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• This consumer operating systems stuff is harder than 1st thought – Red Hat and Novell no longer targeting consumers with desktop Linux

  I saw this and it made me smile – looks like building a desktop OS for consumers is harder than people thought :-) And I thought consumers were more willing to put in time to fiddle too, so that makes the enterprise play even less likely for me!! Red Hat skips consumer Linux desktop Red Hat has no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market, but will continue to place its bets on a desktop for commercial markets. "We are focused on infrastructure software for the enterprise market... Posted Apr 18 2008, 08:58 AM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Vista, Linux, Competition

• Why those Mac OS X vs Windows adverts are just so wrong … and so would the Linux vs Windows if they ran them

  What an amazing graphic … it talks about security issues and fixes. The nice “Apple” man seems to be hiding how many problems he has on his adverts :-) What is also interesting is how many issues are stilling being found on the various implementations of Linux. Obviously there is still more detail around this, so for the full rundown have a look at http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2008/01/23/download-windows-vista-one-year-vulnerability-report.aspx . ttfn David Technorati Tags: Apple , Microsoft , Redhat... Posted Apr 18 2008, 07:57 AM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Security, Microsoft, apple, System Update, Competition

• I know I shouldn’t, but the EU is beginning to make me wonder what they are playing at .. is it personal and how is it better for the people in the EU?

  It is strange that I have come to accept that we live and work in a global economy quicker, it appears to me, than the EU. I accept that we can’t be the best at everything in the EU and we have to work out what our value is to others – true for every business. However, the EU seems to have an anti-non-EU feel to it. It also seems to want to create competition, even when no-one wants to compete – just to stimulate the industries, rather than because “punters are asking for alternatives”. This week I’ve seen two... Posted Apr 11 2008, 04:43 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Business, Personal, Microsoft, rant, Competition

• Study: .Net overtakes Java

  I saw this and thought I would share it. It gives some positioning of .Net vs Java. There is more to the article that that listed below, but the interesting statements for me was .Net >50% and Java 20%. Oh, and additional to that pure .Net @ 12% while pure Java was at 3%. Ouch!! Study: .Net overtakes Java Microsoft's .Net software development platform is more popular than Java in the enterprise, according to one industry analyst firm's report detailed on Wednesday Info-Tech Research Group said its... Posted Feb 23 2008, 11:35 AM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Developer, Microsoft, ISV, Competition

• Something for Vijay - Microsoft Introduces New Interoperability Principles

  I've not had time to digest all of this, but it looks important enough to get a quick note out. I know Vijay is keen on interop. Virtual Pressroom: Microsoft Makes Strategic Changes in Technology and Business Practices to Expand Interoperability February 21, 2008 Microsoft today announced a set of broad-reaching changes to its technology and business practices to increase the openness of its products and drive greater interoperability, opportunity and choice. These changes are codified into four new interoperability... Posted Feb 21 2008, 05:24 PM by David Overton with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Community, Microsoft, Open Standards, Competition, Open Source

• More on Microsoft / Yahoo - Board to Decide Fate of Company Today and The options

  Two more articles that I liked - I have highlighted a couple of items, but it is very much worth reading the full articles: Yahoo Board to Decide Fate of Company Today Sources have indicated to us that Yahoo has scheduled a special board of directors meeting on Friday to determine, effectively, the fate of the company. After a week of hectic negotiating, it’s clear that no one is going to step in with a competing acquisition offer to what Microsoft put on the table last Friday - $31 per share . Softbank, the... Posted Feb 08 2008, 12:09 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Competition, Search

• Microsoft and Yahoo merger with Google cartoons

  I saw these and laughed lots: Pavel Constantin, Romania Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com Enjoy :-) Please do not copy the images as they are (c) the artists and I have paid a royalty to share them. If you like them, please point people to this post ttfn David Technorati Tags: Microsoft , Yahoo , Google Posted Feb 05 2008, 04:33 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Business, Fun, Microsoft, Competition

• Read between the lines of the recent Google/Yahoo/Microsoft announcements

  I saw this and had to share ... just a little too much truth in them I think :-) The Google Strategy Will Backfire We forget that Google is still a very young company. But they just reminded us ... Continue Parsing Yahoo!: What Makes You Think We're Desperate? Given its grim outlook as a stand-alone company, Yahoo! suppresses its glee as it steps into play ... Continue Parsing Google: Don't Trust the Old Bully, Just the New One Parsing Google: Only benevolent giants like us should be able to buys things... Posted Feb 04 2008, 10:39 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Fun, Microsoft, Marketing, Competition

• Got Lotus ... "Microsoft's ISVs Cashing In On Lotus Exodus" - CRN and VARBusiness - where are the tools

  It is always nice to see good news and SharePoint and Exchange are providing lots of it at the moment. I thought I would share this story and also some tools. Microsoft: ISVs Cashing In On Lotus Exodus Microsoft earlier this week released an updated version of its Transporter Suite for Lotus Domino, a set of tools that helps organizations migrate from IBM Lotus Notes and Domino to Microsoft products. As interest builds around unified communications, Microsoft in the last six months of 2007 saw more than 300... Posted Jan 25 2008, 08:24 AM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Support and Tools, Exchange, Competition

• Microsoft's Small Business Blog : Fancy winning £5,000?

  I saw this at Microsoft's Small Business Blog : Fancy winning £5,000? and thought I would pass it on. Fancy winning £5,000? We’ve just launched the Microsoft Office Live £5,000 prize draw and you’re amongst the first to hear about it. You have the chance to win £5,000 or one of several £100 Amazon gift cards. Just click the link and enter the prize draw at https://microsoft.eprize.net/officeliveuk . If you haven't explored Office Live yet it really is worth spending some time looking at what it could... Posted Nov 16 2007, 07:45 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Business, Live, Office Live, Small business, Competition

• IIS Outserves Apache on Fortune 1000 Websites while ASP.NET Deployments Grow

  For those who think IIS is not good enough, safe enough, capable, used etc, then have a look at this article. It seems that now IIS accounts for more Fortune 1000 companies web sites than all the competition put together. If you are developing or recommending, it looks like more business opportunity exists in the IIS world than anywhere else. If you want to know a bit more about developing solutions, look at http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/10138 and Microsoft to Release Windows Server 2008... Posted Oct 10 2007, 01:43 AM by David Overton with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Longhorn, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, IIS, Competition

• Things they said would never happen - Sun becoming a Windows OEM and Microsoft and Novell open Windows and Linux interop Labs

  I saw this and thought I would publish this to show that businesses will always put differences behind them if they think there is a buck to be made: Sun to Install Windows Server on Its Hardware Sun Microsystems will start selling its lineup of 64-bit, x86-based servers preinstalled with the Windows Server operating system within 90 days. and Microsoft/Novell Open Windows/Linux Interop Lab The initial focus will be around three projects involving virtualization, management, and identity federation. This just... Posted Sep 14 2007, 03:50 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Windows Server 2003, Microsoft, Linux, Competition