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- Mark your calendars: PDC 2007
- As these passages have clearedMicrosoft officials have said they don?t have any intention of suing Linux users over the 235 Microsoft patents that the company says are violated by free/open-source software. I?d be surprised to see Microsoft sue any Linux vendors, either. The outcry and backlash would outweigh any gains...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Corp., Linux, PDC 2007, Microsoft Patents
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Mark your calendars: PDC 2007
- Microsoft developers, start your engines. The 2007 Professional Developers Conference is now booked for October 2 through 5 in Los Angeles. Expect Longhorn Server and Visual Studio "Orcas" to be the stars of the show, this time around. You can subscribe to the RSS feed for PDC 2007 here.
- Tags: PDC 2007, PDC, Visual Studio Orcas, Windows Server Longhorn, Development tools
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
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- SharePoint: The team that makes the donut(s)
- No wonder they're successfulThey have a process, they watch actual humans use the product, and accept feedback.RE: SharePoint: The team that makes the donutsAs a long time SharePoint consultant my impression is that the SharePoint team is totally out of touch with enterprise customers. SharePoint 2010 is the same old...
- Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, SharePoint 2010, team, Microsoft SharePoint
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7
- Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7VISTA tax"Over the course of the last two years, I've discarded or replaced a handful of devices that didn't work at all with Vista: several network cards, some storage adapters, a scanner, a TV tuner."Fantastic.RE: Six things Steve Ballmer won't tell...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, IT Organizations, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- That Windows 7 bootleg is a ticking time bomb
- That Windows 7 bootleg is a ticking time bombDo you feel lucky?Protected mode mitigates, but doesn't stop the exploit from running. And if someone is tired or distracted and clicks Continue in the UAC dialog, they're pwned.Presumably Windows 7 and IE 8 have PM so......there is little to worry about...
- Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Protected Mode
- Discussion threads 2008-12-19
- Office 2.0: a digital revolution for students worldwide
- With hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people using Google Apps and Zoho, two of the main cloud office suites on the web, Microsoft once again sees an opportunity to slam it's iron fist onto the web in hope of crushing the same competitors as before. ...
- Tags: Office 2.0, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Windows 7: preview of final user interface and 'studenty' features
- It's a difficult and strange time for many in the IT industry. It seems most people from home consumers to students, IT professionals and governments have rejected Windows Vista, and many have their reservations about Windows 7. Will it be another disaster like Vista? Or will it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, PDC, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Ballmer: 'Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better'
- Ballmer: 'Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better'Here's a suggestionI noticed that some of your readers post comments only when you blog about the "Windows OS". I am doing it now to convey a point hereMy family member watched Oprah show yesterday, and mentioned that the topic...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Microsoft confirms PDC attendees to get pre-beta Windows 7 build
- Microsoft confirms PDC attendees to get pre-beta Windows 7 buildWindows live messenger betaThey completely tanked on the design of messenger beta. It now looks like a stoneage app compared to nice shinny design of the last release.Explorer and WMP12 have no icons because their UI is not yet completedCurrent...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft confirms PDC attendee, Microsoft confirms PDC, Microsoft Confirms, Microsoft Corp., pre-Beta, beta
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againI don't care about it. I stick with VistaI don't care about it. I stick with VistaRE: Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againThat will be nothing new, just think - another operating system delivered in beta status, with millions of people...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Well Let, Microsoft Windows 7, deliverable, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)
- It sounds like Microsoft is aiming to get Windows 7 out earlier than it promised -- at least if you believe the company's CEO. During his fireside chat with Chairman Bill Gates at the D6 conference on May 27, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acknowledged that Microsoft was...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Microsoft declares its modeling love with a new language, 'D'
- A handful of Microsoft's top developers are working to create a new programming language, code-named "D," which will be at the heart of the Microsoft's push toward more intuitive software modeling. D is a key component of Microsoft's Oslo software-oriented architecture SOA technology and strategy. Microsoft outlined...
- Tags: Oslo, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, D, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futures
- Gates' last CES keynote: Long on sales claims, short on futuresNot much news of upcoming productsI'm guessing it's probably because these products aren't coming for awhile, and it wouldn't make sense to blab about them before making sure there's no issues.At least Microsoft gets that now, unlike in the past...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Gates Foundation, sales claim, Microsoft Corp., Gates IS, Apple Inc., sales
- Discussion threads 2008-01-06
- <b>Microsoft Predictions for 2008: Games group housecleaning continues</b> (Microsoft in 2008: 10 Predictions)
- Microsoft Predictions for 2008: Games group housecleaning continues (Microsoft in 2008: 10 Predictions)As my rep says, 2008 will be great!!!!My rep and I are continuing our year end strategy sessions and 2008 will be another banner year. We just finished figuring out different ways to procure financing for more product...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, game, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Predictions, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Surprise! There will be a PDC 2008 after all
- Surprise! There will be a PDC 2008 after allMicrosoft speaks in code satire :^0.I understand that some of you are confused by the language Microsoft uses. Well, you are not alone. And, I'm here to help. It's true. Microsoft DOES speak in code. But, if you understand the code, you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
- What will Microsoft share about Windows futures in 2008?
- Microsoft's 2008 conference dance card is starting to fill in. It's looking like a very busy February and March for the conference-going set. And, as usual with Microsoft, mid-summer will be full of Microsoft industry and insider events. The biggest questions going into 2008 is how, when...
- Tags: Partnership, Microsoft Corp., Conference, WinHEC, Microsoft Windows, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-11-16
- Putting lipstick on a cancelled PDC pig
- Microsoft announced late on Thursday May 24 that it has cancelled the Professional Developers Conference PDC that was slated for this October.Microsoft said it had decided to "reschedule" the event to some unspecified future date. The notice of the cancellation is on the Microsoft Developer Network MSDN Web site:"As the...
- Tags: .Net Framework, Corporate strategy, Development tools, Silverlight (wpf/e), SQL Server, Vista, Windows client
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- Virtual PC 2007, downloadable now, supports Vista as host and guest
- Virtual PC 2007, downloadable now, supports Vista as host and guestAlthough Linux is not listed as a "supported" guestI've heard reports that it does work, as well as most other x86 compatible operating systems (Yes, NonZealot, I'm leaving myself wide open for ya, so have fun!!!).It isn't the 'vista' apps...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), VPC07, Linux server, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Microsoft: 60,000 Vista biz seats to be deployed on launch day
- Microsoft: 60,000 Vista biz seats to be deployed on launch dayThey care more about corp people then home!That really sucks if corp people can get it in November then why not the normal end user?I really hate Microsoft aproach to end users. Corp users are the last to upgrade to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Corp user, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-01
- New Samba beta targets Active Directory
- New Samba beta targets Active DirectoryLooks promisingI figured it was only a matter of time before Samba or some other OSS application would allow Linux machines to better integrate with Active Directory. This will make it much easier for sys admins looking to migrate one way or the other,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Directory services, OPEN SOURCE, Samba, Unix, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
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