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More Windows 7 XP Mode questions and more Microsoft answers

Over the past few days -- since word of Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC went public -- Microsoft has provided so far only the barest of details about its planned Virtual XP Mode functionality for Windows 7. Slowly but surely the company has started releasing additional details. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Microsoft Corp., Windows XP Mode, MJF, MED-V, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave Cutler

Dave Cutler, the father of the NT and VMS operating systems, is a key member of Microsoft's Red Dog cloud OS team. I had a chance to ask Cutler about what he's working on now. Here's our exchange. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Team, Hypervisor, Operating System, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., Red Dog, Fabric Controller, MJF, Opposite, Virtualization, Team Management, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Management, Storage, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Inside Windows' core: A peek into Microsoft's COSD

Jon DeVaan -- the "mystery man" behind Windows 7 -- is the Senior Vice President in charge of Microsoft's Core Operating System Division COSD. I had a chance to ask DeVaan some questions last week about how COSD works and about one of COSD's better-known if still largely misunderstood initiatives:...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Core Operating System Division, MinWin, MJF, Team Management, Management

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Jon DeVaan: The mystery man behind Windows 7

The public face of the Windows development-chief duo is Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky, who runs Windows and Windows Live Engineering. The private face is Jon DeVaan, the head of Microsoft's Core Operating System Division COSD. I had a chance to interview DeVaan by phone this week on his role...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley, Team, Idea, Microsoft Corp., Jon DeVaan, MJF, JD, Engineering Excellence, Microsoft Office, Office Suites

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art

Microsoft has been quietly building a platform to help its own product teams -- and ultimately, those from other companies -- turn product planning more of a science and less of a black art. Microsoft calls the test bed the Microsoft Experimentation Platform ExP. Here is how...

Tags: Software, Team, Experiment, Platform, Experimentation, Microsoft Corp., ExP, EXP Team, MJF, Human Intuition, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-16

There's more than one way to mesh

On April 15, startup Syncplicity, was hatched. Syncplicity's management team includes a number of former (and near-former) Softies -- including Steven Hazel, a former employee of FolderShare. Microsoft acquired FolderShare, a file-sync vendor, from ByteTaxi in 2005 and recently updated the service for the first time in...

Tags: Web, Groove Networks Inc., Advisor, Microsoft Corp., Syncplicity, FolderShare, MJF, Synchronization Service, Peer To Peer (P2P), Groupware, Storage, Investment, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-15

Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born

Move over, Microsoft Singularity. There's another microkernel, .Net-based operating system in town. And this one's available under an open-source license. Known as Cosmos, the new, independently developed operating system OS is the brain child of former Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism team member Chad "Kudzu" Hower....

Tags: Open Source, Assembly, Operating System, Compiler, Microsoft Corp., Kudzu, Cosmos Frequently Asked Questions, MJF, C#, .Net, Operating Systems, Middleware, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Enterprise Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-06

The gag is off: Samba's Allison talks turkey on Microsoft-Novell deal

On December 21, word leaked out that lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled in early November. Other than sharing the fact that he had taken a new job with Google, Allison said he couldnt provide specifics on his decision until some time...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Windows server, Windows client, Jeremy Allison, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-30

The ultimate revenge? Novell's Allison to join Google

The word is out: Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled on November 1. What isnt widely known, at least so far, is that Allison is joining Microsoft rival Google. I asked Allison for more particulars about his decision to leave...

Tags: Windows server, Corporate strategy, MJF, Jeremy Allison, Novell Inc.

Blog posts 2006-12-21

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Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off today

Microsoft Security Essentials beta to be capped at 75,000, kicks off todayLast I heard... *edited*OneCare had less false positives then all the other AV/AS software, and scored pretty high in tests.Assuming it's junk just because it's Microsoft kinda makes you look like a... fool.*Edited after realizing I had typed the...

Tags: Desktops, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security Essentials Beta, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Windows 7, public beta, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

What would you do for a free iPhone 3G S?

What would you do for a free iPhone 3G S?I'd eat a Klondik Bar! nt.RE: What would you do for a free iPhone 3G S?"I?ve given up all hope of publishing anything meaningful on ZDNet"Really? I didn't know you'd started.Easy one.Run Vista unpatched... on a scrap machine.Feel Your PainYou could...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G S, iPile, Apple iPhone 3G, Give Up

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Five unanswered questions after Microsoft's Q3 earnings call

Five unanswered questions after Microsoft's Q3 earnings callReally?The EC doesn't have Microsoft hating judges. It has Microsoft being found in violation of the EC rules/regulations repeatedly. Ergo, the judges have to bring the hammer down.Or would you rather that they didn't do anything when companies did "bad things?" Or is...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., earnings call

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

The $200 "Mac"

The $200 "Mac"It's a DELL COMPUTER...period. It will NEVER be a Mac.Aren't you familiar with the "lipstick on a pig" analogy?And why are you so obsessed with putting OS X on non-Apple computers? Could it be that the Apple computers are OVER PRICED?More cost than $199.00How much does it cost...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Handhelds, Desktops, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., Dell Axim, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is May 5

Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is May 5Paid by MSMS owns this site or something...RE: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is May 5Cool, thanks for the update MJF. Looking forward to the final release.RE: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is May 5I am looking forward to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 Release Candidate, release candidate, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

Axum: Another piece of Microsoft's parallel programming puzzle

Axum: Another piece of Microsoft's parallel programming puzzleThis Just InMicrosoft has shipped a new codeword. Let me rephrase, Microsoft has moved from a beta codeword to a release candidate codeword and is set to ship the new codeword barring any last minute codeword conflict. By "ship" Microsoft means "leak" and...

Tags: Development tools, Mike Cox, Cognitive Dissonance, Microsoft Corp., programming

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Microsoft codename tracker: April refresh now available

Microsoft codename tracker: April refresh now availableDoes This Keep You Awake At Night?You wake up at 3 going "BING!!!"Next thing you know your name is going to change to Ned Ryerson.Thanks MJF! I downloaded it. I didn't look closely, but do you update existing entries hard work as they change,...

Tags: codename tracker, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-03

Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave Cutler

Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave CutlerExcellent questions MJ.They've addressed some doubts about outages and reliability.Looking forward to the next RD instalment.:)RE: Red Dog: Five questions with Microsoft mystery man Dave CutlerTechies need to understand the difference between techies and "execs." Cutler is a techie. MFJ...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, opposite, MFJ, Dave Cutler, Red Dog, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

How the Red Dog dream team built a cloud OS from scratch

How the Red Dog dream team built a cloud OS from scratchKeeping it simple is good.Thanks for your attention to my post requesting a definition of Red Dog yesterday.I was hoping it might be in the introduction. But I did encounter more later:Calling Red Dog an ?operating system? is...

Tags: Team management, Balmer, Keeping it Simple, Red Dog, operating system, team, Azure

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

Vista Capable suit no longer a class action

Vista Capable suit no longer a class actionInflation in computer prices?I seem to remember the computer prices never really changing when Vista came out. All that seemed to happen was you got more computer for the same price. Almost all the computers coming out had a built in video card...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., class action, Vista Capable, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail stores

Microsoft to follow Apple with its own family of retail storesWhat's Microsoft going to sell?Windows 7. Office. Anything else? Oh. Mice. Anything else?Well.....by the time they set up displays of their eleventeen versions of Windows, there won't be much room left for anything else, will there?Maybe they could use one...

Tags: Retail, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., own family, retail company

Discussion threads 2009-02-12