April 7, 2009
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Why isn’t Linux on more desktops? Here are the usual reasons: 1) Microsoft has hardware vendors locked-in; 3) Monstrous Windows installed base; and 3) Operating system and application FUD. Here’s the reason we don’t talk about much: the Linux distributors … Continue reading
April 6, 2009
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TechARP.com, a Malaysian Web-site, with friends in Redmond Washington, is reporting that Microsoft will provide free, or discounted anyway, Windows 7 upgrades to users who buy Vista or Windows XP PCs between June 2009 and January 2010. This sounds like … Continue reading
April 3, 2009
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By this time next week, IBM will have bought Sun at a cut-rate price. I’d long thought Sun was going to down for the count, so the news that IBM was moving in didn’t surprise me. What happens next though? … Continue reading
April 2, 2009
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On April 20th, Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, will be releasing Ubuntu Server Edition 9.04 along with the new Ubuntu Desktop Edition and the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. That’s great news for Linux fans, but what I want to talk … Continue reading
April 1, 2009
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In a surprising turn of developments, GPS navigation device vendor TomTom International BV has agreed to pay Microsoft Corp. to settle patent-infringement cases the companies had recently filed against each other. The lawsuits rose above the ordinary run of patent … Continue reading
March 31, 2009
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Google still isn’t saying publicly that they’re going to deploy Android as a desktop Linux, but HP, ASUS, and other major computer makers are apparently in talks with the company about deploying Android on netbooks According to a Wall Street … Continue reading