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Open letter to the European Commission

Open letter to the European CommissionM$ can't compete on meritThere is no good M$ product.Everything good is open source, but M$ would not allow people access to it.But Linux will change that, and M$ will die.I rather enjoyed that...Well written and thought out, I believe.I have always wondered why people...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, software titan, Microsoft Corp., SPX, intellectual property, Apple Inc., European Commission

Discussion threads 2003-11-18

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U.S. wields larger influence on sustainable companies list

Oh goody, it's list time! This one is somewhat of a role model ranking of The Global 100: Most Sustainable Corporations inthe world, published by Corporate Knights magazine and Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. It was actually released at the World Economic Forum last week, but I don't get to go...

Tags: Imaging, Microprocessor, E-business, Document Management, Web Technology, Semiconductors, E-business/E-Commerce, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Internet, Components, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-02-03

NASA craft may ride on Pentagon rockets

NASA craft may ride on Pentagon rocketsObama's More Economical waysThese types of moves are probably Obama's economical ways to explore to space. http://www.seochampion.comhttp://www.universityloveconnection.comI'm for anything that gets NASA producing more results for less $$ ntntRE: NASA craft may ride on Pentagon rocketsI am sure there are not to many on...

Tags: NASA, Ares, Pentagon, rocket, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

Could Android finally be the mobile education platform?

Could Android finally be the mobile education platform?Man, this is unprecedented. Is there ANY ZDNet blogger not blogging aboutAndroid???? I am still dazed by the excitement.Android killer app?I would say that it lies in hardware - a pull-out roll-up, larger screen. The technology is nearly here. If Android could then...

Tags: Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Handhelds, mobile education platform

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

xRM: Microsoft's other platform-as-a-service play

The amorphous term "cloud computing" includes lots of different service-delivery models -- everything from managed services, to utility computing, to software-as-a-service SaaS, as Infoworld outlined in a useful cloud-computing primer this week. And within these cloud subcategories, definitions are vague, too. Consider platform-as-a-service PaaS. Some are defining...

Tags: PaaS, Microsoft Corp., xRM, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Computer Software Company Enhances Remote Connectivity and Its Own Data Security

Titan Public Safety Solutions, LLC is based in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, and specializes in the design, development, installation, and support of computer software for small-to mid-sized public safety agencies, such as police departments. TiPSS hopes to offer a third choice: it wants to provide an affordable mobile solution that gives...

Tags: Police, Mobile, Officer, Data Security, Computer, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Management

Case studies 2008-03-06

Microsoft-Yahoo: They don't call it a hostile takeover for nothing...

Microsoft-Yahoo: They don't call it a hostile takeover for nothing...Off we goI think the takeover is a bad idea, but what do I know? Time will tell who's right. I'd still hate to see Yahoo go down in flames since, IMHO, they're a good company and I don't...

Tags: Real estate, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-11

Gym Acquisition Company Finds Support for Aggressive Growth With Business Software

Titan Fitness, based in McLean, Virginia, acquires and opens health clubs under the Gold's Gym brand. The company began with five employees and relied on QuickBooks Online Edition, but realized that it would need a solution with business management support to enable expansion from 14 gyms to 60 gyms over...

Tags: Software, Acquisition, Business Software, Gym, Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance

Case studies 2008-02-01

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter

Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitterMicrosoft is a for profit entity...whose only agenda is to maximize the value of its stock.Philanthropy with any expected return is not philanthropy.Summing upMicrosoft's "charitable" contributions are the same sorts of things that other companies add to their marketing budget: promoting their products...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Free trade, Microsoft Corp., PIL, not-so

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Cyber Defcon 4

I am preparing my next road show pitch. My past presentations have followed a pattern. There is one slide I have been using for seven years now, ever since I joined Gartner as an analyst as a matter of fact. It is the Threat Hierarchy slide. It lists...

Tags: Attack, Security, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Microsoft releases an updated test version of its CRM Live service

Microsoft is continuing to test its Microsoft-hosted CRM product, Dynamics CRM Live, and delivered on January 9 an updated "early access" version of the service, which it is offering to more customers and partners. According to a posting on the Dynamics CRM Team Blog: "Beginning today,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-10

With tech titan support, Green Grid to help datacenters go green with measurement standards

With so many tech vendors claiming their solutions to be green and looking for a leg up with customers wanting to be more power efficient with everything from their servers right up to their entire datacenters, one big problem in the industry is a lack of standards on how "green"...

Tags: Data Center, Consortium, Grid, Standards, Organization, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-12-12

A Linux/FOSS opportunity

A Linux/FOSS opportunityInvisible Code OptimizationYou either need a virtual machine that can study the code at runtime and make very aggressive optimization decisions based on both the code and the environment which could be persisted duringfor actual delivery or you need pluggable target dependent libraries.I think the need for this...

Tags: Processors, F/OSS, Linux, Intel x86, Cell, open source

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

Counting the roots of growth: BSD vs Linux vs Solaris

Counting the roots of growth: BSD vs Linux vs SolarisSecretive about the disaster.Quoting the quote:"Sun has been tight-lipped about what the conversion rate for Solaris shipments to Solaris paid support contracts is, but if the number was high, you can bet Sun would say something. That said, with nearly 9...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Linux, BSD, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

Monkcast #10: One day, they'll grow fruit with bar codes on the skin & Yeah! Socialtext

In this week's Monkcast, our 10th joint production between the research outfit Redmonk and ZDNet, we ponder worldly topics such as the idea of cows making skim milk. Apparently, this is already being done somewhere (eeek!) and we can only wonder when, if ever, fruit and veggies will be grown...

Tags: Common Public Attribution License, David Berlind, General, Legal, MonkCast Podcast, Open Source, OSI, Podcasts, Socialtext, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-07-27

Another new Window Live buzzword is born

There's a new Windows Live buzzword in town: Windows Live Cloud Infrastructure.Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer mentioned publicly the elusive Windows Live Cloud Infrastructure during his remarks at Microsoft's Financial Analyst Meeting FAM on July 26 in Redmond.Microsoft has been bucketing and rebucketing its collection of Live services for months, in...

Tags: Windows Live, Web 2.0, Search, Office Live, Development tools, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-07-26

SAP beats Oracle? Oracle surrounding SAP? Microsoft raking in new customers?

Who’s winning what and does anyone really care?SAP just turned in a great quarter, one that, according to my favorite financial analyst, Charlie di Bona, cemented his contention that “SAP continues to compete aggressively against ORCL in the applications market.” It also proves, di Bona, that SAP is growing twice...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Microsoft's CRM Live: Two versions coming, but not until 2008

Microsoft is expected to try to use cut-rate pricing to compete with Salesforce.com and other software-as-a-service SaaS players when it finally launches its Dynamics CRM Live service in 2008.(You can check out some screen shots of Microsoft's Dynamics CRM Live here.)At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver on July 10,...

Tags: Corporate strategy, CRM Live, Dynamics CRM, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Image Gallery: Google Reader's offline capability gypped of key Google Gears cog

It's been a couple of weeks since Google announced Google Gears -- a technology that makes it possible for Web applications to continue functioning even in the absence of a network connection. Given how Google has open sourced its implementation of the technology, it stands a pretty good chance of...

Tags: Web technology, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Open Source, Mobile, Image Gallery, Google Apps To-Do List, General

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Where have all the (SOA) flowers gone? Gone to bigger companies every one...

Well, not quite every one. MomentumSI has actually published a list of the SOA-related companies that have been acquired, and those that are still sitting at home Saturday nights, waiting for suitors. (Thanks to James Hamilton for the pointer.)Last week, I relayed Dave Linthicums concern that a shrinking pool...

Tags: Vendor Watch, General

Blog posts 2007-04-30