informationweek.com - 2/1/2009
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Suggest that Microsoft's Windows operating system will one day become open source, and knowledgeable observers will give you a baleful look--maybe even laugh in your face. "I had to chuckle," says Forrester Research analyst John Rymer, in response to my query on the subject. "No, I don't think ...
blogs.zdnet.com - 2/3/2009
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If you were one of those individuals holding
out hope that Microsoft might go the way of
Apple and move to one or two SKUs for Windows 7, your prayers have gone unanswered. But there still is some good news in what's on tap when Windows 7 ships, most ...
(more)
Microsoft’s Windows 7 line-up: The good, the bad and the ...
withinwindows.com - 1/30/2009
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withinwindows.com —
MSFT buzz-phrases: By design and Won't Fix. New
to Windows 7 is the ability to fine tune
User Account Control (UAC), the infamously chatty feature introduced in Windows Vista to improve security. As the Windows operating system cannot ...
(more)
Malware can turn off UAC in Windows 7; “By ...
news.cnet.com - 1/30/2009
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news.cnet.com —
Remember that teenage trick of sticking your fingers
in your ears and saying, "I can't hear you"?
That's how I felt on Thursday morning when I talked to Adam Sohn, the marketing director for Zune. No retreat, baby, no surrender. I don't ...
(more)
Microsoft: More Zunes coming in 2009
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Open Source Windows? Don't Count on It [OStatic]
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Open Source Windows? Don't Count on It
Obama's inauguration must have brought out the optimist in tech journalists. In the last week, Ron Miller and Charles Babcock have written to implore Microsoft to open source Windows. While inspired and with some solid reasoning, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Here's why.
As much as I believe in open source, I don't think it's realistic to expect Microsoft to change course so quickly or drastically, even though Vista has been a pretty big mess for the company. (I would, however, be happy to be proved wrong on this front.)
Open sourcing Windows wouldn't be a simple thing — it took Sun years to comb through Solaris to start open ...
Open Source Windows? Don't Count on It
OStatic blogs —
Open Source Windows? Don't Count on It
Obama's inauguration must have brought out the optimist in tech journalists. In the last week, Ron Miller and Charles Babcock have written to implore Microsoft to open source Windows. While inspired and with some solid reasoning, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Here's why.
As much as I believe in open source, I don't think it's realistic to expect Microsoft to change course so quickly or drastically, even though Vista has been a pretty big mess for the company. (I would, however, be happy to be proved wrong on this front.)
Open sourcing Windows wouldn't be a simple thing — it took Sun years to comb through Solaris to start open ...
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