Microsoft wants the open source community to give it a stamp of approval for its own method of open licensing. During a keynote speech at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Bill Hilf, Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy, said that the software vendor is submitting its so-called shared source licenses to the Open Source Initiative for certification as true open-source licenses.
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Microsoft roadmap 2008
Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Tue, 07/31/07 - 5:32pm.This is rare. Blogger Long Zheng, whose blog is always full of humor and interesting tidbits, managed to get a hold of Microsoft’s 2008 Roadmap Powerpoint slide. He posted it in full. The slide was flashed at attendees of the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference in Denver and it lists the 56 products that Microsoft is promising to release next year.
Here it the list. The red asterisks indicate the products that Zheng says he is particularly interested in. Read more
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Software Assurance and a case of denial
Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Tue, 07/31/07 - 4:54pm.Microsoft insists that Software Assurance is achieving record renewal rates from enterprise customers, reports VNUnet.com. This despite the fact that IT execs consistently say that Microsoft’s Software Assurance plan is less than appealing. For instance, one Network World reader wrote: “Why should anyone be surprised that Microsoft's Software Assurance does not save them money? The only thing that the program assures is the steady flow of money into Microsoft coffers.” Read more
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A list o’ fixes for Vista
Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Mon, 07/30/07 - 5:45pm.After Mary Jo Foley linked to a list of fixes from another site, the list disappeared, she reports. So she’s posted that list on her own blog for safekeeping. The list notes about two dozen upgrades in Vista Performance and Reliability Pack and Vista Compatibility and Reliability Pack. These include fixes for issues with shared printers, the login screen, Memory Manager and so on. Read more.
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RE: Microsoft trying to get code open-source certification
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RE: Windows Vista sales hit 60 million
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 2:01am
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN STUFFED UP OUR COLLECTIVE NOSES! IT HAS NOT BEEN BY CHOICE BILL GATES! I've already replaced 2 BRAND NEW Vista crap computers with XP equipped from DELL! Thank God DELL has the brains to continue selling a 1/2 respectable OS without putting up with the BLOAT of Vista.
Linux, Microsoft and VMware
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 6:21pm
I'm not sure how "the deal" is supposed to have somehow magically enabled one to run Windows in a VM on top of Linux.
Re: Linux gains despite and because of Microsoft.
Like many other people, I was using VMware to do this years ago - long before Novell and Microsoft were even talking. Tools like ESX server, VMware server, and even VMware Workstation have had this capability - without Microsoft or Novell's "help".
RE: What will Windows 7 look like?
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 6:43pm
"Analysts said Microsoft probably is keeping tight-lipped about what Windows 7 will look like because at this point, company engineers and executives don't even know."
Re: What will Windows 7 look like?
Well, yes, of course. Leopard isn't actually out yet. Once it's out, in October, we'll have a pretty good idea what Windows 7 will look like.
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Submitted by John.Obeto on Tue, 07/24/07 - 12:56am.In my review here of the Buffalo Nfiniti Wireless-N router & Access Point, I briefly touched upon Windows Rally™, a series of technological advancements built into Windows Vista which are geared towards simplifying network connectivity and giving users, and managers, what is now known universally (and affectionately) as the Windows Vista Experience.
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A few products shy of a rollout
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/23/2007 - 9:39am
It's scheduled to be the biggest enterprise product launch ever for Microsoft. But... what exactly is being launched?
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Ubuntu Live Conference
Submitted by Miles Baska on Sun, 07/22/07 - 12:44pm.The first ever Ubuntu Live Conference kicks off today, 7/22/07, in Portland. Though running for just three days, the speaker list is impressive, with folks from all over the world, representing diverse backgrounds, from noobs to geeks to CEOs. Let's see what comes out.
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FullArmor Workflow Studio
Submitted by John.Obeto on Fri, 07/20/07 - 1:24pm.This product provides a graphical interface to PowerShell.
In the words of FullArmor:
Workflow Studio is a new platform that enables simple yet enterprise-scale data center and business process automation through the power of Windows PowerShell and the flexibility of Windows Workflow Foundation. Through a graphical workflow designer, you can build full automation of your business and/or IT processes including user account management, server and application provisioning, security enforcement and automation, disaster recovery automation, and routine and emergency maintenance on data center resources.
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RE: Mac worm author receives death threats
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 10:56pm
In the next Mac vs. PC commercial, that friendly Mac guy is going to take out a switchblade and repeatedly stab the pudgy PC guy.
RE: Gates pushes hometown to Linux
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/19/2007 - 5:46pm
This is great, a big slap in the face to Gates. I have worked with both Windows and Linux and I can honestly say Linux is much better than Windows and Linux is free!
Windows Vista SP1: The Official Word...
Submitted by John.Obeto on Wed, 07/18/07 - 11:35pm.... as imparted to me/us a few minutes ago.
“There will be a Windows Vista service pack and our current expectation is that a beta will be made available sometime this year. Service packs are part of the traditional software lifecycle — they’re something we do for all Microsoft products as part of our commitment to continuous improvement, and providing early test builds is a standard practice that helps us incorporate customer feedback and improve the overall quality of the product. Read more
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RE: Enter to win a book on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/16/2007 - 11:18am
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TPM - Should You Trust It?
By Mark Kadrich on Mon, 07/16/2007 - 12:31am.
An interesting note came across my email last week that really got my attention. For those of you that know me, I'm an endpoint security bigot and quite proud of it. But I'm not so proud that I don't constantly question the effectiveness of the tools or my solutions. When something pops up that reduces the security of a solution I like to know about it. So it was with the Black Hat USA 2007 briefing entitled "TPMkit: Breaking the Legend of Trusted Computing Group's Trusted Platform Module and Vista (Bitlocker)". Although I was greatly disappointed when I read that the presentation had been cancelled, I was more curious then anything else. I had to ask myself why was something as important as this being cancelled?
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RE: How to transfer Mac OS X external USB drive to Windows machine
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/13/2007 - 4:30pm
if you need to move from OS to OS format the drive with a file system that they can all read. Read more
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Ubuntu: Taking Over the Linux World
Submitted by Miles Baska on Wed, 07/11/07 - 4:36pm.From Matt Hartley, over at MadPenguin.org:
This just in: it's an Ubuntu future. Think I'm nuts? Take a cold, hard look around. Even though I'm a fan of other delightful distros like Damn Small Linux and Puppy Linux, there are other honorable mentions, such as Fedora (a fine distro) and OpenSuSE. At the end of the day, however, Ubuntu has won the hearts of common users. And that is not my opinion, this is simply a matter of numbers.
He makes the point that no matter whether Ubuntu is the "best", it's all about how easy it is for new users to get up and going. Ubuntu's motto: It Just Works.
I put the latest Ubuntu on a 1.2G Celeron box with 640M of RAM using the instructions I posted to this blog earlier. I then loaded up Swiftfox, a Firefox version optimized for Linux and Intel processors. Two nights ago I gave that box to my woman's girls (she's my woman -- unless of course she's listening -- then she's my love, my light, my reason to live). The girls are ages 12 and 16. School's out, and they are spending more time on mom's computer, making it harder for a work-at-home mom to get things done. Mom's PC is running Windows 2000 on an AMD Athalon 3100+ and she uses the Firefox browser (of course -- who do you s'pose does her computer support?).
I showed them how to turn the PC on -- they all ready knew about user IDs and passwords. I turned them loose.
In the first hour they figured out how to switch between user accounts and had changed the wallpaper. Last night when I dropped in on them the youngest was busy online and the oldest was observing. They were taking turns, playing games and cruising YouTube. I asked the youngest what she was doing: "Making money so I can buy an egg", she replied.
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Windows Server 2008 release date: February 27
Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Tue, 07/10/07 - 3:31pm.At Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference today, COO Kevin Turner announced the worldwide ship date for Windows Server 2008: February 27. Microsoft will simultaneously release SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio Server 2008 at the same time. Read more.
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Windows Vista Hardware Assessment 2.0 released
Submitted by John.Obeto on Tue, 07/10/07 - 11:51am.Microsoft Windows Vista Hardware Assessment v2.0, or WVHAT v2.0 was released earlier today.
Baldwin Ng, PM on the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment team has details about this version here.
In my post here, I touched on the availability of Windows Vista Hardware Assessment, a free tool from Microsoft that allows IT managers an incredibly detailed inventory of corporate (Windows) client computing assets, both hardware, and installed software.
I have been testing the gold bits (this just-released version) of WVHAT 2.0 for the past several days and I have a preliminary review and some pictures at SmallBizVista.com
It goes without saying that I believe that this is a tool which should feature prominently in your Windows Vista migration plans.
How is your hardware inventorying coming along? Let us know here or email me at John.Obeto@AbsoluteVista.com
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