Only 104 Applications 'Vista Certified'
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| Of the 787 listed, 103 are Microsoft's own products, indicating few
| software developers have completed the logo process.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Only_104_Applications_Vista_Certified/1172087100
Vista's User Account Control breaks Thunderbird updates
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| So, I disabled UAC, and lo and behold, the Thunderbird automatic
| update installed itself. Thinking about it, I recently had the same
| problem with the last FireFox update and ended up downloading the
| updated setup file and installing it that manually. This is a big
| problem for UAC. If users don't see the Black Screen Of Doom then
| they probably won't realise that UAC is blocking the update
| silently, and will probably think that there's something wrong
| with the application instead. How many users will realise that
| UAC is responsible, or even know how to turn it off? Not many
| I'd wager.
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http://blog.pcanswers.co.uk/page/pcanswers?entry=vista_s_user_account_control
Related:
Jury Hears Microsoft Competition Suit
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| Conlin's first 3 1/2 hours of opening arguments delved deeply into
| computer industry history and how Microsoft fought off competitors
| attempting to design rival software.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061201/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1
Comes v. MS Antitrust Trial Begins in Iowa
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| Here's part of what Allchin said about how to deal with the competitive
| threat from Novell then:
|
| "We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger....If you're
| going to kill someone, there isn't much reason to get all worked up
| about it and angry. You just pull the trigger. Any discussions
| beforehand are a waste of time. We need to smile at Novell while
| we pull the trigger."
|
| [...]
|
| Conlin used a variety of computer-generated illustrations,
| including one that showed 15 icons, each representing what she
| said was an illegal action taken by Microsoft in pursuit of its
| bid to become and remain a monopoly. The icons had titles like
| "exclusionary contract," "technical sabotage," "buying out the
| competitition"...
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