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  • Can System Builders Turn to Ubuntu?

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    Late last month, Ubuntu 8.04 arrived on the scene, right on time, right on its six-month refresh cycle and readily available via a simple ISO image file download. While that may have been big news for the Linux community, the question remains, what if any impact will this latest release have on mainstream computer users?… Read more

  • Microsoft Gets Closer to Open Document Standard

    Channel Insider Staff

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    ST GALLEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Wednesday that starting some time next year it will make it easier for users of an open-source rival to work with Microsoft Office. Without adding any special software to Office, users will be able to open documents sent to them in the open source Open Document Format… Read more

  • Microsoft Urges U.K. Partners to Sign Up for Office Live

    Sharon Linsenbach

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      Microsoft is urging partners in the United Kingdom to sign up for its Office Live Designer and Developer Community, hoping that the promise of nearly 1 million potential small business customers will add to its Office Live Small Business partner base. Microsoft’s Tim Kimber, director of product marketing, Office Live, says about 250 Office… Read more

  • Linux Beat Windows? VARs React to Our Products of the Year

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The channel is nothing if not opinionated. Sure, a critical mass of VARs agreed sufficiently to sort out the Channel Insider Product of the Year Awards, but that doesn’t mean solution providers around the country aren’t harboring feelings about the winners, the losers and even the products that didn’t make the list at all. While… Read more

  • Microsoft proposes alternative deal to Yahoo

    Channel Insider Staff

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    SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Sunday it has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc, rather than a full acquisition, in a move that could save the web pioneer from fighting a proxy battle with financier Carl Icahn. "Microsoft is considering and has raised with Yahoo an alternative that would involve a transaction… Read more

  • Client Virtualization Comes to the Fore

    Michael Vizard

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    Virtualization hasn’t always been kind to solution providers. On the one hand, it’s an important element of any server consolidation effort, which usually leads to additional IT services opportunities and the sale of a few larger servers to replace a whole host of under-utilized smaller servers. But the flip side of the virtualization coin is… Read more