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- Microsoft takes potshots at Linux
- Microsoft takes potshots at LinuxReall?!I think not. I have learning disabilities. I have used both Microsoft and Linux systems for years. I have used both systems development tools. Microsofts are definatively harder to understand and use. Windows is also more insecure as a fact.Microsoft is and always will be a...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TAKES, Microsofts
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Down of a system: My computer system, that is
- Down of a system: My computer system, that isOf course you know that this is Microsofts' faultMicrosofts address is 'one' and everyone knows that it takes 'two' to complete a circuit. Macs run on pixie dust and thus never have problems such as this.Good LuckMuj
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsofts, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- GPLv3 the impetus for Microsoft's latest Linux attack campaign
- With one stroke, Microsoft has ended any illusion that it planned to try to build bridges with the open-source community. And it appears the primary reason for Microsofts decision to go back on the public attack against Linux and other open-source software is the looming Version 3 of the Free...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Legal, Linux, Novell
- Blog posts 2007-05-14
- Yahoo's Semel to keynote Microsoft advertising powwow
- Speaking of Microsofts advertising ambitions, next week is Microsofts eighth annual Strategic Account Summit SAS. SAS is the MSN online-advertising conference. Like Mix 07, SAS doesnt feature Microsoft speakers only. In fact, on Tuesday, Yahoo Chairman and CEO Terry Semel will address the invitees on the state of the...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Search, Research, MIX07, Google, Corporate strategy, Advertising
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- Meet Microsoft, the advertising company
- Microsoft, first and foremost, is a software company. Or is it? Consider these recent developments: * On May 3, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire European-based mobile-phone advertising company ScreenTonic. * Microsoft is promoting its Personal Expressions for Windows Live Messenger theme packs, which incorporate an expanded...
- Tags: Zune, Xbox Live, Xbox, Windows Mobile, Windows Live, Web video, Web 2.0, Vista, MSN, MIX07, Google, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- Jasper: Dynamic languages meet dynamic database development
- Its code name central at Mix 07 in Las Vegas this week. On May 2 at Microsofts Web 2.0 conference, officials are set to put "Jasper," a k a "Dynamic ADO.Net," through its paces. In a session entitled "Rapidly Building Data Driven Web Pages with Dynamic ADO.Net," Microsoft officials...
- Tags: Visual Studio Orcas, SQL Server, MIX07, Development tools, Database, Code names
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- A new Microsoft software plus service: Silverlight Streaming
- Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie took the wraps off Microsofts latest example of software plus service (S+S) -- a new video streaming offering called Silverlight Streaming -- during his opening keynote at Microsofts Mix 07 conference on April 30. Silverlight Streaming is in alpha. It is a free...
- Tags: Windows Live, Web 2.0, Visual Studio Orcas, Silverlight (wpf/e), MIX07, Expression Studio, Development tools
- Blog posts 2007-04-30
- MIXing it up at the coming of age party for Rich Internet Applications
- Im getting on a plane at 8:00 Pacific Time to head for Las Vegas and Microsofts MIX conference. With the rumors swirling around about what is going to be announced, this should make for a very news-heavy conference. And even though the most prominent RIA company Adobe isnt involved, I...
- Tags: WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation, Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, Mix07, Microsoft, Adobe
- Blog posts 2007-04-29
- Has Microsoft stopped the online ad bleeding?
- Lost in the barrage of metrics included in Microsofts fiscal third quarter results was this nugget: The software giant has apparently stabilized its online advertising business. even though its still losing money.The big question: Will it last? Chances are pretty good that Microsoft can...
- Tags: General, Microsoft, Web Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Linux, Microsoft, and the $3 desktop
- As most of you know Mr. Gates went to China last week to announce a $3 license package. Heres the bullet as reported by cnets Ina Fried: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is using a speech in Beijing to unveil a new low-cost...
- Tags: Vistabulations, Linux, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits
- The shake-ups in Microsofts search organization arent over yet. On April 24, Microsoft announced internally that Dane Glasgow, general manager for Live Search, is leaving the company to work for various nonprofits and spend more time with his family. Glasgow was one of the handful of direct reports...
- Tags: Windows Live, Search, Google
- Blog posts 2007-04-25
- June 1 is D-Day for those still running Vista betas
- On April 24, Microsoft sent out a reminder to testers still running pre-release versions of Windows Vista that they need to update to final versions of the product or regress to a legal copy of XP or run afoul of Microsofts licensing restrictions. A note sent to press by...
- Tags: Windows client, Vista, Windows XP, Legal, Activation
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- $3.00 Windows and ad-supported product
- George Ou spoke in a blog post last week about Microsofts new $3.00 Windows / Office package targeted at the developing world. This is part of Microsofts attempt to provide a legal alternative to piracy for people who cant afford developed world software prices. It is clearly designed to serve...
- Tags: General, Microsoft, Office, Office 2007, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- SAP and Microsoft lay out Duet roadmap
- SAP and Microsoft revealed an extended roadmap for Duet, which integrates Microsoft Office with SAP business processes and data. Duet 1.5 will be available later this year, and will include additional scenario templates. Duet 2.0 is slated for the end of 2008 and will have deeper scenarios, with more...
- Tags: General, IT Management, Microsoft, SAP
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- 'Volta': Microsoft's dev platform in the Cloud?
- Next week is Microsofts much-touted Mix 07 conference. Microsoft has been saying for months that the company will share its vision for its Live development platform at the Las Vegas show. No one from Microsoft is ready or willing to talk publicly about the details yet. Soma Somasegar, the...
- Tags: Web 2.0, Development tools, Corporate strategy, Code names, WPF/e, Windows Live, SQL Server, Research, Google, Database, .Net Framework
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Microsoft's goal: More than 2 billion served by 2015
- How do you keep growing the market for Windows and Office desktop software when you already have cornered in excess of 90 percent of the market? One way is to grow the market. Thats Microsofts goal with its expanded Unlimited Potential program, via which it plans to sell...
- Tags: Anti-piracy, Windows XP, Windows client, Office, Linux
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Is Microsoft's Cloud OS actually a Cloud DB?
- Microsoft officials have used "Cloud OS" as shorthand to refer to the Windows Live Core, or the platform that will power Microsofts current and forthcoming datacenter-based family of services. But what, exactly, is Microsofts Cloud OS? Is it an operating system OS at all? Microsoft officials have used...
- Tags: Windows Live, Web 2.0, SQL Server, Google, Database, Corporate strategy
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Posting your Microsoft license keys to Web not the brightest thing to do
- Via Digg, it appears as though users of Belarcs Free Personal PC Auditing tool -- a tool which amongst other things, extracts and displays the license information including activation keys for Microsoft software -- are using it do something a bit unusual. Theyre posting the tools audit results for their...
- Tags: Vista, Software Infrastructure, Security, Legal, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- What Does it Really Mean if Microsoft's Virtual Machine Software is Delayed?
- Many have commented on a blog entry posted by by Mike Neil on Windows Server Division Blog indicating that Viridian, Microsofts virtual machine software project, is likely to be delivered six months later than planned. Since hes general manager of virtualization at Microsoft, his comments are a strong indicator of...
- Tags: virtualization, virtual machine software
- Blog posts 2007-04-14
- Berkowitz: More integration coming across Microsoft's online properties
- If you cant beat em, surround em. Thats Microsofts search motto, according to Steve Berkowitz, Senior Vice President of Microsofts Online Services Group, who keynoted the Search Engine Strategies SES conference in New York on April 11. "Its going to be the things we surround search with that...
- Tags: Windows Live, Search, Google
- Blog posts 2007-04-11
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