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Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?

Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?They are waiting for the right time to pounce. Right now, they want to slowSOA as much as possible, to keep the money rolling in for the twin cash cows, but, there will come a time...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Middleware, Microsoft Corp., XML, Microsoft Office, OOo, Web-Stack, SOA, MSOffice-OOXML, OOo team

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

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Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 9.10 - Strengths and weaknesses

Nice articleIts nice to see a balanced article like this. I consider myself an OS agnostic user as I used Windows for years and tried a Linux Desktop OS like Ubuntu a few times and only recently (last 2 years) has Ubuntu taken over as my primary OS.One of the...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, default theme, task bar, Ubuntu, Linux, Microsoft Windows, software, hardware, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives

No reason to look beyond Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Office, its a complete solution out of the box for every business need. Pondering the alternatives will take all of 5 seconds before realizing the alternatives won't live up to what Microsoft has to offer.Preceding message brought to you...

Tags: OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Loverock Davidson

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option

Looks like they figured out that the price people are willing to pay for MSOffice is going to be falling like a rock. Can you say "pennies on the dollar"??$0 is about rightfor all the headaches MS has caused the world.M$ still has to drop the price a lotin order...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Fourth type of cloud computing

Close, but no cigarThere is no requirement that a cloud be publicly accessible. In many cases, corporations use cloud products to supplement existing production. In that case, the public access is via the existing security scheme and the cloud assets are never directly accessible via public IP.Also, there...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, Open web

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XPWhy are results for XP missing from multimedia tests?are we just supposed to take it on your word? Well, here at zdnet, no one does benchmarks like Mr. Adrian. I wonder why did he not repeat a usability benchmark for RTM like he did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 RTM, Vista XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computing

Google on offense: Chrome OS is a wager on the future of computingThis was a move to ...... put the IT industry on hold the way Microsoft has done for years.Now it's, let's wait and see what Google is going to come out with.Anticipation is making you wait? That's...

Tags: Operating systems, OpenOffice, NOW IT, Google Inc., Chrome, Chrome OS, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Good enough to pay for, part 2: Microsoft Office

Good enough to pay for, part 2: Microsoft OfficeBecause it was the right tool for the job?Why, because you wrote seven paragraphs of unformatted text and then copy/pasted it to your content manager?Well, then by all means MS Office it is.That was convincing. notWishes versus needsOn the whole, Microsoft Office...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

eLib 1.1 (Windows)

eLib is a new FREE tool which helps you categorize, view, catalog your ebook collection. Here is an overview of the features: performs a scan of your folders and files with pre-defined or choosen extensions; you can create as many collections as you wish, and even create subcollections; you can...

Tags: Collection, Microsoft Windows, eLIB Software, eLib, E-books, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-05-19

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?

Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Lotus SymphonyWhat about Lotus Symphony? It's multiplatform, free and based in OpenOffice. Altough I'm a happy MS Office 2007 user and haven't used Symphony, it looks like an option in case OO "dies". http://symphony.lotus.comRE: Will OpenOffice survive the Oracle-Sun takeover?Sun and Oracle...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Next big land rush: believe it or not, is knowledge management

This sounds silly for anyone who has ever been involved in the typical hapless library exercise of a digital "knowledge management" initiative.  The lasting image for most of these efforts is of a black hole - everything goes in, nothing comes out.  But get ready for a change of tune....

Tags: Supply Chain, Collaboration, Knowledge, IP, Entertainment, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Knowledge Management, Strategy, Network Technology, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Kevin O'Marah

Blog posts 2009-04-10

Where Worlds Collide - and then there's Sharepoint

Where Worlds Collide - and then there's SharepointThe Open Web and the Walled GardenNicely stated:Going forward Sharepoint is everywhere, and as future iterations of a cloud oriented Microsoft Office hook into the next iterations of Sharepoint, it seems likely an extensive new walled garden will emerge. How and if this...

Tags: Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Open web, open source, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Netbooks killing Windows faster than expected

Netbooks killing Windows faster than expectedI agree. Better titles enclosed.Netbooks hurting Microsoft Revenue faster than expected or Netbooks hurting laptop sales faster than expected.TripleII"Kill" is absolutely the wrong wordIt's more of a market share buster than anything else. And even that is a bit harsh. Windows will still be...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, netbook, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-16

HP ditches Linux netbooks in Europe

HP ditches Linux netbooks in EuropeSo wait...Are you saying that this is [b]not[/b] going to be The Year Of Linux after all? *sniff*The good part is that we get to listen to the Linux Fanboys making idiots of themselves all over again next year. I have never seen one...

Tags: UNIX, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, netbook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Linux netbook

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Can the cloud save Windows Mobile?

Can the cloud save Windows Mobile?Probably notMy biggest concern of using anything Windows is getting stuck with Windows (as in lock-in). I want the flexibility to be able to move between devices and OSs, if by chance something more interesting arrives on the market in the future.If Microsoft were to...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-02-03

Is OpenOffice.org a 'dying horse'?

Is OpenOffice.org a 'dying horse'?Open office is number two officeOOo is distant two behind Microsoft office. Actually I do not know that for sure, but it seems to be true at least in mindshare. Being number two will ensure that Open Office grows, at least among people who seek alternatives...

Tags: Workstations, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Office, OOo, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenOffice, workstation, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org

Discussion threads 2009-01-12

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?Can answer these ...[i]Know how to access Windows shares on the network[/i]Well that's pretty easy in Nautilus using smb:// , but a simple link with an icon should suffice.[i]Have a rudimentary understanding of the file system to ensure that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Printers, desktop Linux, KDE, GNOME, user interface, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, desktop, printer, Microsoft Windows, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-11-30

Microsoft to 'webify' Office (sort of)

Microsoft to 'webify' Office sort ofHow is this different from expected?Quoting the comment:Microsoft is finally doing what many have been clamoring for — making Web-based versions of its Office apps available — but in a different way than expected.[End quote]Did anyone expect an attempt to make Office on the desktop...

Tags: Linux, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Silverlight

Discussion threads 2008-10-28

Is Ubuntu getting bloated and slow?

Is Ubuntu getting bloated and slow?We already have one Linux users answer:http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=53520&messageID=1012181&start=0I had the same problem with Fedora......which is why I abandoned it on the family PC in favor of Gentoo. I suspect that part of the problem is the temptation to optimize for newer equipment and the old...

Tags: OpenOffice, Linux, Notebooks, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Office

Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Officewow!u had a post just to say that!!You're rightThe ribbon interface in Office 07 is leaps and bounds ahead of the dated looking OO interface and it doesn't really have all the features of Office 07. So office 07 wins hands down.Plus OO is the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., Linux, OpenOffice 3.0

Discussion threads 2008-10-20