Microsoft is due to announce some time this week the extended availability of their Windows XP operating system, and it’s all thanks to devices like the Asus Eee PC.
Good news for those of you who refuse to go over the Vista and have not tried Linux as of yet, Baldy
XP Home availability extended [News]
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Last-minute changes to Windows Vista broke drivers, forcing key hardware vendors to “limp out with issues” when the OS launched last year, according to a presentation by Dell Corp. that was made public this week.
“Late OS code changes broke drivers and applications, forcing key commodities to miss launch or limp out with issues,” said one [...]
The 145 systems are:-
3 Dos
5 Windows
137 Linux
I have also installed most of the PC-based BSD and Solaris together with a Darwin x86 too but these systems dislike to co-exist with a large number of other systems so I have to keep them off in another PC until I find a way to tackle the technical [...]
Now I don’t know about you but when I look at my family,friends and business associates none of them jumped up and down thrilled by the B-day event. Not one of them are running Vista and only a couple will even admit that they know of someone that does use it. And now that a [...]
BRUSSELS — — The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3-billion (U.S.) on Wednesday for charging rivals too much for software information.
EU regulators said the company charged “unreasonable prices” until last October to software developers who wanted to make products compatible with the Windows desktop operating system.
Source: Globe & Mail
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In what is seen as a dramatic turnaround, Microsoft, said it is implementing new interoperability principles and actions across its business products to foster more open engagement with customers and the industry, including open-source communities. This should mean the end of Microsoft’s patent threats against Linux.
uh huh, I’ll believe that when I see it….
Source: IT [...]
heeeheeee
Source: YouTube
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bwahhaaaa Funny!!
Source: YouTube
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Holy bug farm batman that is a ton of problems here is what I found written concerning this fiasco;
No wonder the Wow had so much trouble getting started. By Microsoft’s own count, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 rolls up 551 separate hotfixes, in addition to 23 security updates rated Important and already delivered via Windows [...]
“They’re perfectly happy to use anything at all as fear, uncertainty and doubt in the marketplace,” says Linus Torvalds about Redmond’s claim that Linux violates a number of its patents.
Read the rest: IT Business Canada
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