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Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes: Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixesAnd How Many Bugs Will It Create?Start the counting folks.You Forgot Two1 Uninstalls Windows Vista1 Reinstalls Windows XP ProfessionalAre you sure you have the real SP1??SJVN thinks MS is lying to you! http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Vista/Vista-SP1-RTMs-and-Lies/The RTM bits are not the real RTM bits!Seriously though; Thanks...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, SJVN, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1; Discussion threads 2008-02-11

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Red Hat: JBoss picks up steam, but were the earnings that great?: Red Hat: JBoss picks up steam, but were the earnings that great?What's your point?I'm trying to understand what point you're making about Red Hat's performance. Are you saying it's good, bad, optimistic, pessimistic?Anyway, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols' point about Red Hat making money, and continuing to grow it's revenue and...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., open source business model, open source, revenue, JBoss; Discussion threads 2008-03-28
A Vista SP1 FAQ: A Vista SP1 FAQVista SP1 changesGood article. My questions: Does Vista SP1 reduce or increase the number of times the user is asked to confirm an action? Does it still do so by blanking the screen?Standalone?Am I wrong to think that the standalone installer is standalone? That is, self-contained?...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Nothing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Vista SP1 FAQ, SP1; Discussion threads 2008-02-09
The problem with punditry re: Google Apps vs. Office: The only thing less surprising than Google announcement of Google Apps Premier Edition Wednesday evening and the ensuing white noise it has precipitated was the inevitability of some seriously wrong-headed punditry from the usual suspects. Microsoft-bashing is all sorts of fun – it must be given the number of folks...; Tags: Google, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Software, Web Apps; Blog posts 2007-02-24
How much Vista sucks (or doesn't): Jason Cross at ExtremeTech published a comprehensive, balanced review of the current state of Vista development yesterday. It's well-written, fair, and useful for those who are so curious that every detail about the next version of Windows matters. In response, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols SJVN, a Linux advocate and ZDNet...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2006-03-02