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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
- Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak
- Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leakFamily pack - which family?The most silly thing about the family pack is that it allows 3 upgrades. Our family of 4 has 7 computers (2 netbooks, 3 notebooks and 2 desktops) with 3 of them also running virtual machines from time to...
- Tags: Is it Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 Family, Microsoft Windows 7, Home Premium, Home Premium Upgrade
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- What happened in IT in 2006?
- What happened in IT in 2006?I have to agreeThat most of the interesting stuff is happening away from the established companies and out of the eye of the mainstream press. This is certainly the case in my own particular area of interest. I suspect that any influence the good research...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Strategy, information technology, Is it Microsoft, open source, sales, Red Hat Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-27
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- Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end
- dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Microsoft isn't the only one developing a hardware-accelerated browser
- It is a dumb idea.WAIT! Firefox and Chrome teams are looking to do the same?What a brilliant idea!I smell a large scale patent war brewingThis will be one that catches everybody's attention, not just the people who work in the industry.I'd bet that Office goes hardware-rendered, tooI'd bet that Office...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, IE9, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, hardware, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?
- The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe
- Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...
- Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Windows Mobile is better than you think
- My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...
- Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement
- For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...
- Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?
- If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...
- Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- A Microsoft and News Corp. search pact? It adds up
- Goodbye RupertI am not going to use Bing.Google will find stuff I am interested in.Too lazy to use Bing.Bing is dead.Something will dethrone Google, but it ain't Bing.Goodbye Google...You can't earn money without paying for content made byothers...Google has milked the industry for years without giving anything back...There's no such...
- Tags: SEARCH, Digital music, Digital media, News Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Bing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-22
- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Microsoft designs laptop for developer giveaway
- Great idea !!!Finally something new and exciting from Microsoft. It maybe won't change the market anytime soon, but at least, these will set a benchmark by which other will have to measure. It's also a nice way to demonstrate the best Windows has to offer.And it's nice to see Microsoft...
- Tags: Notebooks, developer giveaway, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money
- SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....
- Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist
- Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame
- HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...
- Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership
- I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...
- Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download
- Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?
- Project name changedIt's Microsoft Live Mess now under Ballmer's leadership.RE: So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?i hope they don't get rid of or just leave it alone because i really like it. Actually, it works very well.It might be stuck in some pre-release limbo but whats already available to use does...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Live Mesh
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- So where's Microsoft's Live Mesh?
- One noticeable no-show at this week's Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is Live Mesh. Live Mesh, Microsoft's synchronization service that is the pet project of Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, was one of the main attractions at previous Microsoft developers' conferences. I asked Ozzie for an update on it this...
- Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Conference, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
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