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Windows not an Advanced OS!

Is the Jan 27, 2003, issue of Information Week (article), Steve Ballmer says that “While some of this money [$5B] is going toward pure research in promising areas such as advanced operating systems and user interfaces, artificial intelligence, and quantum...

Microsoft and Security

In a week where some technology types asked “Is Windows finally ready for the desktop?” it was leaked that Microsoft itself had fallen victim to a SQL Server worm that exploits a vulnerability publicized last year. It seems that someone forgot to apply the...

Houston Just Says No

Yay for Houston! In its typical sales approach, Microsoft threatened to force an expensive audit of all the city of Houston if they did not sign a new multi-million dollar contract. Houston said no. They are deploying a different office suite called SimDesk. I’d...