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.
Read more »Back At Louderback: Why I'm Sticking With Windows Vista
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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Reasons to stick with Windows Vista and avoid Ubuntu
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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Linux Gets Security Blanket Makeover
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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At least one person hates Firefox
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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Windows Tech Writers Wrong About Linux
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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Windows has 'fewer flaws' than Linux
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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Thoughts on the Social Graph
Fantastic project, but it should be focusing on freedom... Free software community should launch the same project, with agpl...
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Microsoft Taps Lobbyist on Google Buyout
Microsoft Hires Patton Boggs to Lobby Government on Google's Acquisition of DoubleClick
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Judge: Vista suit capable of going to trial
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.
Read more »Xandros, Microsoft Make Scalix Mail Server Exchange Friendly
In a surprising move, Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros announced on Aug. 15 a messaging protocol license and collaboration agreement that will allow Scalix e-mail servers interoperability with Microsoft mobile- and PC-based e-mail applications.
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To Groklaw's 'Pamela Jones': Get Your Facts Straight
A misleading article appeared Monday on an anti-SCO Web site called Groklaw run by a blogger who calls him or herself 'Pamela Jones.' Jones tried to pick apart a story I wrote about SCO v. Novell. I need to set the record straight because virtually everything 'PJ' said about my article is wrong.
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Ubuntu Kills Linux, Then Self, Dell Suspected of Foul Play.
This is Linux-fever journalism at its worst, and an example of a simple lie being easier for people to swallow than the complex truth.
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Microsoft Thrives at LinuxWorld
Rob Enderle sucks. However, if you want to scoff at his opinion, here is a good outlet for you.
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Broken Windows - the Vista experience
The Vista experience is broken. It's long past time to fix it.
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