Tag: Windows
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Adventures in home working » When to Vista
Steve Richards has some great thoughts on what to think about when considering an upgrade to Vista: please don’t think of your programme as a Vista upgrade. Instead: Model your workforce in terms of their workstyles review the appropriate solution for each workstyle, looking at the many highly differentiated options for desktop and application delivery…
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Microsoft vs Mandriva: The plot thickens
Jonathan Carter has an update on the goings on regarding the Classmate PCs in Nigeria: The plot has thickened as more details emerges in a PC World article. The funder of 11000 of the 17000 classmate PC’s is insisting that Mandriva remains on the machines, at least for now. This will have a big impact…
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Mandriva Vs. Windows
Yet more strange decisions regarding software choices where Microsoft is involved. François Bancilhon writes an open letter to Steve Ballmer regarding the news that Mandriva Linux will be replaced by Windows XP on the 17,000 Classmate PCs for Nigerian schools. We actually closed the deal, we took the order, we qualified the software, we got…
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Linux elegance and aesthetics
In terms of elegance and aesthetics, Microsoft and Apple are many years ahead of Linux. 451 Group analyst Raven Zachary Ignoring Mac OSX for now, I’m not sure what this is being based upon. I’ve been using Ubuntu since 5.04, and in its current form I’d say it is every bit as elegant and aesthetic…
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So where is Microsoft at with Vista?
This rather (in my opinion) poor piece of journalism from the BBC quoting Gates on Vista sales figures caught my interest, particularly following the news this week regarding Microsoft’s threat to persue patent royalties from open source initiatives such as Linux and OpenOffice.org. (Link via Bub Sutor). Mr Gates said sales had been quicker than…