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- It's time for Microsoft to supply ALL patches to All users
- It's time for Microsoft to supply ALL patches to All usersAnd everyonewith a stolen car, that has faulty brakes, should take it to the Dealer and get the brakes repaired under warranty. Because, that's what is best for society, regardless of whether or not they STOLE it.RE: It's time...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, Microsoft Products, Microsoft Corp., patch management, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-02
- Sometimes stuff just works - or almost, anyway
- Sometimes stuff just works - or almost, anywayLearning to play well with WindowsYou're right, that last hiccup is reminiscent of the times when the producers of other software did not feel a need to respond to Microsoft products.That usually doesn't happen now.And the future, Microsoft products connected to other Microsoft...
- Tags: Construction, Financial Planning, Quality, Insurance adjuster, Microsoft Corp., wall, Murph, insurance, standards
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- Why can't all Microsoft products be like the XBox?
- Why can't all Microsoft products be like the XBox?Becuse they will go out of business if they doXBox is cool but bleeds money. Microsoft sells it at loss. Developing products for large masses requires sacrifices in features, mindset to appeal to everyone and investment, which is what MS does with...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Products, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-12-26
- Microsoft-commissioned study: European schools prefer Microsoft to open-source
- Yet another Microsoft-commissioned study, comparing Microsoft technologies to open-source software, is out, as of June 13.The new report, entitled “ICT in European Schools: a value and cost analysis of Microsoft and Open Source Technology Solutions," was conducted by Wipro Technologies and paid for by Microsoft.(ICT stands for Information and Communication...
- Tags: Office, Linux, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Microsoft to charge for Daylight Saving hotfixes for older products
- March 11, the new date on which Daylight Saving Time DST will take effect in the U.S. and a growing number of other countries, is fast approaching. And Microsoft is working overtime to get the message out that users need to patch a bunch of their Microsoft products, from Exchange...
- Tags: App Compatibility, Office, Exchange Server, Windows server, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
- Vista skepticism pervades, may be misplaced
- Vista skepticism pervades, may be misplacedA strong demand for Windows Vista!I think that it will be a great demand for Windows Vista because people wants a more modern layout and as PC hardware are getting cheaper for more capacity, it is logical to make a operating system that need more...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Products, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., skepticism, Apple Macintosh, hardware, Vista skepticism, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- Of software ecosystems, symbiosis and co-innovation
- Of software ecosystems, symbiosis and co-innovationBlurring definitions.At one time, symbiosis meant a mutually beneficial, often mutually dependent relationship between or among species. Now that defintion of symbiosis has apparently become secondary, and mutualism has been introduced to cover the original definition:From Merriam Webster:1 : the living together of two...
- Tags: Linux, Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, symbiosis, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Products, Microsoft Windows, software
- Discussion threads 2005-09-28
- Twenty years of malware--and counting
- Twenty years of malware--and countingMalware needs a vulnerable targetMicrosoft products are that vulnerability. Windows and other Microsoft products offers malware writers a fertile ground to exploit.Longhorn will be an attempt to lock out future malware, but at the expense of locking in it's users. Only Microsoft would have tried to...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Linux, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, malware, virus, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Products, Microsoft Corp., network
- Discussion threads 2003-11-12
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- Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"
- RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal
- Opera"Browser rivals to register official complaints about Microsoft's ballot screen proposal". . . and by "browser rivals" you really mean Opera, who has been whimpering and whining the whole time. A browser that barely appears on anybody's charts, but still retains a cult following.I think Microsoft is improving with IE7...
- Tags: Web browsers, ballot screen, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, ballot screen proposal, Microsoft Corp., official complaint
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- What would make you trust Microsoft?
- Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...
- Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Open source needs successful champions
- Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...
- Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Microsoft does a 180 on Exchange 2007 support (in a good way)
- Why does Microsoft continue to be so clueless?I swear some of the decisions this company makes about their products amazes me. What were they thinking by not supporting Exchange 2007 on 2008 R2?Hmm.They were thinking... Why would you upgrade the server OS and not upgrade Exchange? It makes us...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Exchange 2007 support, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, MicroSoft DOES
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?
- I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff
- Discussion threads 2009-11-04
- Signature995 9.0 (Windows)
- Signature995 allows you to securely transmit and digitally sign PDFs, Office documents and zip archives quickly, affordably, and easily. It uses native PDF 128 bit RC4 encryption to restrict users from printing, copying text and images and modifying PDF files. Signature995 uses Microsoft Cryptographic technologies to provide 128-bit DES encryption,...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Encryption, Signature995
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- New Live@Edu offerings keep pressure on Google Apps for Education
- Microsoft made a number of major announcements today, all designed to up the ante in its battle for business and educational customers with Google's Apps products. The most important for us? Microsoft announced serious expansions of its Live@Edu services, most of which are based on the now-cheaper Exchange and Sharepoint...
- Tags: Education, Google Inc., Google Apps, Cloud Computing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Google Wave: Has potential, but let loose too soon
- Open sourceKeep in mind that the code to developers is completely open source. If someone wants to make their own wave software or use the real time HTML 5 support for something else.Besides this is just a preview of the basics. Open to only 100,000 people, you can't expect much....
- Tags: Google Inc., developer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Psystar: From Hell's Heart, I Stab at Thee!
- No matter who they have to sueApple will never allow competition.agreedthey want as much profits as they can make.too bad their computers aren't very good for anything other than the basics and some visual/audio work ;)with that said, i believe that apple will have its future in their i-products (ipod,...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Apple Inc., hardware, Psystar, OSX
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?
- Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Make room for another e-reader as Creative shows off prototype
- Market is ripeFor Chinese factories to crank out more hardware and suck more dollars out of the middle class.Clue in America.Transition product I do believe that e-book readers are largely a transition product which will eventually be made more or less obsolete by advances in netbook/smartbook etc. technologies. Multiple devices...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, E-books, e-reader, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
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