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Czech out this Microsoft Office alternative

Czech out this Microsoft Office alternativeAnother competitor to Microsofts office dominance...Interesting! Wonder if they will port to Linux.OpenOffice 2.0 rocksGet the development version of OpenOffice. It rocks right now. It's also free.I'm also looking forward to the new StarOffice based on OpenOffice 2.0.OpenOffice 2.0 is 5 times better...

Tags: big guy, Corel WordPerfect, Everybody-that, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, MSWindows, OpenOffice, OpenOffice 2.0, Opera Software ASA, product name, Software602

Discussion threads 2004-09-08

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Two questions about Microsoft's future ...

Two questions about Microsoft's future ...The evil of subscriptionHow would an OS subscription be anything other than a complete rip-off to the end user? There are so many reasons why a subscription system would fail and fail badly. The cost of implementation, activation issues, anti-piracy concerns. All of this and...

Tags: Piracy, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy, operating system, software

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Pano Logic brings us closer to "The Screen"

Pano Logic brings us closer to "The Screen"I'm sorry but it still contains an operating systemA few years back at VMWorld I had a 'healthy' discussion with one of the stand techies since no matter what Pano Logic say if the device can boot and connect there is at least...

Tags: Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, Operating systems, NComputing, Mini-ITX, Pano Logic

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice

Office 2008 vs. iWork vs. NeoOffice vs. OpenOfficeHave BothI have both and the short comings are slim but there are a few items that stand out for me. In iWorks there is not a way to use an external database like Filemaker--a user is limited to importing fields only from...

Tags: Apple iWork, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, NeoOffice

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with Windows

Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with WindowsSun donates to M$!Poor M$, they don't have the brains to do anything.Was this part of the M$ - Sun deal, or M$ ran out of money and gets freebies like a charitable organization? ;)SUN CIFS vs Samba 3.0I wonder how Sun's CIFS stacks up...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Reading, OpenSolaris, wine, Microsoft Windows, Samba, Sun Microsystems Inc., Common Internet File System, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

"Terminal" isn't a four letter word

"Terminal" isn't a four letter wordonce againA solution for all problems: private-PC-connected-to-public-network + workplace-terminal-connected-to-private-network + KVMManagement wants the fantasy.It's really the same as most businesses--management wants to be told, "We checked into it and have the situation under control. There is no problem. Anything you hear to the contrary is...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT FAILED, Murph

Discussion threads 2007-10-29

Has Microsoft goofed up Windows Update again?

Has Microsoft goofed up Windows Update again?At a guess...I would suppose that the change if made made to prevent the auto-update was missed during a build, or the code to change the behavior of certain updates was not ready yet. In either case, I have a hunch that this...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Notepad, HAS Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, EULA, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for Mac

Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for MacRemind me again.. of what the Microsoft faithful have to say about office suites that aren't 100% round-trip file exchange compatible with MSOffice for MSWindows?Here's hoping it's better than Office 2k4[b][/b]RE: Microsoft offers second sneak peek at Office 2008 for MacWho...

Tags: NeoOffice, Office 2008, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-10-02

China getting uppity

China getting uppityTwo data1) Microsoft's top dog for Windows testified under penalty of perjury that disclosing the source code for MSWindows would allow be a threat to national security because there are unclosable vulnerabilities.2) Microsoft gave China the source code.Criminal neglicenceThe use of extremely vulnerable software, like Microsoft Windows and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating systems, source code, Microsoft Corp., server

Discussion threads 2007-09-03

Better living without MS Office

Better living without MS OfficeAll beside the pointNone of the above matters, because Microsoft is well on its way to making MSOffice2K7 file formats (ECMA-376) a [i]de jure[/i] standard required for all interactions with government and by extension just about anything else (quite possibly including filing your taxes.)Since ECMA-376 is...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., OOXML, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-10

The desktop OS will still matter, just not which one

The desktop OS will still matter, just not which oneThe fundamental problem with web based apps......is that they're only useful as long as internet connection could be maintained. Today at work a national office supply chain, our internet/intranet connection went down. Debit transactions didn't work at all, Credit card transactions...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, desktop, clincher, Hard-Drive-Space, operating system, Web, Internet, desktop OS

Discussion threads 2007-07-23

By 2010, will Windows 'Seven' (or any desktop OS) really matter?

By 2010, will Windows 'Seven' or any desktop OS really matter?it's 2007 and it doesn't really matter...whatever desktop OS. I guess that's why I keep hearing, "there's no new killer app to upgrade to. so I'll stay with xp, os x, etc. that I use now."what gets me lately is,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, Google Inc., PC, Acer Inc., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop OS, desktop

Discussion threads 2007-07-23

Three more things that the Linux community don't get

Three more things that the Linux community don't getThe unholy trinity of modern computing...... is as follows:1. For those with money and/or an image fetish - the Mac2. For the geeks - Linux3. For the rest - WindowsAnd that is how it will stay for the forseeable future unless...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux-on-the-desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

And people say that Dell is cheap ...

And people say that Dell is cheap ...Building cheaper than an OEMRegister:Yes, you can usually build a machine for less money than it costs to purchase an equvalent machine from an OEM. George Ou showed how back on December 25, 2006 with this blog article:http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=396(Thanks again, George!)Following his price...

Tags: Desktops, Games, Branding, OEM, Dell Computer Corp., MacPro

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

Why Microsoft should buy DoubleClick

Why Microsoft should buy DoubleClickSounds good to meCuts down on my filter ruleset -- both of them get their packets dropped at the same time.The amount of spam that I get from Microsoft and DoubleClick isn't as high a percentage as it used to be, but the rules still get...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Advertising & Promotion, DoubleClick Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-03-28

Scaling back desktop Linux's footprint for better performance, other apps

Scaling back desktop Linux's footprint for better performance, other appsXen no good for your scenario DavidXen is paravirtualization and requires the kernel of the [i]guest[/i] operating system to be ported. Ports exist for the majority of the *nix OS's, but unfortunately there isn't one for Windows XP* due to licencing...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, performance, desktop Linux, Gentoo, Xen, VMware Inc., Linux, VM Server, operating system, desktop

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

Microsoft: Time to bring on the WPF/E dev tools

Microsoft: Time to bring on the WPF/E dev toolsWPF/OWI really love the way MS has managed to get the meme established that "WPF/E" is anything other than MS support for their current installed base, plus a fig leaf for Apple. More like "Windows Presentation Foundation for Older versions of...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, tool, desktop computer, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, genuine competitor, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-19

The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands alone

The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands aloneGimmickMitch, MSWindows is the [b]only[/b] platform that hasn't had this forever. Mostly it's not worth the trouble.For Linux, you just add a line like this to [b]/etc/fstab[/b]:/dev/sdf0 none swap sw 0 0(assuming you've set up [b]sdf[/b] to be one of the flash drives...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh, hard drive, ReadyBoost, standby

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its support for ODF

Given latest in OO-XML vs. ODF, Microsoft must reconsider its support for ODFOff the Table[i]As such, there will be probably be a meeting this week or next involving Microsoft executives (like Office top dog Chris Capossela, who, at CES, answered my questions regarding this topic on video) who will weighing...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., ECMA, ISO

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

Where's Microsoft's 'Flash killer'?

Where's Microsoft's 'Flash killer'?The whole strategy here is to make Rich Interactive "Internet" Apps dependon Windows. I use "Internet" instead of "Web" to emphasize that this will proprietary, MS only technology. The question is, who will bite?Hi Zealot!![i]One component of WPF/e, the Mini Common Language Runtime CLR, is designed to...

Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, helicopter, Conspiracy Theory, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-13