This is actually a white paper review by Microsoft about a company that went with Microsoft over Linux. The story has a misleading title - as the move had little to do with economy or Linux, and more to do with a lack of skill or investment in skill to manage a very small Linux environment.
Read more »ActewAGL Farewells False Economy, Waves Goodbye to Linux
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Microsoft Watch - Volume Licensing: Simpler Is Better, Right?
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Microsoft's licensing plans are a twisted knot of complexity that the company is trying to untangle.
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It's Another Vista TCO Study
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Microsoft is flaunting a new Windows Vista total cost of ownership study that—no surprise—presents rosy findings.
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Microsoft bus riders to get wi-fi via Linux routers
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Microsoft employees may end up holding their noses a bit while surfing the Web on the company's new bus system. The mobile wireless routers on board the company's "Connector" employee bus system, made by Seattle-based Junxion Inc., use the open-source Linux operating system -- which Microsoft has identified as one of its biggest competitive threats.
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Microsoft Virtualization Server to Support Xen, VMware
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Redmond has turned up the heat in the virtualization market with the release of its System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007. In introducing the product, Microsoft also pledged to throw in support for Xen and VMware -- the later being a primary competitor in this market. SCVMM provides systems administrators with a management view of virtual and physical servers.
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RIAA seeks extension in attempt to revive Doe subpoenas in campus P2P case
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"As we've pointed out before, the RIAA's attempts to sue college students for file-sharing have not gone as smoothly as it would like. The latest evidence comes from the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, where the record labels are looking for more time to respond to a motion from a group of Oklahoma State University students to quash a subpoena issued to the school..."
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Running the numbers on Vista
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Sales of boxed copies of Windows Vista continue to significantly trail those of Windows XP during its early days, according to a soon-to-be-released report.
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Linux is not so simple
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It seems the average people are constantly being brainwashed by the Linux community about Linux being the perfect replacement to Windows.
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Linux’s Free System Is Now Easier to Use, But Not for Everyone
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This column is written for mainstream, nontechie users of digital technology. These folks aren’t necessarily novices, and they aren’t afraid of computers. They also aren’t stupid. They simply want their digital products to operate as promised, with as little maintenance and hassle as possible.
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Office 2007's Confusion Mode
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Although Microsoft publicly testifies from every available pulpit of their deep longing for multiple document formats, a quick glance at reality shows that this love remains unrequited in their products. For example, what new formats does Office 2007 include out of the box?
Read more »More obvious misgivings about Microsoft and SOA
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InfoWorld blogger and MuleSource CEO Dave Rosenberg has some thoughts on Microsoft and SOA in light of, and in advance of, the recent spate of BizTalk announcements and partnerships. Like myself, he takes exception to Microsoft’s claims of SOA support and affinity.
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Windows Update's Sneaky Updates
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My eWEEK Labs colleague Andrew Garcia has independently confirmed a report that will appear in tomorrow's Windows Secrets newsletter: Windows Update is fetching and installing some updates without end users' consent.
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Techzone: I Love you Microsoft
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Most package managers first download all the binaries/libraries. However, one package manager differs and does the job of downloading and installing at the same time. Check it out.
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Bowling googlys for Microsoft
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Linux to get the boot at US Army Corps of Engineers?
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According to an anonymous source working at the Geotechnical & Structures Lab of the US Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Miss., a committee of government employees and contractors at Vicksburg is considering a new IT policy which will force everyone to move to Windows XP if they are not already running it, and to port all applications save one currently running on Linux to Windows.
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