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How Microsoft Conspires To Anger Paying Office Customers
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| My main reason for writing this post is that
| Microsoft has managed to conjure up a scenario
| for new Windows 7 users which makes Outlook all
| but unusable for Office 2003 users, and which
| can only be fixed with a bizarre combination of
| freeware tools, including a Linux boot CD. I
| spent an inordinate amount of time over the
| weekend trying to fix the problem on a friendâs
| new Acer notebook, so I figure itâs worth
| sharing.
|
| [...]
|
| Fixing the problem is one thing, but the
| question of why Microsoft wants to force people
| with perfectly valid software to go through
| ridiculous hoops on a brand-new system remains.
| The cynical reaction is to assume that Microsoft
| would rather you purchased an Office 2007
| upgrade, so the company doesnât care if it
| wrecks your existing Outlook 2003 install. After
| all, youâve already paid for a new copy of
| Windows 7 (and a new PC) in this case.
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http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/11/how-microsoft-conspires-to-anger-paying-office-customers/
Recent:
With Windows 7, Only Half of Samba Stops Working
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| This time, with Windows 7, only half of Samba
| stops working.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6911/1/
Windows 7: The First Blue Screen
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| My main Windows 7 system, which has been
| rock solid since I installed the shipping
| version of the operating system in early
| August, presented me with my first Blue
| Screen of Death this morning. The system
| had been acting a bit cranky for an hour or
| so when it suddenly crashed.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/10/windows_7_the_f.html
Will the real "new" features in Windows 7 please stand up
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| What I do dislike is the marketing coming
| out of Redmond. Why?
|
| Once again Microsoft is claiming creation
| of features that have been in other
| operating systems for a while now. This
| happens nearly every time Microsoft
| releases a new operating system. And in
| this weekâs open source blog, I thought I
| would illustrate that point with regards to
| Windows 7. It is not my intention to do a
| feature-for-feature comparison, but point
| out the features Microsoft are claiming to
| be ânewâ that have actually been in Linux
| for a while.
|
| I want to make a point, though, of saying
| this is not an article cutting down one
| operating system while supporting another.
| I am just pointing out the errors of the PR
| machine at Microsoft. With that said, here
| we go.
|
| Aero: We all know this isnât new. And we
| all know that Linux has had every feature
| displayed in Aero for some time now. This
| is one area that really burns my cheeks.
| Microsoft claims to have redesigned the
| desktop experience, when in fact they just
| took ideas from Compiz and OS X and claimed
| it as theirs.
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1009
Is WIndows 7 still a Crossgrade? Yes.
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| Thing is, upgrades don't actually exist in
| the Windows world. They don't. This is not
| an opinion. This is not up for an argument.
| Windows Upgrades do not exist.
|
| It is, however, possible to crossgrade
| across different versions of Windows. What
| you can do is trade the problems of one
| Windows system for the problems of another
| Windows system. In Windows 95 you traded
| the small size of the Operating System for
| increased bulk. I don't mean just amount of
| space taken up on the hard-drive, I mean
| the performance of the OS as well. Windows
| 98 didn't have high system requirements...
| but it couldn't run on some really low end
| computers that Win95 could.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-windows-7-still-crossgrade-yes.html
Feature-By-Feature: Ubuntu 9.10 Vs. Windows 7
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| Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop
| Karmic Koala's desktop should be familiar
| to Windows users. Right-click menu
| shortcuts and personalizing the desktop
| features are similar to Windows 7. The
| desktop still isn't as "glitzy" as Windows
| 7, but users can get the eye candy of
| Windows 7 with a fast graphics card and can
| choose the "Extra" settings in Ubuntu
| 9.10's "Appearance Preferences."
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http://www.crn.com/software/220600383;jsessionid=DGQV5GNOJLAARQE1GHOSKH4ATMY32JVN
Ubuntu Karmic Koala- A perfect alternative to Windows 7
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| Before you decide to pay for a Windows 7 license, I
| would humbly urge you to first download a copy of
| Karmic Koala, give it a try for a week or two and
| then make an unbiased assessment of it yourself.
| You will see that you would not have to spend money
| whatsoever on a pile of software that crumbles at
| the least attack made on it. Do you intend using
| Windows 7? Please tell us why or why you would not
| use Ubuntu.
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http://www.ghabuntu.com/2009/10/ubuntu-karmic-koala-perfect-alternative.html
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