November 10, 2008
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In a recent story about Microsoft running scared of Linux, I got a lot of mail saying things like, “when installing programs becomes as easy as Windows then Microsoft will be in trouble….most people couldn’t be bothered stuffing around trying … Continue reading
November 10, 2008
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Running away as fast as it can from Vista, Microsoft rolled out an alpha version of Windows 7 at its recent Professional Developers Conference. But is Windows 7 going to be 7Up, the Un-Vista, or is it going to be … Continue reading
November 7, 2008
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icrosoft is frightened. Even Ballmer is telling users that they can skip Vista, which tells you everything you need to know about Vista’s failure. In the past, Microsoft wouldn’t have sweated this kind of flop. “What can users do?” they’d … Continue reading
November 3, 2008
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I don’t get it. Why in the world are people reporting that seven out of ten Asus PCs is news. Hello. Wake up call. Nine in ten PCs, counting Macs as PCs, are already running Windows. The news, the real … Continue reading
October 31, 2008
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My former colleague, Joe Wilcox, observes that he doesn’t think it’s a big deal that Microsoft handed out laptops to bloggers, analysts and reviewers loaded with the Windows 7 alpha. He adds that “All week, I have watched for someone … Continue reading
October 28, 2008
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Try as you might to get away from Windows, you might think that you’re stuck with using it because there’s this one program that you have to use and you can’t find anything on Linux or Mac OS that works … Continue reading