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Fact and fiction in the Microsoft-SCO relationship
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Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc., Microsoft Corp.
Technical articles 2004-11-15
Microsoft invades the business reporting services market
With the upcoming release of its new SQL Server database (code-named Yukon), Microsoft has decided to enter a market traditionally led by specialized business reporting software companies, such as Crystal Decisions and Actuate. Because the business reporting segment is still experiencing growth in an otherwise bleak software market, Microsoft obviously...
Tags: database, Jim Wells MBA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, reporting software, software
Technical articles 2003-03-10
Sanity check: How Microsoft beat Linux in China and what it means for freedom, justice, and the price of software
Issue: Microsoft's big win in ChinaWho remembers Red Flag Linux? Born during the dot com boom and officially financed and adopted by the Chinese government, Red Flag Linux was supposed to be China's answer for avoiding the double-team of Windows and Microsoft Office that dominates the rest of the world's...
Tags: Software, Microsoft, Linux, China
Blog posts 2007-07-27
Get up to speed on Microsoft's January security bulletins
After breaking protocol to release its first security bulletin of the year early, Microsoft followed up with the release of two critical security bulletins on the regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday. In this edition of the IT Locksmith, John McCormick has the details on MS06-002 and MS06-003. Always ready with...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., John McCormick, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, security bulletin, security, IT Locksmith Newsletter, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Software, Office Suites, Enterprise Software
Technical articles 2006-01-13
Fear and anger erupt over $3 Microsoft Suite
By now, most people have heard that Microsoft will be selling a $3 version of Windows XP Starters Edition along with Office and some other educational software to students in the third world, but fear and anger has erupted in some circles in the Internet community. The two primary...
Tags: Security, Microsoft, Hardware, Desktop
Blog posts 2007-04-20
Microsoft hit with $1.5 billion patent verdict
Alcatel-Lucent should sue them all!!It is about time that the judicial system finally convicted to the master thief, Microsoft. Alcatel-Lucent should seek litigation against all the other thieves out there that steal and profit from someone else's work.I dont think this is rightmicrosoft shouldn't of been sued considering they purchased...
Tags: Alcatel, alcatel-lucent, it management, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., MP3, news, Newsletter Editor, patents
Discussion threads 2007-02-23
Microsoft Windows Peer Product Review
Microsoft Windows Peer Product Reviewarticle rootMicrosoft Windows Peer Product Review DiscussionShare your Microsoft Windows experiences with TechRepublic Members here by replying below!Perfect OSThe perfect OS would be a combination of the UNIX kernel and the Windows user interface.UNIX's interface is weird and unfriendly. Windows' unreliability and high TCO are legendary.Which...
Tags: TechRepublic's Peer Produ, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Peer Product Review, TechRepublic's Peer Product Review, off-topic, Microsoft Corp., operating system, security, window
Discussion threads 2006-02-14
Microsoft bends on OpenDocument
Is Microsoft opening up?Backers say OpenDocument could help technology companies loosen Microsoft's grip on desktop software and give state governments an "open" alternative to Office. Is Microsoft opening up to open source?ODF limited?obviously Microsoft doesn't understand xml with comments like that.eXtensible Markup Language is meant for a base specification to...
Tags: Microsoft Corp., microsoft, open source, CNET Editor, programming, Microsoft Office, XML, OpenDocument Format
Discussion threads 2006-07-06
How secure is .NET?
Microsoft's used to having a bull's-eye on its back for hackers to aim for, and it's no different with the coming of the .NET Framework. Columnist Tim Landgrave takes a look at what Microsoft is doing to shore up .NET security.With all the fanfare surrounding Microsoft’s .NET Framework, it’s not...
Tags: Cyberthreats, .NET, Viruses and worms, Application servers, Middleware, e Advantage, virus, Microsoft .NET, security, Microsoft Corp.
Technical articles 2002-01-24
Microsoft releases a special security bulletin for three critical IE flaws
Microsoft released an urgent cumulative security bulletin onFriday, July 30, 2004. The company obviously puts a high priority on thecritical security issues covered in this bulletin since it broke its policy ofreleasing all security bulletins for the month on a single day in the firsthalf of each month. The new...
Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, vulnerability, John McCormick, malicious e-mail message, Microsoft Corp., attacker, security
Technical articles 2004-08-04
Running Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 in a script
I am trying to come up with a script to run Microsoft SyncToy 2.0 that I can use at both logon and logoff. The backup is for a couple of Senior Managers who have laptops; backing data up to an external [USB] drive. I have spent hours doing...
Tags: Backups, Nul, NUL, backup
Discussion threads 2008-11-13
Sanity check: Will Microsoft be your next phone company?
Bill Gates has had a very interesting track record in the prediction business over the past three decades, and now he's making a new prediction: The business phone as we know it will be replaced by software that will unleash a higher level of collaboration and productivity. ...
Tags: Software, Netscape Communicator, Phone, Partnership, Platform, IM, Microsoft Office, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Photo Gallery, Unified Communications Platform, Unified Communication, Business Structures, Telephony, Tools & Techniques, Instant Messaging, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Networking, Management, Internet, Online Communications, Telecommunications, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-10-21
Yahoo struggles may be good news for Microsoft
In what appears to be a surprise move, Microsoft has laid a purchase offer on the Yahoo table. On Jan. 31, Yahoo announced that Terry Semel would step down from the Chairman of the Board role that he transitioned to seven and a half months after resigning...
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Portals, Business Operations, Internet, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-02-01
Prediction: Microsoft will leapfrog Vista, release Windows 7 early, and change its OS business
Microsoft is nothing if not responsive to its customers. In fact, it's hyper-responsive. That's why we've ended up with feature-bloat in both Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office as the company has tried to please everyone by including everything-but-the-kitchen-sink in its software. And that's why Microsoft will ultimately...
Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating System, Department, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-04-21
Microsoft: Watch out for rogue code
Microsoft: Watch out for rogue codearticle rootDecorum for hackers?I find it interesting that MS says the two security companies ignored an unspoken law among researchers to wait "a reasonable period of time," before publishing their work.I didn't realize that there was a 'timeout' factor in the real world. Is...
Tags: attack, hacker, Microsoft Corp., patch, patch management, taxman_99
Discussion threads 2005-02-14
Microsoft, IE users both produce patch for well-known flaw
As most administrators are probably aware, Microsoft instituted a once-a-month patch system in October 2003. If you're managing a network with Windows and Internet Explorer, then you probably also know that many IT professionals expected Microsoft to release a patch in January for some major holes in IE that were...
Tags: patch, John McCormick, Microsoft Corp., MS04-004
Technical articles 2004-02-09
Talking Shop: Can Microsoft deliver on Gates' security promise?
Skeptical analysis of Microsofts Trustworthy Computing initiativeOn Jan. 15, 2002, Bill Gates sent an internal e-mail memo with the subject Trustworthy Computing, which was intended to change the way Microsoft creates software. In the memo, Microsoft’s chairman and chief software architect admitted to something that everyone in IT already knew:...
Tags: Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, John McCormick, security, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, software, Trustworthy Computing
Technical articles 2002-02-04
Microsoft's .NET strategy means seismic changes for networks
Since Microsoft announced its “Next Generation” .NET software strategy, speculation about its impact on Microsoft products has been the buzz of technology Web sites and publications. Over the past few months, beta software for upgrades and additions to the BackOffice product line have flowed out of Redmond in swift...
Tags: Application servers, Middleware, .NET, Enterprise software, Web services, Servers, Jason Hiner MCSE, CCNA, network, Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, server, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft .NET, XML, BackOffice, Microsoft Commerce Server, Microsoft Corp., strategy
Technical articles 2000-09-26
Microsoft consultant is focused on results
Jeff Vilmek, a principal consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services, talks with Rick Freedman about topics including Microsoft Consulting's project management methodology, its employee development program, and how he delivers results for his clients.How is consulting for a large software company different from consulting for a professional services company or as...
Tags: Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Rick Freedman, consulting, Jeff Vilmek, Microsoft Consulting, Microsoft Corp.
Technical articles 2000-08-14
Microsoft aims to bridge your trust with new strategy
TechRepublic columnist Tim Landgrave zeroes in on Microsoft's latest strategies and technologies relating to proposed Web services specs and standards, and ponders whether users can confidently cross the vendor's latest "TrustBridge."Microsoft’s long history of security problems gives most CIOs significant heartburn, especially when they consider the conditions under which they’ll...
Tags: .NET, Application servers, Servers, e Advantage, strategy, Microsoft Corp., Kerberos, TrustBridge, authentication, Windows .NET, Microsoft Windows .NET Server, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Windows
Technical articles 2002-07-25


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