gameMe thinksMe thinks that Mary Jo thinks to much of her own importance in the scheme of things. Microsoft probably either go Mary Jo Who or not her again...They should stop talking make them look like idiotsMicrosoft should just shutup about all their products like Vista. They...
- Tags: Games, game, Microsoft Corp., Orcas RTM, Mary Jo
- Discussion threads 2006-12-07
- Vista RTM marks the end of an era
- Vista RTM marks the end of an eraJim Allchin Should Pick up the GuitarWOW Allchin actually talked to Mary Joe? Hell really has frozen over. Allchin is the most likely patsy for Microsoft's ongoing antitrust problems which are likely to fire up again in the US owing to yesterday's elections....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Web browsers, Linux, operating system, Service Pack 2, Jim Allchin, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista RTM
- Discussion threads 2006-11-08
- Microsoft sets date for Office, Vista business launch
- Microsoft sets date for Office, Vista business launchHmm"Launching together for the first time in 10 years, these releases will invigorate the IT industry, while enabling businesses to fully utilize their greatest resource: their people."Why when most businesses won't be evaluating the new version until middle to late next year?Does MS...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), rep, Turkey Pot Pies, IT-staff, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-11-01
- Move over, CIA: here comes HP
- Move over, CIA: here comes HPKevin T. Hunsaker, Ethics, CIA, NeukomOrganizations run by legals suffer with ethical values that are inconsistent from year to year. One theory is that lawyers are on the line for their criminal clients and after stepping over the line with them, rather than face disbarment,...
- Tags: Outsourcing, Business ethics, Neukom, CIA, Kevin T. Hunsaker, Hewlett-Packard Co., outsource, Abramoff
- Discussion threads 2006-09-20
- Patent verdict against Microsoft, Autodesk stands
- Patent verdict against Microsoft, Autodesk standsGoodif the evidence was such, then pay the penalty and the enhanced. And don't let the ad for prior art dot com whatever throw ya. Unlike some other cases, prior art isn't relevant here. Now back to Eolas, Creative and Apple, IBM,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Autodesk Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM OS/2
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
- Dell to install Google software on PCs, sources say
- Dell to install Google software on PCs, sources sayHere's how....You must so busy applying your patches and new virus definitions to have read any of the many articles that have been in the media over the last year. You see both Google and Microsoft realize the amount of money to...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Desktops, SEARCH, software, PC, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
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