The "Windows Vista Capable" lawsuit took another step toward trial—or settlement—Tuesday when US District Court Judge Marsha Pechman denied Microsoft's request for dismissal. The suit was filed in March by a pair of miffed PC buyers.
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Microsoft Taps Lobbyist on Google Buyout
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Microsoft Hires Patton Boggs to Lobby Government on Google's Acquisition of DoubleClick
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Thoughts on the Social Graph
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Fantastic project, but it should be focusing on freedom... Free software community should launch the same project, with agpl...
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Windows has 'fewer flaws' than Linux
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Data collected by a Microsoft security researcher suggests that the company had to patch far fewer software vulnerabilities than competing vendors in 2007.
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Windows Tech Writers Wrong About Linux
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At least we are making some progress in the field of Windows using tech writers speaking with any level of clarity about Linux as a viable alternative. Yet as good as the article linked above is, its writer is wrong with one seriously flawed statement.
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At least one person hates Firefox
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The Firefox browser might be the darling of anti-Microsoft Internet users, but that hasn’t stopped it making an enemy of a previously unknown campaigner who wants websites to block it.
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Linux Gets Security Blanket Makeover
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Trusted Computer Solutions (TCS) has launched what it calls the first Linux hardening tool that is designed to be easy to use and to help system administrators out with compliance issues.
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Reasons to stick with Windows Vista and avoid Ubuntu
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As you may recall, outgoing PC Magazine editor Jim Louderback had almost nothing good to say about Vista in his most recent column. Just about everyone I know that has used Vista is going to stick with it and Information Week poses the reasons why that not so strangely, I agree with.
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Back At Louderback: Why I'm Sticking With Windows Vista
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More bs/fud from Alexander Wolfe. Posted so that the fsdaily community can go post comments at this fool. As always on DISinformationweekly, the comments are the most informative part.
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Microsoft Is Way Too Lazy to Fix Its Bugs
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Microsoft software versus open source software has been, and still is a never-ending debatable issue. Both camps have harsh supporters who claim their favorite is the best. Personally, I think that both sides have their own ups and downs and you cannot just say one of them is better. Just because one suits you better, doesn't imply the other is lame.
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Microsoft’s Open Source Gameplan
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Remember my earler post where I asked people like Tim O’ Reilly to be careful not to play into Microsoft’s gameplan? Glyn Moody of Linux Journal points out exactly what Microsoft might be having in mind in their open source gameplan.
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25 Most Active Open Source Projects at Microsoft's CodePlex
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With a bid underway to obtain the blessing of the Open Source Initiative for two of its software licenses, Microsoft is working to burnish its open source credentials.
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Software bonhomie: Microsoft products to operate better on Unix, Linux
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HDFC Ltd, which already uses Microsoft software for its server systems, have already started exploring areas to develop more open source, Linux-based applications
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Windows Server >> Linux Server says... Microsoft
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Making server decisions? This site shows head-to-head comparisons of Microsoft's server OS vs. Red Hat's server OS. The old "We're way better than everyone else, and here's why" approach. Interesting, yes. Accurate? ...
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Microsoft revises anti-Linux campaign with new site
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Microsoft has replaced its controversial anti-Linux Get the Facts Web site with a kinder, gentler site explaining how its Windows Server operating system compares to open-source Linux as well as other competitive OSes
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