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Microsoft released a beta of Windows 7 that is getting good reviews so being curious I decided to take a look.
In the past I’ve posted more then a few curt comments and jokes about Microsoft and Windows Vista. My scorn didn’t originate simply from being a Mac OS X user, which provides a baseline for [...]
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Microsoft has announced that it will be making available an early test version of its next Windows OS, “Windows 7,” early next year (2009). According to Microsoft, Windows 7 will do away with most of the nagging problems that have plagued users with Vista, while maintaining Vista’s good features.
I don’t know if this early test [...]
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I recently watched the third of Microsoft’s new ads, “I’m a PC and I’m not alone,” and I thought perhaps more of the story needed to be told:
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On 22 July at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention there was a call made by Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical-Ubuntu Linux, to improve the presentation layer of Linux to exceed that of Apple’s OS X:
“The great task in front of us over the next two years is to lift the experience of the Linux desktop [...]
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It appears that Microsoft has an upcoming $300 million ad campaign that is geared towards convincing those misinformed that Vista is better then being told. A hurdle to overcome will be that not all who have a voice are so misinformed:
Microsoft’s biggest challenge is not in convincing us how misinformed we are about [...]
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It’s not turning out to be a good public relations week for Microsoft, as the following links indicate:
Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That’s Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen – TechCrunch
Microsoft Designed Vista’s UAC to “Annoy Users” – DailyTech
Gartner Analysts Predicting Doom and Gloom for Microsoft Windows – eWeek
Windows at risk of “collapsing,” say [...]
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The very hungry Windows Home Server continues to whet its appetite on unfortunate users files as the scope of the problem grows and grows – Windows Home Server Broken Until June 2008, DailyTECH
I didn’t realize until seeing article above that there was a problem of this nature with WHS.
In fairness, some commenters to this article [...]
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NPD Groups monthly console sales numbers were a surprise for January with the Sony PS3 in second place ahead of the Microsoft Xbox 360 and just behind Nintendo’s WII.
Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica, believes one reason for the recent success of the PS3 is that Blu-ray has all but won the HD disk format wars and the PS3 is being reconized as arguably the most capable player on the market.
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The screen went black and then in a few moments a booting Microsoft Windows XP screen appeared and the system began a long boot up process that included checking for updates and current firmware for devices.
…Out of curiosity I asked if they knew what could have caused this and my question was relayed to the support person.
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SoFoBoMo '09
