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Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7

The incredibly tight veil of secrecy around Windows 7 is about to lift, at least a little. After months of information lockdown, Microsoft is ready to begin talking about the next version of Windows. The first bits of information come from the very top, with a new blog written by...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, PDC, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than Google

Ozzie: Open source a more disruptive competitor than GoogleCreative distruction makes us all stongerI think Ray is right. His biggest competitor is open source. I'm not sure Microsoft will recover unless they learn how to embrace open source. The patent wars they have started make them toxic...

Tags: PDC, open source, Microsoft Corp., Ozzie, disruptive competitor, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

More Microsoft predictions from around the Web

More Microsoft predictions from around the WebAnother crystal: Win7 will appear in 2008. Bink is agreeAnother prediction from Bink.nu:Windows 7 Beta Codename ViennaMary, please, you said: no Win7 in 2008. Let me ask one question. WHAT will Microsoft demonstrate during PDC 2008? If no Windows 7 - so what? Your...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Bink, Web, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, MSFT, PDC, Jeremy W

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Putting lipstick on a cancelled PDC pig

Putting lipstick on a cancelled PDC pigMessage has been deleted.No surprise on WindowsI think it's unfortunate that the PDC was cancelled, but why should anyone be surprised that there is little information about future Windows. When Steve Sinofsky ran the Office team, it was known to be very quiet and...

Tags: Team management, PDC, Putting Lipstick, Office team

Discussion threads 2007-05-25

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

Personal Database Creator (exe)

In PDC you will find fast and easy to use database, computer publishing, report printing, data entry, spreadsheet and invoice creation functionality. PDC is a database software program for the WindowsXP operating system written in the spirit of the powerful yet extremely simple to use applications of the early Macintosh...

Tags: PDC, Storage, Productivity, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2006-05-30

PDC build (5219) of Vista64 arrives via Fedex

PDC build (5219) of Vista64 arrives via FedexWhat "Free Windows" means...There are two types of Windows builds: Free also known as retail and Checked. Checked builds are used for debugging purposes; free builds are "normal". For a distinction see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;191890Also, if you look at the Event Log for...

Tags: PDC Build, Vista64, Microsoft Windows, PDC, Federal Express, Checked Build

Discussion threads 2005-09-16

Precision Dynamics Corporation Primes for Growth With Robust Enterprise Solution

With over 50 years of service and innovation, Precision Dynamics Corporation PDC is the global leader in identification wristbands and advanced ID solutions. PDC's legacy systems were unable to support strategic objectives, including planned growth, geographical expansion and business model diversification. Highly-customized legacy systems monopolized IT staff time and required...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Legacy System, Precision Dynamics Corporation, PDC, Hardware Upgrade, Strategy, Hardware, Management

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Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?

I have seen an internal Oracle email that confirms persistent rumors that Jespers Andersen, SVP Application Development at Oracle has left for Cisco. The email says: "You may well have heard today, the rumour mill has been very busy that Jesper has resigned from Oracle. ...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Jesper, Team Management, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Why do you want WinFS?

Why do you want WinFS?same questionI posted exactly the same question to AKH article talkback. It will be interesting to see the answers.This makes everything so easy, now.If MS doesn't deliver it, then it's not really a necessary technology or all that important.It makes life so much easier when every...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, SEARCH, Digital music, Digital media, WinFS, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision

Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing visionBest Known ExampleThe Best Known Example of Cloud Computing is connecting to a Windows 2003 Server in a data center via terminal services client under a floating profile and running a c# application.RE: Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing visionSOA/PaaS/SaaS is the biggest shift in our sector since...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., vision

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Look who's running VMWare now

Look who's running VMWare nowPaul Maritz Running VMWareHi, Mary Jo,I recall Paul Maritz being one of Microsoft's most capable technical managers. I met him at a PDC just before his departure and found the breadth of his technical knowledge astounding.--rjhttp://oakleafblog.blogspot.comRE: Look who's running VMWare nowWasn't Paul Maritz in charge of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, VMware Inc., Paul Maritz

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Servers need TLC, too, right?

Servers need TLC, too, right?Open Source AlternativeFor those interested, you will be able to save ALOT of time by using the Open Source project from www.amahi.orgIt automatically setups a server for use in the home likewise it can be used in an office or school environment, and delivers all the...

Tags: Servers, server

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

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

Windows 7: The information lockdown continues

Windows 7: The information lockdown continuesOnce burnedtwice shy. MS isn't going to risk the kind of PR flak that they caught over the slipped schedules, withdrawn features, etc. the last time around.My notoriously unreliable crystal ball predicts that the first anyone sees of their next platform will be when...

Tags: Operating systems, PDC 2008, Microsoft obviously, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, information lockdown, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-19

Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh

Microsoft took the wraps off Live Mesh at 9 p.m. PDT on April 22, just ahead of the service's official debut at the Web 2.0 Expo this week. (Here's a bunch of screen shots of what testers can expect to see when Microsoft kicks off its...

Tags: Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Untangling the Microsoft mesh

"Mesh" was Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's word of the day last week at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference. Ozzie waxed prolific on "social mesh," "device mesh," "seamless mesh" and more. But what are the technological underpinnings that will allow users and developers to bring everything together...

Tags: WinFS, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Sync Famework, Microsoft Horizon, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-10

It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act together

From a variety of sources, I'm hearing the same thing that Robert Scoble is, and that is that Microsoft under Ray Ozzie is making major strides in giving Web developers what they want, opening the client-side stuff well with IE 8, putting core productivity apps as services online, and assembling...

Tags: Web, Internet, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., News, Channel Management, Marketing, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-03-06

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