Latest Microsoft news.
Microsoft/Novell open Windows/Linux interop lab, 09/12/07: Microsoft and Novell on Wednesday swung open the doors on their Windows/Linux interoperability lab and said its initial focus will be around three projects involving virtualization, management and identity federation.
Stallman says Microsoft’s deal with Novell is backfiring, 09/12/07: In a Q&A with Computerworld, Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation has lots to say about Microsoft’s position – or lack thereof – over the GPLv3.
Microsoft releases fixes for just four flaws, 09/11/07: Microsoft Tuesday issued four security bulletins that patched just four vulnerabilities in Windows, Visual Studio and the MSN and Windows Live Messenger software, setting a 2007 record for the fewest flaws fixed in a month’s scheduled updates.
MS ANTITRUST: States ask for five-year extension of judgment, 09/11/07: A group of state plaintiffs in the Microsoft antitrust case will ask for a five-year extension of a large portion of the 2002 judgment against the company, the group’s lawyer said Tuesday.
Microsoft delivers RFID with BizTalk 2006 R2, 09/11/07: Microsoft late Monday released BizTalk Server 2006 R2, its first software with RFID support and the foundation for its SOA, supply chain and business process-management platforms.
IBM piles on Microsoft’s open document defeat, 09/10/07: IBM Monday seized on last week’s rejection by the ISO of the Microsoft and Ecma International Office Open XML format and said it would throw its development weight behind OpenOffice.org, the most prominent set of open source applications based on the Open Document Format.
IBM beats Microsoft over the head with its own code, 09/10/07: IBM added a delicious twist on its new commitment to help OpenOffice.org battle Microsoft Office by donating code that was originally derived in part from a Microsoft-developed technology.
Microsoft Subnet blogger Sue Hanley writes:: “A thoughtful reply to my tech support posting last week suggests that `nothing is going to change until we vote with our wallet or a company’s upper management tries a support call themselves and decides that adequate customer support is more important than a few short term dollars on the quarterly bottom line.’ I couldn’t agree more.
Microsoft Subnet blogger John Obeto: You need virtualization everywhere: “All plans going forward should include virtualization in any and all forms, especially on desktop systems. However…desktop OS licenses are different than server licenses, and IT managers should check their EULAs.”
