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Gasp! Microsoft Takes Linux Hyper-V Drivers Open Source
Microsoft temporarily suspended its fear and loathing of all things Linux this week. The Windows juggernaut released Linux Hyper-V drivers under the GPL version 2 and submitted them for inclusion in the main Linux kernel source tree. What next? Sharepoint running natively on Linux? Let’s not go that far. But while submitting device driver code…
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Microsoft Deal Talk, Optimism Overshadow Down Results
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Google Inc. The question for investors when the world’s…
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Is Microsoft on the Offensive?
Apple’s complaints that Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter TV ads are unfair and inaccurate is a major victory for Microsoft, which previously couldn’t get a marketing hit against the consumer favorite Mac. Although its still a distant third in market share, Bing has captured the attention of the user community and is now the alternative to Google…
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How One VAR Saved the Army $1 Billion a Year
The U.S. Army is a fighting force of more than 1.1 million soldiers and several hundred thousand civilian support personnel and contractors. Each person serving the Army is evaluated annually for fitness and performance, a process that was consuming tens of thousands of work hours and millions of pounds of paper at a cost of…
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Processor Maker AMD to Follow Intel on the Road to Recovery?
When processor maker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) announced its earnings recently, the chip giant did better than expected, giving hope to some that the recession’s disastrous effect on technology sales may be slackening. And now an analyst firm says that prognosis may get some further support from Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices’ (NYSE: AMD) earnings, which will…
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Top 10 (Almost) Happenings at Microsoft WPC
No 1: Partner Program Morphs — Again Partners are going to do some serious digesting of the new program, now called the Microsoft Partner Network. Beyond the name change, the most notable difference for partners is a new membership structure that is going to require more investment in competency specialization, more proof of ongoing customer…