33 articles tagged "microsoft"
- Gartner Report: MS-Windows Is Collapsing
Wow, the researchers warn that Windows is collapsing and Linux / OS X replacing Windows:
Calling the situation “untenable” and describing Windows as “collapsing,” a pair of Gartner analysts this week said Microsoft must make radical changes to the operating system or risk becoming a has-been.
In a presentation at a Gartner-sponsored conference in Las Vegas, analysts [...] - OLPC Dual Boot Windows and Linux PC Coming Soon
This is not good news as it may increase the project cost. The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday. The OLPC laptop [...]
- Eat Your Own Dog Food: Microsoft to Push Silverlight Technology
Many commercial companies emphasizes the use of its own products inside the company to convey the confidence in its own product.
Now Microsoft decided to eats its own dog food. Microsoft is preparing a fully Silverlight-powered redesign of their website. This will push Silverlight usage to more users. Silverlight is a runtime for browser-based Rich [...] - RIP: Netscape Navigator Web browser
I haven’t used Netscape web browser for years it’s sad to see the early internet browser disappear.
Netscape Navigator, the world’s first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run. Microsoft and its Internet Explorer played a big roll in [...] - Mandriva Writes Open Letter To Steve Ballmer
No I’m not shocked, but this clearly demonstrates how far Microsoft can go. Nigerian government, after ordering thousands of PCs with Mandriva Linux installed, has suddenly decided that they will instead install Windows:
… entered the game and the deal got more competitive. I would not say it got dirty, but someone could have said that. [...] - Another Dead Distro: Turbolinux To Sign Deal With Microsoft
Microsoft and Turbolinux, a Tokyo-based Linux distributor up with a patent cross licensing deal and agreement to work more closely together. At present, Windows and Turbolinux machines on a mixed network can’t access a common authentication database, but their deal should change this, said Noriko Otake, a spokeswoman for Turbolinux in Tokyo.
Yet another distro [...] - Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell Linux
From the Groklaw Page:
IP Innovation LLC has just filed a patent infringement claim against Red Hat and Novell. It was filed October 9, case no. 2:2007cv00447, IP Innovation, LLC et al v. Red Hat Inc. et al, in Texas. Where else? The patent troll magnet state.
The first ever patent infringement litigation involving Linux. Here’s the [...] - Microsoft Patent Claims Pose No Immediate Risk for Linux Users
Recently I wrote post about Microsoft FUD and risk for Linux user, especially Redhat Linux users. I received couple of emails. One of them pointed out me Gartner research report entitled “Microsoft Patent Claims Pose No Immediate Risk for Users”:
Microsoft claims that a variety of open-source software projects violate its software patents. A general trend [...] - Comparison: Linux Media Center vs Windows Media Center
With the release of Windows Vista, using your PC to watch and record TV has become a whole lot easier. Now, for the first time, Windows Media Center comes bundled with Home Premium and Ultimate versions of the standard Desktop operating system. However vista is not just costly but buggy stuff loaded with DRM. [...]
- Tech talk: One billion Windows users can be wrong
This article (via lxer) talks about Microsoft latest FUD and how they never stop treating Linux users as idiots. Probably not while it treats its own users in the same fashion. Just take a look at the latest FUD to arrive from the Microsoft chiefs of staff - Kevin Turner, COO, claims that Vista [...]
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