Microsoft isn’t changing its tune with SOA; “Microsoft again appears to be crafting its own rules and vision. The company has so far declined to participate in certain key emerging industry standards relevant to SOA. It has a different perspective on what SOA is and a different approach for crystallizing its vision.“
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Microsoft to Invest in 'Web 3.0'
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"Seeing as it was late to the game with Web 2.0, Microsoft is making a preemptive effort to be ready the next time around."
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Microsoft vs. The Linux World
http://www.madpenguin.org –
Make no mistake about it, if you are using a Linux distribution, you are not a friend to the software giant in Redmond. For years, they have spread rumors and half-truths in an effort to curb any further attraction to Linux development.
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Lenovo or No, Linux Not There Yet
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With Monday’s news that it will bundle Linux on laptops, Lenovo becomes the second major PC maker to offer the open-source operating system on consumer PCs. But though the move is a boost for the OS, analysts say it’ll be years before desktop Linux can seriously threaten proprietary systems like Windows.
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At least 8% hypocrisy: the GPLv3 jumpers
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"SJVN jubilates: GPLv3 picks up traction. Consulting gpl3.palamida.com, a site who monitors the conversions to GPLv3 and LGPLv3, he notes: "out of the 3,205 projects licensed under GPLv2 or later, about 8 percent of them have moved to the GPLv3.""
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Microsoft: Naked and Exposed
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Microsoft is in danger of looking ever more like a dinosaur, with 20th century thinking in response to 21st century threats from web driven free software.
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Eight Reasons NOT to Use Linux in the Enterprise
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Submitted for your consideration: There are some legitimate TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) reasons not to use Linux in the enterprise, or in smaller IT shops.
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Microsoft’s Gates Plans Leave Amid Great Change
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Microsoft is beset with competition from all sides, unlike any it has seen in decades, and Bill Gates, who co-founded the company 32 years ago, still intends to step away next year as planned. But so far, Mr. Gates, Microsoft’s 51-year-old chairman, shows no sign of fading away.
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Why Linux has failed to become a viable desktop OS
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Linux has been an OS since 1991. It has been adopted by many web hosting providers and is a heavily used server platform. So, why can't Linux be a desktop OS? Simply put, because it doesn't have the features of a modern day desktop OS.
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Microsoft reveals it's open source side - round up
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Microsoft want to stop being seen as the big bad wolf and start celebrating their engagements with and support of various open source activities via a special website... and they are even submitting their shared source license to OSI for approval. Aw.
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Blindness To Perceptions Of Average User Is Real Linux Handicap
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Alexander Wolfe is at it again... this is the guy who wrote that Linux has too many distros and that Linux isn't technically superior to Windows! Anyway, this is his response to all those outraged comments he received. And he isn't giving an inch...
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Next version of Windows: Call it 7
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Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows--known internally as version "7"--within roughly three years, CNET News.com has learned.
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Microsoft grows despite Windows Vista
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Not only did Windows Vista - billed by Microsoft as its biggest operating system for 10 years - fail to distinguish Microsoft's latest fiscal year from previous, non-Windows-Vista years, but Microsoft also missed its own expectations by several million dollars.
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HPC clusters starting to run Windows, not Linux
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"Microsoft Windows is emerging as an acceptable operating system for high-performance computing (HPC) clusters in place of Linux, lowering the bar for entry into that space, according to some analysts and major vendors."
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Does Comcast hate Macs? (Or Linux...)
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They're the largest ISP in America. And they hate Macs. And the Firefox browser. At least, that's the impression you get from Comcast's installation procedure — and clues scattered across their home page.
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