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- Why writing a Windows compatible file server is (still) hard
- Why writing a Windows compatible file server is still hardThis article was more chatty...than SMB/CIFS. I was ready for the answer to the riddle about half way through. But other than that... interesting stuff. It makes me want to test the issue. Thanks.Good jobntLolSo A windows feature is...
- Tags: File servers, Storage management, Servers, Operating systems, Windows CIFS, Is it Microsoft, Samba, Microsoft Corp., file server, server, Windows Compatible, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-04
- Will you be joining the Opera boycott?
- Will you be joining the Opera boycott?For itI've tried Opera several times, didn't care for it. I found it disorganized and unintuitive. Google, Firefox, and others have build up market share without gov't intervention why can't opera? because most people who try it, don't like it and don't pass it...
- Tags: boycott, Opera Software ASA
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case
- EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case10 percent of it's global turnover?Since when has any country the right to fine on a percentage of sales NOT made it's country?To allow something like that opens the door to countries to arbitrarily fine a company looking to get 10%...
- Tags: Corporate law, Processors, antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Microsoft given month reprieve in EU browser-bundling case
- Microsoft given month reprieve in EU browser-bundling caseMicrosoft given month reprieve in EU browser-bundling caseGood, this will allow Microsoft more time to show the EU just how wrong they were in this whole case and show Opera what a bunch whiney babies they have been.EU after Microsoft billions again...Tsk tsk....
- Tags: browser-bundling case, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft-given, Microsoft-given month, Opera Software ASA, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-03-11
- Ballmer praises openness, attacks iPhone
- Ballmer praises openness, attacks iPhoneWow... some attack....notntOpen to Ballmer means open to taking your money oropen to taking your ideas oropen to spreading FUD oropen to being too big to fail or justopen to like a trap ready to close at anytime.Tell Ballmer he can talk about open when MS...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Steve Ballmer, openness, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-02-17
- Microsoft patents interface to transform phone into PC
- Microsoft patents interface to transform phone into PCRE: Microsoft patents interface to transform phone into PCIt's a bit late - the iPhone is heading the same way from another direction. I don't think the iPhone is going to violate this patent because there won't be a second CPU in the...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, Keyboards, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., phone, Microsoft Patents, PC, patent, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-29
- Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?
- Microsoft on the other end of the EC antitrust stick?I would not say that "But the timing is amusing"but rather more towards "not unexpected", and actually quite logical.It is about time. If every other competitor of Microsoft is going to run crying "Anti-Trust" to the EU every other week their...
- Tags: Network technology, IBM Corp., EC antitrust, T3, Neelie Kroes, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-21
- Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in Windows
- Here we go again: European Commission complains about IE integration in WindowsHypocrites?Where's their complaint against Apple for including Safari with OS X? I get that it's become the cool thing to hate MS, but making yourselves look like hypocrites doesn't get you any plus points.To hell with those tarts...Europe...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, EU Countries, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE Integration, European Commission, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-01-16
- EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine
- The European Commission has hit Microsoft with an 899 million euro fine for charging unreasonable prices for access "to interface documentations for work group servers" prior to Oct. 22, 2007 and failure to adhere to a March 2004 antitrust ruling. That fine equates to $1.35 billion or so--a big chunk...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- Tempering+the+EC%27s+antitrust+enthusiasm
- Tempering+the+EC%27s+antitrust+enthusiasmCompetition vs. consumersYour second pre-condition for evaluating the appropriateness of anti-trust regulation was "Whether the regulations actually result in better systems that benefit consumers."Worth noting that "better" is a subjective decision, and an ambitious regulator would in effect be asked to judge whether his power grab made the world a...
- Tags: Web browsers, Regulations, Litigation, Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move
- EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveOh jeez, is there anything that will please the EU? Despite Microsoft even going as far as offering source code these regulators still can't accept it. Money laundering is what its really turning out to be....
- Tags: Regulations, Money Laundering, Todd Bishop, ECIS, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft open-source, Microsoft open-source move, regulator, interoperability
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Linus Torvalds: patents "have no real value"; Microsoft is "convicted monopolist"
- Linus Torvalds: patents "have no real value"; Microsoft is "convicted monopolist"Except you left out...the part where he says big companies like MS are the main targets of patent trolls, and that much of the patenting by these large companies is a defense mechanism for this. This is something I've argued...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Linus Torvalds
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- EU: User privacy rights trump intellectual property
- Good and bad news for European net users. The European Union's high court said that under EU law ISPs don't have to provider user data to record labels and movie studios looking to track down illegal downloaders, the AP reports. It seems that privacy rights in the...
- Tags: Privacy, Intellectual Property Right, European Union, Intellectual Property, Government, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-01-29
- Sweden to charge Pirate Bay in copyright case
- Sweden to charge Pirate Bay in copyright caseShould make an interestig caseBut if I were a betting man my money would go on the government winning the case. Your mileage may vary.Same ole same old, no matter the countryntI wouldn't be too sureTry google they do the same thing....
- Tags: Point 2, Pirate Bay, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probe
- European regulators targeting .Net, OOXML, server products in new Microsoft probeIt ain't the EU, stupid.It ain't the EU, stupid. It is a separate organisation. Plus, on the Opera, Norway isn't in the EU.Be carefulthey'll call you names here.There's apparently more money and fame in nitpicking instead of handling all issues...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, RSS, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, European Regulators, OOXML
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Microsoft and Samba finally come to terms over Windows protocols
- Microsoft and Samba finally come to terms over Windows protocolsThis is great news for me!As someone who has 2 Linux servers and multiple Windows desktops, Samba is an extremely important part of my home network. While Samba works really well right now with both XP and Vista, this agreement can't...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Peer to peer (P2P), Microsoft Windows, Samba, Microsoft Corp., Windows protocol
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Opera files complaint against Microsoft in the EU over IE, Windows bundle; CTO makes Web standards case
- Updated with Opera CTO, Microsoft comments: Opera Software said Thursday it is filing a complaint against Microsoft in the European Union alleging the software giant is abusing its power and tying Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system. Opera also has a beef about Microsoft's support for Web standards. ...
- Tags: Business Operations, Channel Management, European Union, Internet, Larry Dignan, Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software ASA, Operating Systems, Quality, Software, Standards, Web, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Web Standards Project
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- The Internet must not be proprietary
- The Internet must not be proprietaryMonopolies are bad.I agree. Unfortunately the trend in North America is that choices are decreasing. This need not be a bad thing as long as the 'remaining' market players do a good job. But history has shown that once competition decreases, quality of service goes...
- Tags: Government, Govt, Internet
- Discussion threads 2007-11-24
- Mr. Ballmer's personal mushroom cloud
- Mr. Ballmer's personal mushroom cloudAll that is being askedare what are the 235 patents? Why? So they can either be validated or refuted. Until Microsoft puts up the patents this is nothing more than scare tactics to try and force payment. ]:)I don't accept thatClaiming that Linux users owe MS...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., patent, Linux, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
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