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Windows & Red Hat pricing on Amazon EC2 vs. on-premise « rand($thoughts);
"Holding the product version and support level constant across an on-premise license and Amazon EC2 instance, the price premium of Windows vs. RHEL, if X% for on-premise, will be less than X% on the Amazon cloud.  Said differently, the license cost differential between proprietary and open source products narrows in the cloud."
pricing  cloud  redhat  amazon  support  windows  microsoft  rhel 
january 2010 by sogrady
Personal Technology: Move to Windows 7 - WSJ.com
this is brutal. contrast with the experience upgrading OS X. as good as the OS is looking, this will be a major barrier to adoption for those looking to upgrade w/o purchasing new hardware.
upgrade  windows  windows7  operating  system  microsoft 
july 2009 by sogrady
Six in 10 companies plan to skip Windows 7: survey | Technology | Reuters
we'll see how these numbers change closer to release. if 7 is what Vista could have and should have been, we're going to see more adoption than people think.
windows  microsoft  computing  marketshare  enterprise  adoption  windows7  vista 
july 2009 by sogrady
IBM Support - Number lock causes misbehavior in remote KVM - IBM BladeCenter E, IBM BladeCenter T
if you have an SK-8845 Lenovo keyboard that's behaving strangely under Linux or Windows, read this: the fix worked for me
sk-8845  lenovo  thinkpad  keyboard  linux  windows 
november 2008 by sogrady
Seen on campus: 2 Ubuntu Laptop Success Stories
i, like Microsoft, have announced to friends and family the end of my support for Windows XP. Ubuntu, on the other hand, i'm fine supporting.
ubuntu  windows  support  michaeldolan 
october 2008 by sogrady
5:55 AM: Tomboy Preview for Windows and Mac
i'd encourage all Windows and Mac users to give Tomboy a look; great little note taking application
windows  mac  tools  tomboy  opensource  mono 
october 2008 by sogrady
Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista | Tech News on ZDNet
i've heard this more than a few times lately, but the sales figures for Vista are ok (even if artifically inflated in many cases (like mine))
windows  microsoft  xp  vista  operatingsystems 
october 2008 by sogrady
Ballmer says Vista is a 'work in progress'
"Windows Vista: A work in progress. [Laughter, applause.] A very important piece of work, and I think we did a lot of things right, and I think we have a lot of things we need to learn from."
windows  vista  steveballmer  microsoft 
april 2008 by sogrady
Inside the Box » Blog Archive » Expanded Lenovo Linux Offerings
"Due to licensing terms dictated by Microsoft to all vendors in the industry, a PC must ship with an operating system installed...until those licensing terms change, it won’t be possible for us to ship anything to any customer “bare metal.” "
lenovo  pc  os  windows  linux  baremetal  installation 
february 2008 by sogrady
TechBlog: "Free Public WiFi"? Not!
i'd always wondered where the Free Public Wifi thing came from, especially since a friend called me about it yesterday afternoon
wifi  windows  security  freepublicwifi  airports 
january 2008 by sogrady
Office Live Workspace Is Microsoft's Most Promising Web App Yet, But It's Tied to the Desktop
"[OLW] is useful for..people who would rather not load...Office just to...make some quick edits to a spreadsheet. But due to its...integration with Office, Microsoft's online service is unable to fully cash in on the momentum behind web apps."
microsoft  ofice  review  software  technology  trends  windows  live  workplace 
december 2007 by sogrady
stevenf.com: Android, With More Optimism
"And that's why, despite all my grumping and flailing about of hands, I wish Google the best of luck with Android, and I'm looking forward to seeing it run on some actual hardware, and what happens after that."
android  google  apple  palm  windows  iphone  via:alex 
november 2007 by sogrady
Banshee Media Player Goes to Windows - Miguel de Icaza
i'm a Songbird guy rather than Banshee, but this is interesting from a porting perspective
banshee  windows  linux  mono  migueldeicaza 
june 2007 by sogrady
Forums : Crowd Favorite / Tasks Pro / A few issues on the Safari beta in Windows XP
already requests for Safari on Windows compatibility; i pity web devs everywhere
safari  windows  alexking  webdevelopment 
june 2007 by sogrady
Competing as Software Goes to Web « The Wayward Word Press
both open source and saas as threats to desktops everywhere; one of the reasons i find Big Board fascinating
opensouce  linux  apple  daveshields  microsoft  windows  desktop 
june 2007 by sogrady
Google Gears (BETA)
strike that, it supports Linux, Mac and Windows - ok, this is fascinating
offline  browser  google  windows  platform  compatibility  saas  extension  firefox  ie  ajax  via:GoogleOperatingSystem 
may 2007 by sogrady
Product Development & Outsourcing: Microsoft and Opensource
"I found Redmonk Stephen O'Grady's presentation most impressive of the day's. His rationale for OS ISVs was that the choice of Microsoft as a platform is simple - as an OS ISV with thin margins volume is what is most crucial..." - thx, Subhash
subhash  RedMonk  nxt  presentation  volume  platform  windows 
may 2007 by sogrady
Port 25 : MySQL on Windows: Configuration & Install
interesting thoughts on MySQL vs Postgres in the context of Windows
mysql  postgres  windows  port25  performance 
march 2007 by sogrady
Microsoft executive: Pirating software? Choose Microsoft!
interesting stance, considering the activation policies put in place in Vista (more on those shortly)
vista  microsoft  piracy  windows  raikes 
march 2007 by sogrady
Chris Maeda » Blog Archive » Linux Desktop Trial Over
Chris' experience differs from mine, as i find GNOME snappy compared to Windows XP (possibly b/c i'm not running anti-virus constantly); and wifi, with network manager, is trivial - if flaky on the hardware side. to each their own, though.
chrsmaeda  gnome  linux  desktop  wifi  windows 
february 2007 by sogrady
Daring Fireball: Command, Option, Control
a lot that i don't agree with in here, but Alex is right - the man does make some good points; you just need to remember that if Thurrott speaks for MSFT, so too does Gruber speak for AAPL
via:Alex  johngruber  drm  jobs  apple  windows 
february 2007 by sogrady
Open Sources | InfoWorld | Bill Gates: We were first, we were best, we are more secure | February 2, 2007 04:00 PM | By Matt Asay
"Upgrade a Linux machine? Not so easy for the average person." - couldn't disagree more; if you can click "ok" you can upgrade Ubuntu, and more importantly, all the applications in the Ubuntu repository
asay  linux  upgrade  ubuntu  apple  os-x  windows 
february 2007 by sogrady
Good Morning Silicon Valley: SOFTWARE PIRACY ALONE MOVES THE WHEELS OF HISTORY!
"Piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the development of the IT industry in Romania," Basescu said during a joint news conference with Gates. - this is pretty damn funny
humor  gates  piracy  romania  windows 
february 2007 by sogrady
BSBlog » Blog Archive » Is Ubuntu an Operating System?
disagree with this on pretty much every level - except for the binary incompatability; the author seems to believe that Ubuntu managed software installation is mutually exclusive with installing software - don't get that
ubuntu  windows  package  management  binary  incompatability 
october 2006 by sogrady
New York Times Reader - Miguel de Icaza
"A few years ago, before the Ajax revolution, it was to me pretty clear that Flash based frameworks and Avalon would pose a real threat to the web as we know it." - given my inability to see Flash 8 content, and the refusal to standardize Avalon, i'm incl
Flash  Avalon  windows  Presentation  Framework  mono  cross-platform 
october 2006 by sogrady
Lenovo Support & downloads - Battery recall
i need to try this; have to boot into Windows to do it, however
windows  lenovo  battery  recall 
october 2006 by sogrady
The Business of Software - Windows vs MacOSX sales numbers
some interesting metrics relating to the question of cross-platform application development and support
cross-platform  metrics  os-x  windows  via:Alex 
september 2006 by sogrady
Writer Zone: Introducing Windows Live Writer
wonder if this is a .NET app; be great if someone could get it running on Mono
C#  mono  Live  writer  windows  api  WordPress  movabletype  spaces 
august 2006 by sogrady
CLUG Wiki - GPRS Internet over Bluetooth
this would be tremendous - i'd have virtually no need for Windows anymore at home
windows  bluetooth  linux  debian  ubuntu  dun 
july 2006 by sogrady
Bill de hÓra: Switch Block
might Ubuntu gain another convert?
dehÓra  ubuntu  windows  switch 
july 2006 by sogrady
Frontier seeks online bookings boost with tech upgrade
yes, this a mildly interesting Windows to Solaris migration case study - but i'm more interested in what this means to me as a customer of Frontier's
frontier  solaris  windows  migration  via:Simon 
june 2006 by sogrady
The Fishbowl: We Come to Bury WinFS...
great reaction piece to the WinFS cancellation news
via:Alex  winfs  microsoft  osx  apple  Scoble  vista  windows 
june 2006 by sogrady
» Does the OpenDocument religion make sense? | George Ou | ZDNet.com
Ou's own argument makes a lot more sense if you assume that Microsoft Windows will be the only operating system you run, now and in future
ou  cross-platform  windows  opendocument 
april 2006 by sogrady
» Novell beats desktop Linux drum hard | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
maybe. but it's interesting; i'm hearing vendors besides Novell begin to say the same thing, not least because of what Ubuntu's been able to accomplish in a very short span of time
windows  linux  desktop  novell  ubuntu 
april 2006 by sogrady
» Has Linux patching surpassed Mac and Windows? | George Ou | ZDNet.com
surpassed? that makes it sound recent; this advantage has been there for a while. this is what i wrote about in August's "Linux, Solaris & Windows: The Application Management Q&A" - this is the advantage community offers
package  management  linux  solaris  windows  osx 
march 2006 by sogrady
Glimpse Inside a Metaverse: The Virtual World of Second Life - Google Video
skip 16:40ish to hear about how Second Life is cutting over to Mono and why (via Zac)
mono  google  secondlife  C#  cli  clr  cross-platform  linux  mac  windows 
march 2006 by sogrady
Mono on Windows - Miguel de Icaza
why use Mono on Windows? Miguel explains
mono  windows  deicaza  C# 
january 2006 by sogrady
Does Windows Patch Without Permission?
if this is true, it's scary; these sorts of powers rarely go unutilized
windows  microsoft  security  patching  update  privacy 
january 2006 by sogrady
Microsoft, Apple Sign 5-Year Software Pact - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com
as expected, Windows will run on Apple gear but OS X (in theory) won't run on non-Apple gear; it's too bad, that would be a real game changer, IMO
apple  os-x  microsoft  windows 
january 2006 by sogrady
Windows XP Home: obsolete sooner than you expect
XP Home Edition not eligible for security updates as of the end of '06? you've got to be kidding me
microsoft  security  support  windows  windowsxp  patching 
january 2006 by sogrady
Luis Villa's Blog
i don't agree with everything Luis says, but he's spot on here
villa  gnome  kde  linux  desktop  windows  os-x 
december 2005 by sogrady
Ecma WEB SITE
another Microsoft Ecma standard, this time the Windows C APIs - anybody ever seen this utilized? (via Fileformat.info)
ecma  microsoft  windows  apis  standards 
december 2005 by sogrady
Om Malik — ‽ Mapping Microsoft’s Competition
interesting to see Om include 37Signals and Zimbra on the list
asp  Live  microsoft  web2.0  windows  37signals  zimbra 
november 2005 by sogrady
Internet Software Services
Bill Gates commentary on the Ozzie memo and services
api  gates  microsoft  services  saas  web2.0  windows  google 
november 2005 by sogrady
Gates memo warns of 'disruptive' changes | CNET News.com
Gates/Ozzie at least sees the services wave coming; what's unclear is what how they can manage it being as tied as they are to Office/Windows
office  windows  microsoft  services  live.com 
november 2005 by sogrady
Sam Ruby: It Just Works
amen sir, amen. let's hear it for apt-get (or Portage, in my case)
samruby  blogs  debian  simplicity  linux  opensource  ubuntu  windows  programming 
november 2005 by sogrady
Windows Live
guess i'll have to wait for the Firefox version, but so far i'm unimpressed - can't wait to see the online Office tho
aggregator  ajax  windows  Live  saas  services  start.com  web-service  desktop  portal 
november 2005 by sogrady
BruceBlog
Bruce doesn't seem all that fired up by Dell's "open source" laptop :)
snyder  opensource  linux  desktop  debian  windows 
october 2005 by sogrady
Russell Beattie Notebook ‽ Why I Might Switch Back…
Beattie's becoming disillusioned with OS X; someone get him a copy of Ubuntu ;)
osx  beattie  apple  mac  microsoft  switch  windows 
september 2005 by sogrady
GoogleOS? YahooOS? MozillaOS? WebOS? (kottke.org)
a follow up on Kottke's older GooOS post; interesting food for thought
ajax  mozilla  google  firefox  browser  ibm  windows  web2.0  desktop  operating  systems  yahoo 
august 2005 by sogrady
Google Talk
this one's been rumored for a while now - will be interested to see uptick - i'm already using it; thumbs up for using the Jabber protocol and thus making it avail on Linux (except for VOIP, alas)
google  im  voip  windows  gaim  linux  jabber 
august 2005 by sogrady
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