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- This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skeptic
- This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skepticAnd cue NMB'ers ....Personally, I see straight through their horsesh*t.Because they've lied so many times in the past, there is a remote possibility that at some time, once, they said something and I was wrongly over-skeptical, but I doubt it.RE: This is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Microsoft Corp., skeptic
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Photos: Partying down for Zune
- A celebration touting the launch of the Zune music player included iPod fans and skeptics.
- Tags: photograph, Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, celebration, skeptic, music player
- Image galleries 2006-11-10
- Windows Principles - Microsoft pledges allegiance to the United States of the Web
- Windows Principles - Microsoft pledges allegiance to the United States of the WebThe proof will be in the pudding.It had to be said.Before everybody starts dancing in the streets, I suggest they read Dana Blankenhorn's latest: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=716And consider that their support for ODF is a third-party afterthought.Interoperability? Yeah, right. Microsoft...
- Tags: Operating systems, Channel management, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, skeptic, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Web
- Discussion threads 2006-07-19
- Are the final open source skeptics coming around?
- A very interesting little read came through my RSS feed this morning. (The image, by the way, is from Mark and Susan Andriani, who do business together as Cloudcat.)It was a fairly balanced look at Linux, from a corporate perspective. It cited two main reasons to choose Linux, a "drastic...
- Tags: Laura DiDio, Linux, skeptic, open source skeptic
- Blog posts 2005-09-22
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- The enterprise: All fun and 'serious games'?
- Will video games becoming to an enterprise near you? Forrester Research seems to think so as companies cook up new ways to train employees--especially those so-called millennial. I can hear the laughter now. Video games? We're about serious business, you'll say. What's the ROI you'll ask? Video...
- Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs
- Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputsPlease, Mary JoKeep us posted on how the "receptionist robot" works out, would you? Let's just say I'm a skeptic about that one.I thought once B.G. (who was really pushing all this "natural" interface stuff) was out of the picture, more realistic minds would prevail....
- Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- The Botnet Threat: Targeting Your Business
- The objective of a robot network or "botnet" is simple: Enlist your computers into the armies of zombies that will, on command from some faraway place, bombard other computers with fraudulent spam and malware, turning those computers into zombies as well. In this whitepaper, you will learn more about the...
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., Zombie, Computer, Productivity, Robots, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2008-07-07
- Linux's dirty little secret
- Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, package manager
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Linux's dirty little secret
- OK, so over the past few months I've grown from being a Linux skeptic into being quite a Linux fan. I've still got lots to learn but it's great having the ability to roll out a no-cost OS onto systems that don't need to have Windows on them (I understand...
- Tags: VMware Inc., 7-zip, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Linux's dirty little secret
- OK, so over the past few months I've grown from being a Linux skeptic into being quite a Linux fan. I've still got lots to learn but it's great having the ability to roll out a no-cost OS onto systems that don't need to have Windows on them (I understand...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, linux, install, ubuntu
- Image galleries 2008-06-30
- Airline Wi-Fi going mainstream: Bummer, being untethered was nice
- Airline Wi-Fi going mainstream: Bummer, being untethered was niceThe new age.I hear ya man. It's the sign of the times that everyone expects everyone to be connected AT ALL TIMES!:-)I would not be surprised if employers start scheduling conference calls and online meetings for while you are on a plane,...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Airline Wi-Fi, Bummer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Too green? Too much information? Global warming a natural process? Give up yet?
- Too green? Too much information? Global warming a natural process? Give up yet?...Disprove evolution.Disprove global warming.Then come back to us, until then shut up! You've got nothing but ill founded beliefs and theories as well.And round and round we go... when will the denial and ignorance end? When...
- Tags: David Archibald, global warming
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Yahoo postpones shareholder meeting and more Microsoft tidbits
- I've been out on tour for my new Microsoft 2.0 book this week and haven't been posting as regularly as usual. So here's a grab bag of a few Microsoft-related notes of interest. * Yahoo has postponed its shareholder meeting. Just when you thought the seemingly-never-ending Microsoft-Yahoo...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, Microsoft Windows, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Virtualization, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron" is out!
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron" is out!Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron" is out!And nobody cares! Its going to be the same dodgey install process as all the other distros. It adds nothing new except a few updated packages. I really see nothing to get worked up about...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linus, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Just how green tech are you? Go on, rate yourself
- Just how green tech are you? Go on, rate yourselfNot green at all....7 Computers at home, running 24x7, 3 HDTVs (2 as monitors for the beefiest HTPC, Wireless Internet 24x7, IP Phones 24x7. Bring on the 'lectricity.You go green (and spend your money upgrading to "greener pastures" and I'll...
- Tags: WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, green technology
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Will IE 8 break the Web?
- There's been one nagging question about Internet Explorer IE 8 about which I can't stop wondering: Once it finally ships, will it break the Web? It's not just because I'm an unabashed Microsoft skeptic that I am puzzling over this. It's also because right up until...
- Tags: Developer, Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Standards, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- News to know: Firefox 3 beta 4; Microsoft's mesh; IT metrics
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Untangling Microsoft's mesh This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skeptic Larry Dignan: Cloud computing hasn't gone Fortune 500 yet, but it's coming Michael Krigsman: 13 reasons IT hates metrics Ed Burnette: Firefox...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Web Browsers, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- This is why I'll always remain a Microsoft skeptic
- As its leadership has changed, so, too, has Microsoft. But I am never going to stop being skeptical of Microsoft's motives. Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie may profess that the company's top priorities are transparency, standards and interoperability. But regardless of these kinds of pronouncements, the...
- Tags: Antitrust, Phoenix Technologies, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Corporate Law, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hardware, Business Operations, Storage, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-10
- Test Skype video call: "it was as if Jim was across the table from me"
- Although friend and fellow VoIP blogger Alec Saunders is on record for being a skeptic about the visual quality of video calls, he recently decided to try a Skype video call using the new Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks. For the call, Alec...
- Tags: Logitech, Skype Technologies S.A., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-14
- Wide finder redux
- Here's a comment from frequent contributor Erik Engbrecht: Until Tim Bray started his Widefinder discussions I was a big believer in Coolthreads. The principles behind the technology just make sense. But then I noticed how badly my Intel based laptop beat the...
- Tags: Job, T2, T5120, Network Technology, Networking, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
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