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Report: Customers scrutinizing Microsoft license agreements more than ever

Report: Customers scrutinizing Microsoft license agreements more than everEverything is negotiableWhen we decided to skip Vista, we terminated all but one Microsoft contract. MS rep jumped up and down, begged and pleaded, and told us dire things would happen. Two years and two reps later, they have come back to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Linux, license agreement, Microsoft license agreement, call volume, agreement

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

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Did Microsoft Windows 7 download tool violate the GPL?

ProbablyA microsoft programmer probably used code he found in the net(IE code-plex...) instead of developping his own code...At school the programmer would have failed his course, here MS will face, once aggain, the wrath of Stallman's little cultists.if true they should get penalize ntnt It was a CodePlex project?Well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, tool, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., GPL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Is MySQL an "albatross" around the neck of Larry Ellison?

The EC is CLUELESSAbsolutely NOTHING changes about MySQL or its license open source with the buy out.infiltrated M$ agents are obfuscating this issueThe MySql should be a slam dunk, but M$ agents are feeding false information to the commision to harm OSS.Are you sure about that?MySql (and of course SUN...

Tags: Databases, MySQL, open source, Larry Ellison, Microsoft Corp., agent

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Windows Server 2008 R2 finally gets its day in the sun

I'd like to know more....about when respective updates to SBS and EBS solutions will be coming.EBS, SBSHi. stay tuned for the next post. you aren't going to like the non answer. MJEasy Migration from Windows Server would be greatThat would be the best feature!!!!Use RHEL or somethingPeople do not understand...

Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Mission-Critical Services, server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

DoneEx XCell Compiler 1.9.9 (Windows)

DoneEx XCell Compiler offers very easy and hassle free Microsoft Excel workbook copy protection. You can compile Excel spreadsheet into EXE application with securely hidden formulas in binary format and protected VBA code. With registration/license management feature you can protect your compiled Excel workbook from illegal copying from one computer...

Tags: DoneEx, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-05

EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Art of the software deal can get messy

Software buyers and vendors are increasingly butting heads amid a budget squeeze and increasingly aggressive sales tactics, according to Gartner. In a series of presentations at the Gartner IT Symposium in Orlando, analysts walked buyers through a few negotiating tactics with the likes of SAP, Microsoft, Oracle,...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Gartner Inc., Customer, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Negotiation, Software Audit, Software-as-a-service Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Linux, Free Trade, Sales Strategy, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Newsmakers: Be careful what you wish for

Without Google they get no trafficIt does not take a rocket scientist to know that without Google, most of this news sites would probably have little to now traffic at all.So how is Google stealing from them? Since when is sending customers to your door a bad thing?Without the...

Tags: Web site development, Operational accounting, Google Inc., Google News

Discussion threads 2009-10-11

The month ahead: Can Windows 7 close the Vista flop chapter?

Win7 cannot completely close the Vista flop chapter. Win7 is still WAY too bloated and inflexible, a take it all or leave it approach. Compare that with Linux where you can use it from a tiny embedded system all the way up to a large server with multiple cores and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29

Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Koobface, FCS, MSE, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Windows 7 OEM pricing emerges ... some serious discounts available

You forgot to mention ...... That OEM means it must be pre-installed on the machine that was purchased by the end user ... meaning it cannot LEGALLY be purchased for installation by your average Joe ... I own a small IT company in Canada, and I have a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, pricing strategy, Microsoft Windows, OEM, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

That's one way to get Silverlight on a mobile device: Port it to Moblin Linux

Now I could at least accept that.I'm still a bit wary of an MS plugin becoming an internet standard. BUT at LEAST they are doing this as a first party and not some half baked, always behind the times attempt like Moonlight and Mono. If they had first class support...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, .NET, Development tools, mobile, mobile device, Microsoft Silverlight, Moblin, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

WebSpirit Internet Browser 2.0 (Windows)

WebSpirit is a very fast, customizable, lightweight Web Browser for the Win32 Windows platform based on the Gecko Layout Engine the rendering engine of Mozilla and also Microsoft's Internet Explorer download manager & tools. This Browser is a free Internet browsing software suite released under the GPL software license agreement....

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., WebSpirit, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-23

OTOY's Jules Urbach: Cloud computing 'threatens' game consoles, Blu-ray, PCs [interview]

Great in theory, not so great in the real worldThe problem allways comes down to the simple fact that even though something can be done with hardware and software, the user is the component not fully addressed.an XBox or Playstation hooked to a 32 inch television in the den or...

Tags: Games, Virtualization, Game players, cloud computing, console, game, OTOY, Blu-ray disc, game console

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Microsoft founds, funds a new open-source foundation

Thank You M.J.I just read this with extreme interest. Thank you for the post and sharing this information."My first thought..If you cannot beat them, join them"The power of Open SourceYears ago Bill Gates himself criticized Open Source and the GPL Gnu Public License. Yet, Microsoft has finally realized the...

Tags: software foundation, GPL, Microsoft Corp., open source, Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Microsoft DirectX Redistributable (August 2009) 9.27.1734 (Windows)

Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D animation, and rich audio. DirectX includes security and performance updates, along with many new features across all technologies, which can...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., DirectX, Microsoft DirectX, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-09-08

Why open source remains an ideological divide

Oh that was superb.Open Source.Stand for something! :)you are ideological from the startIf you want to remove ideology from the equation your clearly state your needs - functionnal, commercial and technical support ... etc, and compare available solutions.Price might be a key factor and it might not; availability of srouce...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OSS, open source

Discussion threads 2009-09-07

Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder

Exchange 2010 has lots of appeal!There are so many improvements in 2010 that it's hard to pick a personal favorite, but built in archiving and the vast improvements to OWA are definitely high on my own list.Fortunately, I've been buying my Exchange mailboxes with Software Assurance on my Volume Licenses,...

Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, Exchange 2010

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Law Firm Fosters Collaboration and Lowers Costs With Integrated Tools Investment

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld needed a new approach to its technology environment. The law firm wanted to improve organizational control of its IT assets, along with the business processes and the technology solutions that supported them. Akin Gump decided to embrace an integrated environment made up of Microsoft...

Tags: Fosters Inc., Investment, Law Firm, Microsoft Corp., Tool, Portals, Litigation, Web Technology, Collaboration, Groupware, Productivity, Internet, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-08-13

A look at On2 Technologies and why Google wants it

It's not very often that Google makes an acquisition and the target inspires a collective "who?" But that's what happened when the search giant bought On2 Technologies, a penny stock trading in obscurity on the American Stock Exchange, for 60 cents a share. And unless you've followed the wonderful world...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Video, H.264, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-05