There's more bad news for Microsoft regarding Vista, if you can believe that.
This week, a company called Devil Mountain Software that tracks such things
said that 35 percent of PCs
end
up with "downgrades"
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Posted by Lee Pender on August 20, 20088 comments
It sort of sounds like a tag line you'd expect to hear in an underwear ad,
but Microsoft is now
touting
"ultimate" support
through its Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate
offering.
Posted by Lee Pender on August 20, 20080 comments
We're contractually obligated -- OK, we don't have contracts here at RCPU,
but if we did we'd be obligated -- to mention the Olympics this time of year,
so here you go: Microsoft's Office Open XML format, for which we
previously
used a sports metaphor
to discuss, finally got its gold medal late last
week, sweeping away the last few desperate appeals and becoming -- for sure,
this time -- an
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Posted by Lee Pender on August 19, 20082 comments
Microsoft would really love for you to buy Vista and all...but, hey, if you're
really into Windows, the next version
has
its own blog
. We've heard partners tell us that Microsoft's promotion of
Windows 7 has hurt Vista's prospects for becoming the next XP. And we do sense
a real mixed message from Microsoft here: On one hand, Steve Ballmer and company
really pushed the forlorn OS at the Worldwide Partner Conference...but, on the
other hand, Windows 7 sure is getting a lot of advance publicity from Redmond.
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Posted by Lee Pender on August 19, 20083 comments
Vista is eating up U.K. market share -- or, more specifically, taking it away
from XP -- not because customers like it but because
they
can't avoid it
.
By the way, we're still taking e-mails on whether you're going to try to stretch
XP until Windows 7 arrives. We'll run your responses next week. Sound off at
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Posted by Lee Pender on August 14, 20080 comments
It's a week for apologies, and VMware is so
sorry
about a botched update
that left some of its wares lifeless. Somewhere,
Diane Greene must be having a bit of a chuckle.
Posted by Lee Pender on August 14, 20080 comments