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Canonical ties Ubuntu 10.10 tightly into Amazon's cloud

Ubuntu Server's integration with EC2 offers some cool options, but it comes with vendor lock-in.
Submitted by Source Seeker on Thu, 10/07/10 - 7:40pm.

On Sunday, Canonical will release its next upgrade to Ubuntu, Version 10.10, and to hear executives talk about the server edition of this Linux distribution, it's all about the cloud -- particularly Amazon's cloud.

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Windows 7: the untold story of how the enterprise gets snubbed

Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Tue, 01/20/09 - 4:57pm.

There is a lot to like about Windows 7 for the consumer. For the enterprise, not so much. While Microsoft has added some fancy new features aimed at the enterprise (see box, below) it seems to have treated the enterprise's needs as an afterthought, contends Windows guru Paul Thurrott in an interview with Microsoft Subnet.

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Microsoft releases OOXML-to-HTML translator

Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Mon, 06/30/08 - 7:20pm.

Microsoft on Monday unveiled projects to improve data portability between Office 2007 and other document file formats, reports a story on Linxworld. 

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Has Microsoft secretly lined up new Yahoo board?

Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Thu, 03/27/08 - 10:55pm.

The New York Post ran a story today that said no one would step up to be on an alternative Yahoo board on Microsoft's behalf for fear of alienating Yahoo. The TechCrunch blog calls the story balderdash. TechCrunch says that an alternative board is in place, confirmed by a person who claims to be a member.

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Microsoft joins privacy/portability organization: skepticism required

Submitted by Microsoft Subnet on Thu, 01/24/08 - 9:22pm.

Microsoft announced today that it is joining DataPortability.org - a group that professes to create tools to protect privacy as users move about the Internet. Ironically, the group also wants to help Web site owners and other vendors access and share more data about these same users as they move around. Those would on the surface seem to be opposing goals but dig a little deeper and you discover ... yup, they are indeed opposing goals.

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