Microsoft Steps Against Linux with 8 Flavors of Windows Server 2008
Microsoft is beginning to increasingly focus on outlining its strategy against Linux on the server operating system market, and Windows Server 2008, formerly codenamed Longhorn, is positioned as an ace up its sleeve.
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12.11.2007 Linux beats Windows 2008 power-saving measures
Ensuring your servers stamp as small a carbon footprint as possible on the earth and in your datacenter can encompass everything from making sure they are shipped in recyclable packaging to hiring an analyst who can predict the total lifecycle environmental impact.
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10.6.2008 Windows-based Eee PC to outsell Linux version - Another blow for Linux
Newsflash from ASUS - the company is predicting that the XP Home version of the Eee PC will outsell the Linux-based version by 3 to 2.
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13.3.2008 Microsoft postpones Winhec 2008 to Fall 2008
Microsoft announced that WinHEC 208 will not be held in the spring as previous years, but in the fall (October probably) of 2008.
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17.11.2007 Gates on Vista, Linux and more
Bill Gates is pretty confident that when he spots an emerging technology, it will emerge. Exactly when that happens, though, is sometimes a question mark.
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18.11.2006 Will Vista cause a switch to Macs, Linux?
The cost of upgrading to Windows Vista is forcing more organizations to evaluate alternatives including Apple Macs and Linux for the desktop.
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16.7.2007 Linux Is Copying Windows Vista
Forget about Windows Vista! Introducing Vixta, an open source, Linux-based, copy of Vista. Generally speaking, Linux, open source, Microsoft and Windows are by no means aligned concepts.
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11.10.2007 Linux Adoption Slows Down Windows Vista Didn't Do It!
The adoption of the Linux open source operating system indicates a strong trend of slowing down to a scratching halt, but this is one scenario that the availability of Windows Vista failed to catalyze and to even impact, for that matter.
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6.9.2007 IBM will not use Windows Vista, but will move to Linux desktops
IBM switching to Linux destops in Germany according to a Linux Forum 2006 presentation by their head of open source and Linux sales in Germany.
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8.3.2006 Microsoft: Windows Vista Safer than OS X, Linux
Microsoft security strategy director Jeff Jones this week published a report comparing the security vulnerability profile for various high-profile operating systems in the 90 days of their existence.
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26.3.2007 Windows Vista vs. Mac OS X vs. Linux - for the Last Time in 2007
At the end of 2007 one thing is clear... Windows Vista is far from the Wow revelation that Microsoft aimed for with the late January worldwide consumer launch.
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1.1.2008 Linux Cannot Connect to Vista SP1 over Cryptographic Security Services
Computers running open source Linux operating systems have problems connecting to Windows Vista Service Pack 1 machines when cryptographic security services are involved.
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4.6.2008 Vista SP1 and XP SP3 vs. Mac OS X and Linux
Despite constantly downplaying the relevance of Linux and Mac OS X, because of a variety of reasons, from high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) to security risks and inferior shipment volumes, Microsoft is well aware of the real threat to Windows represented by the open source platform and Apple's operating system.
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1.8.2008 Microsoft Brings a Piece of Windows Vista to Linux and Mac OS X
Microsoft has announced that it will bring a small piece of Vista to both the open source Linux operating system and the UNIX based Mac OS X. The Redmond company's partners will work to extend Network Access Protection to Linux and OS X desktops.
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13.11.2007 Vista hacked on 3rd day thru Adobe Flash. Linux Undefeated.
After Mac was hacked in 2 minutes at the CanSecWest Conference, it was now the time for Vista to get hacked on the 3rd day.
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30.3.2008 XP SP3 and Vista SP1 Will Own Linux-Free Desktops until Windows 7
Even though with the advent of Windows Vista the open source community saw the ripe moment for Linux to strengthen its grip over consumer PCs, the fact of the matter is that Windows still holds a firm grip over the vast majority of desktops worldwide.
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20.4.2008 Vista SP2 and Windows 7 More Secure than Linux and Mac OS X Leopard
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is the absolute apex in security when it comes down to operating systems, Kevin Turner, chief operating officer for Microsoft, has indicated at the Midmarket CIO Summit earlier this week.
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12.4.2009 Vista Growing to Match the Lack of Security of XP, Mac OS X and Linux
Microsoft has touted Windows Vista as the most secure Windows operating system available, ever since the debut of the Wow.
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15.8.2007 Linux and Mac OS X Eat Away at Windows, Even with XP SP3 and Vista SP1
Even with the latest service pack releases for the two supported Windows clients, rival operating systems Linux and Mac OS X are still eating away at the install base of Microsoft's proprietary operating system.
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3.7.2008 Mac OS X and Linux Left Scrambling for Wow Crumbs in the Windows Vista Dust
Microsoft is celebrating a veritable Windows Vista feast, while Mac OS X and Linux are left scrambling for Wow crumbs.
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2.11.2007 Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot String
Vista Loader is one of the most successful Vista activation crack available to date, second only to physical modify (hardmod) the BIOS to include SLIC table to make BIOS Vista activation-compliant.
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15.5.2008 No Vista for 2008 Beijing Olympics
The IT systems supporting the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, will not be using Windows Vista, Microsoft's latest operating system.
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30.5.2007 Windows Vista to Explode in 2008
2007 might not have been the Wow's year, but in 2008 Windows Vista will explode. All the starts are aligned for Vista adoption to go through the roof. As a matter of fact, 2008 will prove the first truly fertile year for the Wow from the household to the corporate environment.
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15.11.2007 "Avoid Microsoft Windows Vista until 2008"
New security features in Windows Vista will largely eliminate the need to run separate anti-spyware or firewall software, according to a new analyst report.
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8.5.2006 Users may need Vista to make most of Server 2008
Companies installing Windows Server 2008 may have to buy extra Microsoft software, such as Windows Vista, to use more advanced features, analyst firm Gartner has said.
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3.11.2007 The Best Windows Vista Blog Contest 2008
WinVistaClub, in association with Windows Vista Magazine, is organising a contest to recognise some of the Best Windows Vista Blogs and Websites.
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13.8.2008 Mac OS X vs. Linux - Red Hat vs. Windows 98 and Above Including Windows Vista
Microsoft's Windows operating system came on top out of three different alternative platforms including Mac OS X, Linux (Red Hat), and Solaris 8/9/10, in terms of the volume of holes it contains.
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18.1.2008 Windows Server 2008 is 20% faster than Vista
It seems Microsoft may have a successor (or replacement) for Vista after all and its already been released. Windows Server 2008 isnt easy to configure as a desktop operating system but when done correctly can be 20% faster than Vista while retaining most of the same features.
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12.3.2008 AutoCollage 2008 for Vista SP1 and XP SP3
AutoCollage 2008 is a project developed by Microsoft Research Cambridge and made available for download as of September 4, 2008.
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4.9.2008 Microsoft to launch new Vista-subscription trials in early 2008
Microsoft is readying a new Windows-Vista based version of its FlexGo hardware-software-services bundle aimed at emerging markets.
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17.5.2007New Linux PC costs less than a single Windows Vista license
While Linux focuses on improving stability and efficiency, Windows Vista continues to charge a premium for its good looks and doll-like charm. Mirus
has built a PC with Linux installed that costs less than a single license of Windows Vista.
Specifically this Mirus PC will run
Freespire, a version of Linux developed by Linspire Inc. (formerly Lindows). Larry Kettler, CEO of Linspire says our system builders have been
forging new ground in the low-end Linux PC market for over 5 years now . . . This latest system from Mirus Innovations is the most robust hardware and
software configuration, and offers the best value for under $200 to date, according to the companys
press release.
Compare that
$200 investment to the three tiers of Windows Vista available and it becomes clear why Microsoft has so much disposable income.
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18.01.2008Vista Aiding Linux Desktop, Strategist Says
Windows Vista has probably
created the single biggest
opportunity for the Linux
desktop to take market share,
Cole Crawford, an IT
strategist at Dell, said in an
address titled, "The Linux
DesktopFact, FUD or Fantasy?"
at the annual LinuxWorld
Conference & Expo.
For example, a number
of companies have moved back
to Windows XP after deploying
Vista, Crawford said, before
quoting Scott Granneman, an
author, entrepreneur and
adjunct professor at
Washington University in St.
Louis, as saying, "To mess up
a Linux box, you need to work
at it; to mess up your Windows
box, you just have to work on
it."
Microsoft has also owned
the desktop for more than 15
years, Crawford said, "and so
the only way for them to go is
down. But Linux can only go
up, and its growth potential
is enormous. While Linux only
has 1 percent of share on the
desktop versus Microsoft's
more than 90 percent, that is
changing, and the Linux
desktop is expected to gain
some share over the next two
years," he said.
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09.08.2007Microsoft releases 20,000 lines of code to Linux community
Hell has not frozen over and pigs aren't flying in the sky, Microsoft has just released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community.
Company officials admitted the move was "a break from the ordinary" but were quick to note this is the first time Microsoft has released code
directly to the Linux community. The code will be available to the Linux community and customers and is expected to enhance the performance of the
Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.
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21.07.2009Linux is first OS to support USB 3.0
Sarah Sharp, a self-styled "geekess" and Linux developer at Intel's Open Source Technology Center who has recently been working on the Linux USB
subsystem, announced on her blog that support of USB 3.0 will soon be integrated into the Linux kernel This makes Linux the first operating system to
support the standard. If you can't wait and have the expertise necessary, she includes instructions on how to get USB 3.0 support in Linux now.
According to Ankika Kehrer, "
he basic specifications for USB 3.0 show it to have a transfer rate of 5.0 Gbps. The standard was announced in
November 2008 by the USB Implementers Forum, Inc.
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neowin.net - 11.06.2009
Vista hacked on 3rd day thru Adobe Flash. Linux Undefeated.
After Mac was hacked in 2 minutes at the CanSecWest Conference, it was now the time for Vista to get hacked on the 3rd
day. Vista's security was compromised through the popular 3rd party software, Adobe Flash.
"The contest, which saw a MacBook Air get
hacked on Thursday, relaxed the rules even further. On the first day of the contest, only the operating system could be targeted, but on the second
day that was expanded to include standard applications. An undisclosed Safari flaw led to the MacBook Air's downfall through the OS X operating
system."
The MacBook Air went first; a Fujitsu laptop running Vista was hacked on the last day of the contest; but it was Linux, running on a
Sony Vaio, that remained undefeated as conference organizers ended a three-way computer hacking challenge Friday at the CanSecWest conference.
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neowin.net - 30.03.2008
Linux.com won't be a news site, but instead a place for Linux
As first reported by " target="_blank">my
friend and colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols at Computerworld yesterday, probably the most important domain name that a Linux-associated
entity could ever want, Linux.com, was sold by SourceForge, and is now in the hands of the Linux Foundation.
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betanews.com - 05.03.2009
Shift Linux: A New Direction
Since its incarnation in 2006, Shift Linux has had an ambitious team behind it. We have always strived to be "more than just another linux
distribution", a goal which has never been more important than it is now. Over the next little while, Shift will be reborn and redefined, moving
farther away from traditional Linux roots, and into something newer. Linux will always be our core, but on top of that, we need to use new
technologies, both those that exist and those which we can only imagine, to build something fresh. Today, Shift Linux will move forward. We have
several new goals that are being set. First of all, Shift needs to be streamlined.
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neowin.net - 23.11.2008
Microsoft Says No Windows Virtualization on Top of Linux
Microsoft will not allow
Windows Vista or Windows XP to
be virtualized on top of
Linux, Sam Ramji, the director
of Microsoft's open-source
software lab, said at the
annual LinuxWorld Conference
and Expo here Aug. 7.
"What we have
heard predominantly from
customers is that they want to
be able to mix and match their
data center applications, but
we haven't seen significant
demand for Linux applications
on the desktop or for desktop
virtualization on top of
Linux," Ramji said in an
address titled "Linux and
Windows Interoperability: On
the Metal and on the
Wire."
But, he said that while he
does hear a lot of requests
for this from developers in
the Linux community, the
feedback Microsoft is getting
from customers and its
Interoperability Executive
Customer Council with regard
to the desktop is that they
want .Net and Java
interoperability...
winbeta.org - 08.08.2007
Linux: Coming soon to a Windows laptop near you
The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin
provides an interesting twist on the most cutting-edge Windows machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and others: they're all running Linux.
No, he's not talking about dual-boot systems. (OK, kind of.) Instead he's talking about "fast boot," which an increasing number
of computer manufacturers are delivering via Linux-based solutions from DeviceVM and others. Resource hound that it is, Microsoft apparently needs
some help from Linux getting started from the once "cancerous" Linux.
winbeta.org - 31.10.2008
The Vista SP1 saga: the best ad for Mac and Linux yet?
Alex Zaharov-Reutt: First, it was a 5 year delay for Vista minus plenty of features, drivers and software compatibility. A year later, Vista SP1
launches, but few can get it yet. Then two SP1 pre-updates launch, only to have many reports of endless rebooting. What more can Microsoft do to
convince people to try a Mac or Linux?
I wouldnt exactly call the delay of Vista SP1 a comedic situation, but the whole thing
seems to have gone from comedic to shambolic in less than three weeks since the February 4 announcement that Vista SP1 had gone to RTM.
winbeta.org - 21.02.2008
Enable Vistas two-way firewall with Vista Firewall Control
Microsoft ships Vista with a better firewall than previous versions of Vista but its configuration isnt so great right out of the box and unless you
want to set up rules manually, yourself, its just better to run a third party firewall. But that can pose entirely new problems.
It seems that many third
party solutions dont play nice with Vista in one or more ways. Some can prevent Vista from retrieving updates, others can freeze the operating
system seemingly at random and others just plain dont work at all.
That leaves running the Vista firewall itself. Running the
firewall thats built in to the operating system is not something I usually recommend unless you have Mac OSX or Linux which arent very prone to any
kind of attack.
winbeta.org - 13.01.2008
Exclusive: Windows Vista SP2 RC released to general public
As expected, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 RC and Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 RC is now available to general public for download. You can
download the SP2 RC for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 below: ISO for Windows Server 2008 x86/x64/ia64 and Windows Vista x86/x64x86 for
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x86x64 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista x64IA64 for Windows Server 2008 ia64 The service pack is
delivered as a single release for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. There will be a single 32-bit standalone installer (302 MB to 390 MB)
for both Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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neowin.net - 04.03.2009
Vista pushes XP and Linux aside on Asus EeePC
The Asus EeePC ships with Linux but with the help of an external DVD drive, its possible to install almost any OS of your choice, even Leopard with a
bit of hacking but that comes with some legal issues that are discussed in that post.
Lets face it, the Asus EeePC isnt too terribly useful with the Linux install that it comes with, you cant add applications to it
until they are developed and the update installer is somewhat lacking. The first thing I did was wipe the hard drive and install Windows XP Home
Edition but one user decided to install something else.
I wouldnt have thought the EeePC capable of running Vista but according
to the EeePC forums thats exactly what one user is doing. To be
fair, there may be more but this is the only one I know of.
winbeta.org - 16.11.2007
HP joins the Ubuntu Linux bandwagon
HP's Linux support will no longer be limited to Red Hat and SuSE Linux. Through a new partnership with Canonical, HP is becoming one of the latest in
a series of huge IT players to hop aboard the Ubuntu Linux bandwagon...
betanews.com - 18.02.2009
Mandriva updates its Linux distribution for spring
Mandriva quietly launched Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, the latest Mandriva Linux distribution featuring a number of updates since its last distribution
release...
betanews.com - 16.04.2008
Techs and execs collaborate on Linux apps
In more and more Linux deployments at banks and brokerages, the business side of the operation is getting heavily into the act. Collaboration is
becoming the keyword, and suddenly Linux developers find they're being joined by executives...
betanews.com - 02.04.2008
Linux comparison: Introduction and Ubuntu
Introduction I have toyed around with Linux on and off for the last few years, mostly with Ubuntu. My first experience of Linux was Ubuntu. At first
it was a bit scary, with me wondering if my CPU would implode should I type the wrong command. The more I used Linux though, the more I learnt about
my computer. This is why I think anyone who finds computers and technology interesting, should give it a go. And what better time to do so than now?
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neowin.net - 04.12.2008
Microsoft Adds NAP for Linux and Mac
Microsoft's Network Access Protection platform is being extended to Linux and the Mac in heterogeneous network environments through third-party
products.
The Redmond, Wash. software maker announced at its TechEd IT Forum, here on Nov. 13, that UNETsystem will release Linux
and Macintosh versions of its Anyclick for NAP (Network Access Protection) product next year.
Avenda Systems will release the
Avenda Linux Network Access Protection Agent, which extends NAP technology to network endpoints running Linux, while Celestix Networks has developed
an appliance for delivering the NAP policy-enforcement platform. These new appliances will hit the market shortly after Windows Server 2008 is
released in February 2008.
winbeta.org - 14.11.2007
One year after Mac hack contest, Linux and Vista may be tested
One year after launching a controversial Macintosh hacking contest, the promoters of the CanSecWest security research conference are thinking about giving hackers another shot at cracking the Mac. Only this time,
they're looking to broaden the field.
Last year, show organizers invited attendees to hack into a Macintosh laptop with the
successful hacker winning the computer and a cash prize. But this year, they're talking about giving attendees three targets to choose from. "We're
thinking of having a contest where we have Vista and OS X and Linux ... and see which one goes first," said Dragos Ruiu, the principal organizer of
CanSecWest.
winbeta.org - 06.02.2008
IBM, Linux Dealers Seize Chance to Market 'Microsoft-Free' Desktop
The slow adoption of Vista is giving IBM and Linux distributors an opportunity to convince enterprises that there are good desktop software
alternatives to Windows. IBM, Canonical, Novell and Red Hat Coming will work with hardware makers to market custom-designed PCs pre-loaded with Linux,
Lotus word processing and e-mail software.
winbeta.org - 06.08.2008
