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- SCO Group wins Unix copyright appeal
- I see M$ dirty fingerprintsThis BS decision is the result of M$ FUD and dirty money paid to SCO to continue annoying the FOSS and Linux in particular.Prove itI bet you cant!Was that before... or after you adjusted your tinfoil hat? Take your meds dude, it's for your own good.A...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Unix, SCO Group Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Microsoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your own
- Microsoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your ownMicrosoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your own1. Because every little bit helps2. To keep trust within the company of which they work and embrace it and use their products. The company for which...
- Tags: Research & Development, Mobile applications, COMPANIES, Microsoft Corp., WinMo
- Discussion threads 2009-06-15
- Sales, marketing and support bearing the brunt of new Microsoft job cuts?
- Sales, marketing and support bearing the brunt of new Microsoft job cuts?Geeee ....Maybe that is where Mike Cox's had been. Writing press for the SMSG group .....?Microsoft Sales, Marketing, and Service Group SMSG is the sales, marketing, consulting, technical support, and customer service arm of the world?s leading software company....
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Recruitment & Selection, new Microsoft job, Microsoft Corp., brunt, Microsoft job, Sales Marketing, sales, job
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Ballmer's layoff mail to the troops fails to rule out more cuts
- Ballmer's layoff mail to the troops fails to rule out more cutsWhat a guy!I'm glad I never worked for Ol' Monkey Boy. But I do have friends working for MS in Redmond...hope they come through this OK.I think layoffs are only justified if you're losing money...or in danger of it....
- Tags: Workforce management, Game players, layoff mail, layoff, troop, Apple Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- Prioritizing bugs to boost Linux adoption
- Prioritizing bugs to boost Linux adoptionGood idea. One of my gripes has already been written aboutright here: http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12554-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=62587&messageID=1175162#7468564444263411314&authId=Z6HGiN/lieHAYr2cBP3nkh6ZvIQSz/q5p+rs/WKQqRniE3yqBqrAzZ3UEVN5DV2K- KcWindows applications under WINE......have to be well written apps, conforming to Microsoft's Windows API's. Any application that uses "tricks", or undocumented calls, will not work under WINE. I would not refer to...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Linux Apps, Linux-adoption, Linux, wine, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-04-18
- Stealthy router-based botnet worm squirming
- Stealthy router-based botnet worm squirmingAnd there are SOOO many routers with default "admin" password out there!Something tells me that shipping hardware or software with default passwords is hacker friendly.How many have WAN access by default?I have not seen a router that comes pre-configured with allow control over WAN activated by...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Cyberthreats, router, password, Linux, worm
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- 356,800 green Linux workstations going to Brazil’s schools
- 356,800 green Linux workstations going to Brazil’s schoolsThanks for the link! That is very interesting. MS will have to figure out how to untangle the ridiculous licensing, or get left behind.A Belgian firm offers a multiseat PC based on UbuntuCheck this interesting link:http://www.multiseatcomputer.be/index.php/en/schoolcomputersUp to 12 users on one PC.I've seen...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Linux workstation, workstation
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- I am Linux (and so can you!)
- I am Linux (and so can you!)No wormsI can say the worm is not hammering it!RE: I am Linux (and so can you!)Few people can say that. By that I mean, huh?RE: I am Linux (and so can you!)There is a reason there are no linux ads, because nobody wants...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux Foundation, Linux, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-01-27
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upGoogle Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upFile this in the "No Surprise" category. The shoddy programming at Google which has been reflected on many of their applications and services should come as no surprise to anyone on Chrome. Google is trying to live...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Chrome vulnerability, Google Inc., Google Chrome, vulnerability, Chrome, programming
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3
- Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Pretty amazing!! It seems like we DO need competition to foster innovation.NT.Chrome and key logging!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlRE: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Well please, by all means, do the opposite give us an example of ANY javascript test that...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF3, 9x, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership
- Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnershipWhy would you want your competition...selling your product and why would you want to sell your competitions product? I would like to believe this is being done for the good of the customer.I'm trying to think of any other industry where this kind of relationship...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, partnership, Companies, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Linux partnership
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest.
- LinuxWorld keynotes: Now is the time to invest.It hasn't been that long ago...my company got rid of its last Green screen based network in favor of a fancy Windows based network at several of our branch offices. Guess what. We didn't pick up one iota of productivity gain. We...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Loverock Davidson, NOW IS, LinuxWorld, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Poll: How would you rebrand Live Search?
- Poll: How would you rebrand Live Search?Poll: How would you rebrand Live Search?I wouldn't. Microsoft Live Search is now synonymous with web searching. Live Search has always provided relevant results that you can't find from its competitors. It's the default setting on all my browsers both at...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Branding, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Live Search
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposal
- Linuxworksbetter.org: A humble proposalQuestion...You don't clarify who's paying the fee. Would people present themselves, or what?Anyway, I struggling to ignore the fairly major ethical questions.I hope I missed the pointi cannot believe that you would equate the horror of having a loved one or family member trapped in a radical...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Murph, Linuxworksbetter.org, humble proposal, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19
- Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19...Been testing OpenSuSE 11.0 beta... looking good so far! ]:)RE: Fedora 9 ships, openSuse 11 due June 19I like how it was quietly released. They obviously don't want anyone to use linux. That is fine by me, in fact I'll take...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Fedora Project, Fedora 9, openSuse 11, openSUSE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- A minority opinion ....
- A minority opinion ....Who said Windows can't ....... run on a 64 way multi-core system without a hitch. I didn't. I merely pointed out the flaws in the author's methods. I was the one arguing that each OS has it's place. You ran off on a...
- Tags: Operating systems, .NET, OPEN SOURCE, Named Pipes, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux, flaw, Unix
- Discussion threads 2008-04-02
- U.K. retailer links poor profits to Vista sales
- U.K. retailer links poor profits to Vista salesU.K. retailer links poor profits to Vista salesThis is NOT related to Vista and has nothing to do with Vista in any way. Its the case of bad management not knowing how to run a business. Vista sales have been great...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales strategy, Microsoft Windows Vista, sales, Vista sale, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- Dell likes Linux for virtualization
- Dell likes Linux for virtualizationYes, Linux is here to staylet the old guards of business 101 be aware, the model has mfr support that it did not have in years past. Now for the customers to fulfill said promise, because without customers, liftoff is limited. Hopefully, cost reductions...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., virtualization, benchmarking, operating system product, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Is Microsoft's ODF vote supposed to make amends for its patent attack?
- Is Microsoft's ODF vote supposed to make amends for its patent attack?There is a HUGE connection. MS is trying to pretend they are the nice guys,and here they can say they are supporting open standards, and, indirectly, open source. They want the message that they are not against open standards...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-17
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