Latest Microsoft news.
Top 10 things Microsoft loves and hates about open source, 05/14/07: Over the years, Microsoft has had some pretty harsh words (and actions) for the open source community in general and for Linux in particular. And with news this week that the company reportedly wants open source software users to pay royalties on 235 alleged patent violations, the relationship is obviously changing. We take a look at five ways Microsoft is embracing open source or Linux and five ways it is doing to battle against those same forces.
Microsoft tweaks Patch Tuesday advance notification, 05/16/07: Microsoft is changing the way it documents its monthly security patches.
Microsoft lays out Windows server road map, 05/16/07: Microsoft Wednesday laid out its roadmap for Windows Server, including versions for small and midsize businesses based on Windows Server 2008 as well as a target date to ship the first update to the forthcoming server OS.
WINHEC – Microsoft expands sales channel for home server, 05/15/07: Microsoft has signed up more vendors to build hardware for its forthcoming Windows Home Server, expanding the sales channel for the company’s first server OS aimed at home PC users.
Gates christens Longhorn Windows Server 2008, outlining future areas of focus, 05/15/07: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates Tuesday revealed one of the company’s worst kept secrets by announcing Longhorn Server will officially be called Windows Server 2008.
Password policy management feature slipped into Longhorn, 05/15/07: Los Angeles – Microsoft has quietly added a password management feature to Longhorn Server that will let administrators assign password policies based on users and groups regardless of what domain they reside in.
Microsoft and open source patents: What does it all mean?, 05/14/07: Microsoft believes that Linux and open source software violates 235 of its patents and it wants violators to pay up. The company for years has been bashing the open source community and this latest move may well be the bloodiest battle yet.
How satisfied are Microsoft customers?, 05/15/07: Making customers happy, some experts say, is the fine art of balancing experience and expectation. Based on that, the feeling of Microsoft customers is starting to edge ever so slightly towards the disappointment end of the spectrum, according to results of an annual survey by the University of Michigan released on Tuesday.
Microsoft demands royalties for open-source software: Microsoft reportedly wants open-source software users to pay royalties on 235 alleged patent violations.
Microsoft shows off new unified communications phones: Microsoft is launching a qualification program for phones that are compatible with its unified communications products.
Response Point should be your SMB VoIP solution: John Obeto on Microsoft blog: Designed from the ground up to meet the needs of small businesses, Microsoft Response Point is an easily managed phone system with the headroom to grow along with the needs of small businesses.
Five companies Microsoft should buy: If Microsoft is tired of its billions of dollars in loose change, there are a number of companies in the industry that Microsoft should consider buying – even if Yahoo is out of its reach.
