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The biggest open source threat to Microsoft: The biggest open source threat to MicrosoftDid he.......no...False alarm. He didn't buy a Laptop. Never mind. ;)What makes it different from Wine then?or Mono for that matter? I had worked on Win-OS2, which is a Windows 3 inside OS/2, during OS/2's heydays. It failed miserably even with IBM's...; Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Storage management, Linux, Dana, open source, Face it Linux, Microsoft Windows, operating system, virtualization, HPCC, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-08-15
CES: Hands-on (literally) with Microsoft Surface: Though Microsoft introduced its Surface tabletop PC last May, 2008 marked its CES debut, and it generated nearly as much buzz as any of the products that were actually announced at the show. [You can click here to watch a video I shot with Mark Bolger, the...; Tags: Fact, Microsoft Corp., Wine, Josh Taylor; Blog posts 2008-01-10
Will touch drive Microsoft Surface sales or will Surface drive touch?: The demo applications Microsoft has shown so far for its Surface touch-tabletop system --for ordering drinks, sharing photos by dragging them and finger painting -- have left me cold. But at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, Microsoft is discussing and demonstrating some different Surface application prototypes...; Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Wine, Surface, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-08
Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with Windows: Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with WindowsSun donates to M$!Poor M$, they don't have the brains to do anything.Was this part of the M$ - Sun deal, or M$ ran out of money and gets freebies like a charitable organization? ;)SUN CIFS vs Samba 3.0I wonder how Sun's CIFS stacks up...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Reading, OpenSolaris, wine, Microsoft Windows, Samba, Sun Microsystems Inc., Common Internet File System, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
Images: Wine's Windows apps on a Mac: CodeWeavers uses open-source Wine compatibility to get Microsoft Windows programs to run on a Mac.; Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source, window, Wine; Image galleries 2006-06-30

Images: Wine's Windows apps on a Mac: CodeWeavers uses open-source Wine compatibility to get Microsoft Windows programs to run on a Mac.; Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source, window, Wine; Image galleries 2006-06-30
Images: Wine's Windows apps on a Mac: CodeWeavers uses open-source Wine compatibility to get Microsoft Windows programs to run on a Mac.; Tags: Apple Macintosh, CodeWeavers, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, open source, window, Wine; Image galleries 2006-06-30
Bring back my WABI, to me, to me: Bring back my WABI, to me, to meOops! and, hey talkbacks work again!Subject: Thanks for the mention of Win4LinDate: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:33:16 -0600But, I wanted to point out that Win4Lin is absolutely not based on WINE.Win4Lin runs a copy of Windows as a Linux process and applications are...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows 2000, desktop, NeTraverse Win4Lin, wine, Wabi, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-02-23
Bring back my WABI, to me, to me: Away back in pre-history, actually in the days when the 33Mhz i80486 stalked the land as king of the PC world, I got an odd little assignment: negotiate for, and then set-up and run, a 30 user Resumix resume search and retrieval system for a former employer's Dallas office. ...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Servers, Wabi, Microsoft Corp., wine; Blog posts 2006-02-23
Wine Seller Uses Outsourced IT Approach to Save Money and Boost Business: K&L Wine Merchants, based in northern California, sells a variety of wines in all price ranges to regional customers at two retail stores. As K&L continued to expand its online and retail operations, its server capacity and number of computers needing management were increasing. However, it was too costly and...; Tags: Outsource, Microsoft Corp., Wine, EndSight, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2006-02-01
Linux/BSD still exposed to WMF exploit through WINE!: While news of Microsoft's official patch for the WMF exploit reaches the web, I just received an email from H D Moore (founder of the metasploit project and creator of the original proof-of-concept WMF exploit code) that WINE was still vulnerable to the WMF exploit. He was kind enough...; Tags: Wine, patch, Microsoft Windows Metafile; Blog posts 2006-01-05
Self defeating desktop Linux strategies: Self defeating desktop Linux strategiesBroken linkThe link to the original article referenced above is a) https and b) not working. Please delete this post after its fixed.180 degrees wrongThe key to adoption is to absolutely make it painless to use the new method. In business this is called barrier...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, strategy, piracy, Dual Boot, Microsoft Corp., Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows, wine, desktop Linux; Discussion threads 2005-08-30
Microsoft tries to breathe life into older PCs: Microsoft tries to breathe life into older PCsSilly Wabbit, older PCs are for Linux..Nice try Billy..Damn Small Linux, LTSP and saving with WINEThere are cheaper alternatives.For older hardware ( 486DX with 16MB of Ram ) as a standalone PC there is http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/applications.htmlWith a PentiumI 100 with 32MB ram and 192MB...; Tags: Desktops, Servers, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, PC, older PC, server, wine; Discussion threads 2005-05-12
Microsoft tries to spill 'Wine': Microsoft tries to spill 'Wine'Do you hear it?OSS is knocking on the door of the giant's cave.Microsoft is begining to hear it.Huh? So what?Let's see, it's an upgrade to WINDOWS, not OSX, not Linux, not Unix, and not Wine.Why in the world would ANYONE expect MS to worry about...; Tags: wine, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Tries, CodeWeavers Inc., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2005-02-28
Open attack on Wine: Open attack on WineMS is actually acting very responsibly in this ...What they are actually doing is blocking access to WINDOWS code, and why shouldn't they? Linux is a competitor to Windows and MS should NOT be offering their OS CODE to Linux users.BUT, they have made it VERY...; Tags: Operating systems, wine, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-02-25
Open attack on Wine: Well, at least the folks at Microsoft are admitting that their "Windows Genuine Advantage WGA" is designed to deny Wine users updates through Windows Update. (I love the Orwellian names that Microsoft comes up with. If there were truth in advertising, WGA would be named "Microsoft License Enforcement" or...; Tags: Wine, Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2005-02-25
Attack concerns slow Microsoft's pace: Attack concerns slow Microsoft's paceReading between the lines...[i]"Microsoft has said it is exploring ways of further updating both PC and server versions of Windows XP prior to the arrival of Longhorn"[/i]What was actually said was...[i]"Or next upgrade is right on track, it's due in mid 2008. But we can't...; Tags: Operating systems, wtf, Microsoft Corp., red wine, S/W, wine; Discussion threads 2004-03-16
Winery Uses Robust Solution to Broaden Customer Palette and Guide Business: When making plans to open a new tasting room in his winery's headquarters, the owner knew exactly what he had to have. The solution needed to be easy to install and learn. It had to store vast amounts of customer information, be compatible with other software, and provide the owner...; Tags: Winery, Microsoft Corp., Wine; Case studies
Online Wine Auction Site Grows Revenue by 10% With Comprehensive Portal Solution: To improve customer service and employee productivity WineBid.com needed to replace its outdated IT infrastructure, including a UNIX-based auction engine. Determining that Linux was too risky, the company chose to standardize on the Microsoft Enterprise Portal Framework to create, customize, and maintain two portals - an employee portal and a...; Tags: Revenue, Microsoft Corp., Wine, Wine Auction Site, Portals, Web Technology, Internet; Case studies
Online Wine Retailer Rebuilds Architecture to Support Growth: wine.com enhances the drinking and dining experience of customers around the globe by offering door-to-door delivery of wines and gourmet foods. Over the past few years, the company has experienced significant growth and needed to expand its IT infrastructure to support this increase in customers and transactions. wine.com was determined...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Wine, Wine.com; Case studies