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Linux 'not failed' to take advantage of poor Vista uptake on enterprise desktops
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| Red Hat has seen some stronger than expected
| quarters this year, as companies look for
| ways to stretch their diminishing budgets.
| The downturn, said Mayer, has given Red Hat
| a foot in the door, as CIOs try to balance
| the need of delivering to the business, but
| doing so with less money. The answer has
| often been that they cut costs where it
| impacts least, which includes where the end
| user will notice.
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http://www.ameinfo.com/213415.html
Relax, kids...Windows 7 is just another OS
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| Two million businesses using Google Apps is
| nothing to sneeze at. Latin American
| adoption of Linux is quite high, as is anti-
| Microsoft sentiment. Our students today will
| be interacting with those âworldâs officesâ
| in a myriad of ways, all of which are
| focused on the web, rather than Windows.
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http://education.zdnet.com/?p=3260
The best thing about Microsoft Windows 7
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| For the average Linux user, I would imagine
| that there is no better time to invest in
| new hardware and install their OS of choice.
| And with the release of Ubuntu 9.10 just
| around the corner, the timing of the Windows
| 7 release could not be better!
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http://crunchbang.org/archives/2009/10/22/the-best-thing-about-microsoft-windows-7/
Our Windows 7 Special Offer
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| Ubuntu is a modern, stable, reliable and
| secure computing platform that includes most
| of the applications we all use every day,
| such as a compatible office suite (Word-
| processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations)
| OpenOffice.org, email and calendaring, web
| browsing and image manipulation tools.
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http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/10/22/our-windows-7-special-offer/
A Linux Users Look at Windows 7 Ultimate
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| When comparing Linux and Windows 7, itâs
| really amazing to see how far Linux has
| come. There are some paradigms in Linux
| (such as contextual browsing, scalability,
| fast boot times, and netbook-specific
| releases) that Windows just cannot compete
| with anymore. That is not to say that
| Windows is a bad OS (though it is
| ridiculously expensive) it just means that
| Microsoft will have a harder battle going
| forward to stay relevant.
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| If anything, 2010 is going to be a great and
| exciting year. Here we are near the end of
| 2009 and the stage has already been set for
| a great battle. Windows 7 has been released,
| Ubuntu 9.10 is about to be out in the wild,
| and Googleâs Chrome OS is in development.
| Also in 2010 the next generation of GNOME
| will be released, and KDE will also up the
| ante with version 4.4. Times like these make
| me extremely happy to be a geek!
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http://www.itnewstoday.com/?p=1114
Vista 7 was a success... in MARKETING.
Recent:
Windows 7 â Itâs Vista All Over Again
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| âThere you go againâ. The Gipper said it in
| 1982, and Iâm saying it today â but about
| Windows 7, not Jimmy Carter.
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| Because the more I play with Windows 7, the
| more I see the Vista debacle unfolding all
| over again. The commonly accepted wisdom is
| that Windows 7 is oh-so-much-better than
| Vista. Well, based on my own extensive
| testing, itâs not. Not at all.
|
| First a bit of history. Back in 2006 I was
| editor-in-chief of PC Magazine. Vista was
| coming out and we were pretty darn
| laudatory. Microsoft provided us with new
| hardware, we tested beta versions of Vista,
| and we loved it. Shortly after it shipped,
| alas, the Wow was less Now than Ow. Vista
| sucked upon release to the world for a wide
| range of reasons â not least because the
| networking and audio driver models were
| completely rebuilt in the six months prior
| to release. That led to driver problems,
| along with general instability. When I left
| PC Magazine in 2007, my parting column was
| a bit of an apology â weâd been too easy on
| what turned out to be one of Microsoftâs
| more uneven efforts.
|
| Itâs easy to get snowed. Microsoft provides
| its favored reviewers a steady stream of
| highlights, new versions, and new features
| â along with brand new hardware to run the
| new builds upon. A team of technical
| marketers inside the borg stand at the
| ready â helping the anointed work through,
| and around, any problems that develop
| during testing.
|
| [...]
|
| Weâve seen this story before. Vista was
| overhyped when it came out by everyone from
| PC Magazine to the Wall Street Journal. And
| now Windows 7 is getting the same treatment.
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http://louderback.com/2009/windows-7-its-vista-all-over-again/
Overheard: Windows 7 is just Vista with new shade of lipstick
http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-windows-7-is-just-vista-with-new-shade-of-lipstick/
Is Windows 7 Just a Vista Service Pack?
http://seekingalpha.com/article/118240-is-windows-7-just-a-vista-service-pack
Is Windows 7 just Vista in disguise?
http://www.daniweb.com/news/post975843.html
Ballmer: Windows 7 is Vista, just 'a lot better'
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9117399/Ballmer_Windows_7_is_Vista_just_a_lot_better_
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