33 articles tagged "microsoft"

Web Site Home Page Uptime Comparison: Linux Distro vs Apple vs Windows

Pingdom a Web site monitoring service has published an interesting post on its blog. They have monitored uptime and load time of the homepages for 16 Linux distributions for a month. Further they have compared uptime with corporate OS giants like Microsoft and Apple. They have found that even with limited resources many of Linux distro website perform well than Microsoft and Apple in terms of uptime and load time.
2009 Year of The Linux Desktop - Linux to Ship More Desktops than Windows

Jim Zemlin is executive director of the Linux Foundation has posted some interesting information and very bold prediction about Linux desktop.
Sun Solaris on its Deathbed - Claims Jim Zemlin

Jim Zemlin is executive director of the Linux Foundation claims Solaris UNIX is irrelevant and Linux is future. Is Sun Solaris on its deathbed? Linux backers claim Solaris is irrelevant; Sun of course disagrees.
What will desktop Linux be like four years from now?

InfoWeek has an interesting article about the open-source future - What Linux Will Look Like In 2012.
Midori OS: Microsoft Sees End of Windows Era

Midori operating system is the code name for a microkernel-based operating system written as managed code, being developed at Microsoft, mooted as a possible successor to Microsoft Windows by many.

Midori will use the Internet to operate and data will be stored on central Microsoft server. It will remove the role of a single PC.
Debugging Linux pppd / PPTP VPN Problems

I’ve already written about setting up PPTP VPN client for proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point vpn server using Linux pptp client. Learn how to troubleshoot and resolve common PPTP network connection problems.
Microsoft Backs Apache and Open Source

In the past Microsoft has been hostile to the open source movement. But At OSCON, Microsoft announced their sponsorship of “The Apache Software Foundation”, joining Google and Yahoo! at Platinum level.
Richard Stallman Attacks On Proprietary Software Vendors
Gates may be gone, but the walls and bars of proprietary software he helped create remain, for now — Richard Stallman.
Microsoft Admitted Windows Vista Failure - XP Gets Support Till 2014
In a letter sent to customers this week, Microsoft senior VP Bill Veghte said the software maker will provide security patches “and other critical updates” for Windows XP until April, 2014.
From Redmond With Love - IE Team Sends A Cake TO Mozilla
In honor of today’s Firefox 3 release (17-June-2008), Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team gave a cake to Mozilla.