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- Red Hat's latest response to the Redmond FUD factory
- Red Hat's latest response to the Microsoft patent protection racket and ongoing "Get the FUD" campaigne.http://www.linux.com/feature/115066
- Tags: Neon Samurai, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- Microsoft & Samsung; What's your take on this?
- Microsoft says Samsung can offer Linuxhttp://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/19/1335224Microsoft-Samsung pact includes Linux patent 'protection'http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=operating_systems&articleId=9017120&taxonomyId=89Is this how it's going to be? Microsoft made it's legal foothold with Novell, now they are going to push the FUD to make money through a patent protection racket?Before I go off on a half educated rant; what's your...
- Tags: jabbotts@..., Microsoft Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., FUD
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- Oracle e-mails urge scare tactics
- Confidential court documents show Oracle intended its takeover bid in part to sow doubt about PeopleSoft. Please share your opinion on this news story.Sad CompanyOracle in terms of size and Corporate Ego (tm pending, not to be confused with the egos of the members of a corporation) is in a...
- Tags: e-mail, IT IS, Newsletter Editor, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-10-07
- Will Bush delay the election date for Homeland Security interests?
- Has anyone heard there are rumours of massive terrorist acts this election? If so, and the election is actually forestalled, how will they get a date that can be fair and inclusive for voters and yet keep the Terrorists from acting on that day?For what reasons should we delay or...
- Tags: admin@..., FUD, homeland security, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2004-10-28
- Study claims Microsoft Windows has fewer (but bigger) flaws
- Their criticality count for other OSes is messed upThere's no way most of those vulnerabilities for other OSes were "moderately" dangerous. It's a fine line and a judgment call. Symantec is up to the usual of banging the FUD drum to drum up business.Just in the first 3...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, george_ou@..., window, Apple Computer Inc., vulnerability, FUD, security, Microsoft Windows Vista, FUD drum, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-03-26
- Ballmer attacks Linux on patent front
- Ballmer must be stupid; no one can be that ignorantMS keeps trying to spread the FUD with dumb press releases hoping to scare off people ignorant of their rights -- a la SCO's doomed lawsuit against IBM.SCO not only lost their main contention that Linux infringes on UNIX, they also...
- Tags: dhk, Linux, Microsoft Corp., patent, SCO Group Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-11-20
- Is Longhorn ever coming?
- Ok, now they have come up with Windows Vista..Is it a new way of delaying Longhorn even more or is Vista a beta version of longhorn? They say that Vista will ignore ur monitor and we will get a 'monitor ignored' message. The scheme is called PVP-OPM and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Monitors & displays, Operating systems, monitor, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-14
- Is your Aero Glass half empty or half full?
- Confusion, even-handed analysis, knee-jerk criticism, lies, damn lies, unsavory personal attacks, excitement, scorn, concerns about pricing, DRM, security, and compatibility--along with a flotilla of Windows v. Linux v. OS X diatribes--all are churning along in the wake of the mainstream release of Windows Vista.Take a look at this discussion thread,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Uncategorized, Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-20
- QoS in WAN Optimization Systems
- We're in the process of evaluating different vendors products and have narrowed down to Riverbed and Cisco. There's alot of FUD out there and I'm looking at trying to muddle my way through all of it.We are a very heavy VoIP shop, with Cisco Call Manager being the product...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, robert.donnelly@..., QoS, network
- Discussion threads 2007-07-03
- Beyond FUD and ROSI: Effectively justifying the cost of security
- By Ruby BayanFear, uncertainty, and doubt FUD—used to suffice in justifying budgets for deploying the latest security gizmos, bells, and whistles. But in today's strictly cost-effective business environment, where financial officers have a higher tolerance for scare tactics, IT security pros must come up with more tangible reasons to defend...
- Tags: benefit, Beyond FUD, financial, FUD, Guest Contributor, Paul E. Proctor, return on security investment, security
- Technical articles 2003-10-02
- Security Compliance - Separating FUD From Reality, Part One: Sarbanes-Oxley
- Information security is no longer just a good idea; thanks to legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley, it's now a mandate. SOX requires new attention to security as part of a risk management framework with certified internal controls. At its heart, SOX is a call to governance, but organizations are struggling to...
- Tags: Information Security, Security, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Webcasts
- Munich to press on with Linux switch
- Promoting FUDFlorian Mueller, chief executive of MySQL, is wither wrong or mis quoted whit his statement that "Linux violates 283 U.S. software patents". Linux POTENTIALLY violates 283 patents, just as any software including MS, potentially violates patents. Example, If I write software that transferes files I potentially violate...
- Tags: jgroetsema@..., Linux, patent
- Discussion threads 2004-12-20
- The Linux/Microsoft debate has a new focus
- When fans of Linux and Microsoft operating systems butt heads these days, their arguments are different from their past debates. Find out what's fanning the flames now.According to a recent discussion on TechRepublic, the old argument between Linux disciples and Microsoft fans is changing from which OS is better to...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Mike Walton, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2000-10-06
- Linux gets Physical
- Recently a new plug-in came out for Gnome, it's called Gnome Dock. It looks remarkably like the Mac OSX dock and it has cool physics to go with it too boot! Check it out at youtube!If you read the comments, you'll notice a general theme. "It's useless!" I totally disagree. ...
- Tags: GNOME, Demo, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, James Garvin
- Blog posts 2006-11-13
- Why does Microsoft hate Linux?
- One quibble" ... Novell should know that they have no right to make self serving deals ... "Novell has every right to make whatever business decisions they feel best serve their interests. If I give someone an item with no contractual strings, they are within their rights to sell...
- Tags: Palmetto, Linux, Novell Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- Oracle e-mails urge scare tactics
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, e-mail, Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., Mark Jarvis
- Technical articles 2004-10-07
- Microsoft's ignorant PR
- I guess lately Ive been on a real marketing kick. But recently I had a client in my chair that worked in Microsofts PR department for ten years and some of the things we chatted about struck me just the right way. Lets chat about them.This lady had worked on...
- Tags: General, Linux, Open Source, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- Oz - aka Linux Guru
- Oz - aka Linux GuruOz - in all honesty, do you really see Linux taking off to the same extent as what the actual Linux vendors (Novell, IBM, and Co.) are predicting/hoping?If you are, can you post reasons and proof as to why you see that will happen?I origianlly got...
- Tags: career, information technology, Linux, Linux Guru, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., secure_lockdown@..., SuSE
- Discussion threads 2005-01-02
- Introducing Zimbra Collaboration Suite
- What about the Open Source Version?You compared the paid version of Zimbra to Scalix and the Windows based crap, but never even bothered to compare it the Open Source version.Because your Micro$haft bias would really show? Hurts doesn't it.RE: Introducing Zimbra Collaboration SuiteUnfortunately TechRepublic's comparison on costs of Microsoft Exchange...
- Tags: E-mail servers, OPEN SOURCE, thephoton@..., Zimbra, Introducing Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
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