April 4, 2008
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When I thought Microsoft was going to extend XP’s lifetime to better slug it out with Linux on Ultra Mobile PCs and Mobile Internet Devices, I was afraid Linux was going to have to fight hard for the low-end of … Continue reading
March 28, 2008
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Come on Microsoft, stop holding out on us. We want our XP SP3! I’ve been running Windows XP3 since release candidate 1 was made available to TechNet members on December 3, 2007. And you know what? It just works. I … Continue reading
March 25, 2008
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If I know anything, I know operating systems. My first one was CICS/MVS on an Amdahl mainframe, followed by VAX/VMS, CP/M-80, TOPS-20, more Unix and Linux variations than you could shake a stick at, every version of DOS and Windows … Continue reading
March 21, 2008
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For the first time in ages, the sale of new PCs with Windows as a percentage of the PC market is declining sharply. The new winner is the Mac, but, while no one does a good job of tracking the … Continue reading
March 14, 2008
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It’s funny how some people are so stuck on the idea that Windows, and only Windows, is the one true operating system that they can’t even hear their own words. That’s the case with a recent news story with the … Continue reading
March 11, 2008
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Add another hard drive and lose your data. What the heck is this? Believe it or not, recently I’ve seen several Microsoft products – Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V virtualization – that I think are winners. But then, just when … Continue reading