Get it? Rolls out? It's a pun wrapped in a word play. Anyway, the question here isn't how good
Microsoft's car software
is, but whether there will be an auto industry in the next few months to actually buy it.
Posted by Lee Pender on March 03, 20090 comments
OK, we're not going to lie to you. (We never do lie to you, actually, but in this case we're going to be ridiculously truthful.) Your editor just spent a decent chunk of Monday afternoon shoveling snow, uncovering cars and watching the neighbor clear the driveway with the second-greatest invention of all time, the snow blower. (The greatest invention is still air conditioning.)
So this might not be the most poignant, clever or analytical RCPU entry of all time. But it will be informative, starting with this week's news, lovingly crafted by RCP Editor in Chief Scott Bekker, that Microsoft is taking its online services worldwide.
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Posted by Lee Pender on March 03, 20090 comments
Microsoft is suing the Linux-loving GPS company, and since patents are involved in the suit, the open source community is
getting nervous
. And probably for good reason.
Posted by Lee Pender on March 03, 20090 comments
If we were hosting a '70s variety show or possibly "Saturday Night Live," we'd be smiling, pointing and saying, "Once again, ladies and gentlemen, Scott Bekker!" And here he is with details of
changes to Citrix's partner program
. Followed by a song, we hope.
Posted by Lee Pender on March 03, 20090 comments
It makes sense if you think about it. It might even make sense if you don't. That's why we're prone to believe the rumor that Windows 7 could arrive as early as September.
This week, an executive at an OEM in Taipei dropped the mega-hint that the final version Windows 7 might not wait until December or January to come bursting out of the womb. Ray Chen of Compal Electronics is talking about Microsoft releasing the magnificent 7 this fall, maybe in September or October.
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Posted by Lee Pender on February 26, 20092 comments
Hmm. Maybe there's something to the idea that a down economy will be a boon to companies that offer a hosted model. Salesforce.com bucked the industry -- and the global -- trend by blowing its earnings out of the water in its most recent fiscal quarter.
Posted by Lee Pender on February 26, 20090 comments
HP is distributing Solaris 10
on Proliant servers and blades
; the two companies seem to be aiming the effort squarely at both Microsoft and Linux. Good luck.
Posted by Lee Pender on February 26, 20090 comments
Bull, Dell and HP are some of the big partners involved with
this effort
.
Posted by Lee Pender on February 25, 20090 comments
"Dance with the one what brung ya."
-- Old Texas saying often used by, and possibly even coined by, Darrell Royal, former football coach at the University of Texas
We hope that your editor's fellow TCU Horned Frogs out there -- we know you're reading -- will forgive a quote from an old rival, but we just couldn't think of a better quip to describe Steve Ballmer's state-of-Microsoft speech delivered on Wall Street this week.
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Posted by Lee Pender on February 25, 20091 comments