Unix Services for Windows isn't new for Server operating systems but this is for Windows 7, a desktop OS, and that is new. To get this functionality before, you had to install Cygwin. There have...

I've done a bit of research on Windows 7 Enterprise to discover some of its new features and to uncover its secrets. From what I've seen so far, Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) has provided some...

Yesterday was Microsoft's big day. Windows 7 was released. Did you go buy your copy already? Are you waiting? Whether you have or haven't doesn't really matter but I'm going to give you my five...

I can connect to it with RDP but what I see is a command prompt window and a nice cyan screen behind that. There are no local tools that I can find. This is Hyper-V on what amounts to Server 2008...

I'm having a rather traumatic experience with certain Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) products lately. My problem is that I'm trying to "get to know" Microsoft's Hyper-V for my virtualization...

Intel (http://www.intel.com) acquired Wind River (http://www.windriver.com) for $884 million to boost Linux adoption in the Intel Atom market. Obviously Intel sees Wind River's embedded Linux market...

Here's the scoop on what makes me say that Windows 7 will be the last Windows product, in case you didn't get it from the post. Microsoft changes the name of its products to meet what they think is...

@mogafett
BTW, I don't wear sandals...don't even own a pair--ick, that's for hippies. I don't have a Van Dyke beard, a ponytail, body art, piercings nor do I live in my parent's basement.

@scru
I do have a great sense of humor (humour). See? Funny stuff, that.

@mogafett

I'm not British. Cheque is for those who speak the Queen's English. American English is Check. Oh, I do have a secret love for Microsoft...oops...cat's out of the bag! <wink>

@windowsrefund

A lifetime supply of MS products would give me all the fodder I would ever need for thousands of articles.

I know those number but when you rename a product and redo it, that's more than a minor revision change: 5.0 to 5.1. They are grasping at trying to keep their OS fresh and I think calling it simply,...

As much as Microsoft loves to grinch about Linux, they've made significant changes over the years to compete with it--and will abandon it altogether to maintain their competitive edge. Windows 7 will...

So, I'm guessing you're a Mac user then?

Linux may never gain widespread success, that we, the Linux fans want it to, because it's just too complex for the average computer user. Sure, we now have KDE (http://www.kde.org), GNOME...

Great story, Ron. Did you know that Microsoft just released their Live Web Sandbox as Open Source this week. A bold move from our friends in Redmond.
Here's a link: Web Sandbox...

Ah yes, another significant victory for Linux as the Russian government decides (http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/22094) that there will be a national operating system based on Linux. This new...

Steve Ballmer called Linux a "Cancer (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/)" in the past, ranted about patent infringement...

For current systems, no. Where you save real money by using Linux is on refresh or new systems. Licensing fees are unreasonably high for certain OSs and applications. Linux will also save money in...

Henry Ford, father of the mass production assembly line, would have hated Linux although embracing it today might help pull his company out of its current financial nosedive (Current stock price...

You don't have to use the shell to install programs. Use Synaptic or the KPackage program.
I'm glad Macs have a shell now...less annoying than before. And now more than one button on the...

I read an article on Yahoo Tech yesterday that I have to share with you. The title is "Microsoft says next Windows won't be as annoying...

Awesome article! I too made a LOT of money over the past 15 years off of Windows. I am glad it wasn't and isn't better. My house will be paid off in 4 years because of it.