Little Ubuntu chipping away at mighty Microsoft
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| Ubuntu is a version of Linux, the open-source OS that is chipping away at
| Microsoft's domination of the software market.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10470772
Why I've moved from Vista to Ubuntu 7.10
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| I've been using Windows since it was battling for desktop supremacy with GEM
| in the early 90s. In the mid 90s I spent several years producing newspapers
| on Apple Macs. Since the late 90s I've dabbled with Linux, but there have
| always been compelling reasons to return to, or stick with, Windows. No more,
| for two reasons: Vista, and Ubuntu 7.10 (ala Gutsy Gibbon).
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006214o-2000331758b,00.htm
Vista is only one flop among more to come (e.g. WHS and WS08, as shown below).
Related:
Will Windows Home Server be Microsoft’s next flop?
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| If you buy-off on the theory that the world seems to be heading in the
| opposite direction that Microsoft wants to lead it, then you can’t help but
| wonder what the long term prospects for an offering like Windows Home Server
| are. Not good, if you ask me.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=791
Windows Home Server fan club beats me up for asking if WHS is Microsoft’s next
flop
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| Literally within minutes of each other (strangely coincidental), I received
| two e-mails — one from a colleague and the other from someone who concealed
| their identity — that basically told me I was out of line for questioning the
| chances that Microsoft’s Windows Home Server will succeed.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=851
More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing
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| "Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista
| operating system is set to be rewritten..."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=30516
Windows Server 2008 Delayed, Again
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| Already, Microsoft delayed SQL Server 2008 availability until later in 2008,
| even though the software launches with the new version of Windows Server.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/server/windows_server_2008_delayed_again.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
It's Official: An Unofficial Delay
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| Microsoft isn't characterizing the launch announcement as a ship delay, which
| is possible because of the "2008" nomenclature and the likelihood that the
| software will be released to manufacturing this year. My guess is that will
| happen around November, unless there are unforeseen development problems.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/server/its_official_an_unofficial_delay.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
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| I asked Jason about Windows Server's newfound security: "The first time
| I heard about this new feature," he said, "I thought it was clearly a
| response to Linux.
|
| Windows Server 2008 isn't quite there yet, according to Jason's tests.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2134429,00.asp
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