Making hay in the open field
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| While the rest of the open-source community rails over Microsoft's
| deal to support Novell's SuSE Linux, Red Hat chief executive Matthew
| Szulik considers the agreement an early sign that Microsoft has run
| up the white flag on open source.
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| He says the Microsoft-Novell deal is the clearest indication yet
| that Microsoft Windows Vista will "not meet expectations" of corporate
| and government buyers.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20777530%5E24172%5E%5Enbv%5E24169,00.html
Backing for claim (recent news):
Study: No Vista for majority of European businesses
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| More than half of European organizations have no plan to upgrade
| to Windows Vista, according to a Forrester survey.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6135429.html
Forrester: Consumers won't rush to Vista
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| Much has been made about the fact that businesses likely won't be
| in a hurry to upgrade to Windows Vista. But a report by Forrester
| Research Inc. suggests consumers won't stampede to purchase the
| new OS either.
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http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061109vistarush/index.html
Office 2007 may be Microsoft's Titanic: former Government IT boss
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| Bill Gates has been talking up Office 2007 ahead of its business launch
| on November 30. However, the recently departed deputy CIO of one of
| Australia's biggest government Microsoft sites believes introducing
| the new version of Microsoft Office may be the company's biggest
| ever disaster.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7234/53/
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