Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Friday, September 11th, 2009
The Linux kernel project has release version 2.6.31, bringing a mutlitude of changes to mermory management, performance, file systems and device drivers, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
We all know that Windows Vista has been a flop, despite Microsoft's claims. Even Microsoft's Vista deployment statistics are suspect, as the company counts every new PC sale as a Vista sale, even in enterprises with site licenses that allow them to run any version of Windows, a practice undertaken ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Microsoft has cofounded and is providing the funding for a new foundation aimed at bringing open-source and proprietary software companies together to participate side by side in open-source projects.
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
CodePlex Foundation will enable the exchange of code and work to increase participation in open source community projects; the board is dominated by Microsoft
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
It the rare IT person who doesn't sometimes run into a situation where they are helping a client or organization who has more IT needs than budget. Often it's the rule and not the exception. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need a decently robust and ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Oracle Corp. ended it silence Thursday on its post-merger plans for Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Unix systems in an advertisement aimed at Sun customers to keep them from leaving the Sparc and Solaris platforms.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
A group of Linux proponents will purchase patents formerly held by Microsoft in an effort to defend distributors of the open-source OS against the ongoing threat of patent litigation from the software giant.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
We all know that Windows Vista has been a flop, despite Microsoft's claims. Even Microsoft's Vista deployment statistics are suspect, as the company counts every new PC sale as a Vista sale, even in enterprises with site licenses that allow them to run any version of Windows, a practice undertaken ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
The media and blogosphere are all in a tizzy over leaked screenshots allegedly showing that Microsoft is providing Best Buy with 'anti-Linux' training materials. You say 'anti-Linux', I say 'pro-Windows'. You say 'Linux bashing', I say 'marketing'.
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
Open Invention Network is reportedly buying up a number of Linux-related patents that Microsoft sold the rights to earlier this year. The move allows OIN to retain legal rights to the patents and license them freely to the open source community, thereby ensuring that less-scrupulous buyers don't acquire them and ...
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