Articles, notes and random thoughts on Software Development and Technology
Ballmer talked a lot today on their annual financial analysts call about how they are targeting a Windows based slate/tablet device which will ship “as soon as they are ready”. Great. We’ll sit around and wait then – can’t wait ‘until it’s ready’. Ballmer stated that it’s their ‘job number 1’ priority to work on …
Gates and Balmer surprise me. Well I guess they shouldn’t because their reactions are quite predictable. They’re saying that there’s nothing new about Google’s Chrome OS – it’s just another Linux distro. The thing is, when can you look back at Microsoft’s wonderful offerings to the tech world and say ‘wow, that’s something new’? Windows …
This was news from last month but it’s interesting to catch up on some of the back story behind SCO, who recently announced that they might permanently go under despite filing for bankruptcy. In a bizarre twist of outcomes from legal action originally started by SCO against Novell over the ownership of the Unix copyright, …
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For once I did not run out to buy the latest copy of Windows, Vista, as soon as it was available. In the past I’ve rushed out either on or pretty close to release day to pick up the latest incarnation, rush home and install it and wonder at how much the latest and greatest …