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Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world
Blog Comment If I were CEO of Microsoft, i'd say: Fine, People, you win. XP you want? XP you can have. I'd allow PC makers to ship XP machines if they wish to do so, but not extend support. I'd lower the price on Vista so it is approximately £10 - £20 higher...
[July 10, 2008, 9:13]
MS gets heavy with shareware upstart
News A shareware developer and former Microsoft worker is vowing to fight his ex-employer for the right to distribute his home-networking software. Lawyers representing Microsoft sent a cease-and-desist letter last week to Esiod Systems, a small...
[June 11, 2003, 9:27]
Major bug in MS Excel 2007
Blog Comment Yes I like that one, quite mind blowing. It only seems to be that particular number though? Dividing 65535 by 77.1 gives 850 and dividing 65535 by 850 gives 77.1 which is all correct!
[September 28, 2007, 14:53]
MS Passport reveals credit card details
Talkback I'm so upset, I can't begin to write how I feel except that I am extremely disappointed that I trusted hotmail enough to conduct my daily work through them and I have lost alot of money and work during this Xmas season and I'm now penniless for...
[December 14, 2005, 20:47]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment Nice entry Jamie There are many good things to be said for Open office and it's not too unfamiliar to anyone that has used any sort of office software in recent years. I have used this product on my windows desktop for many years now I've had to...
[August 15, 2008, 15:35]
Official MS Windows 7 Bloggers
Blog Comment Well we already know who the noisy, annoying charlatan behind the curtain is!
[August 17, 2008, 3:45]
Don't pirate MS-Office: use ours, says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Yes, that's a nice story. My wife bought a laptop and read the licence statement of Microsoft Office's website for the use of Office 2003 on a second computer. It was legitimate under certain circumstances and she complied to this.
[May 11, 2006, 21:40]
MS Store Trek: The Next Generation
Blog Comment It's not so much getting rid of the additional software that's been installed on PCs, it's more getting it out of the boot path and out of the first start-up process. Most of the machines at the Microsoft Store have all the software that normally...
[December 1, 2009, 7:20]
Official MS Windows 7 Bloggers
Blog Comment Hmm, when is a blog not a blog? When it's wrapped up in a warm blanket of thrice-subbed corporate marketing-eze and "dedicated" to you, yes you, the "passionate folks" who follow every burp, wriggle and goodness-knows-what-else that emanates from...
[August 17, 2008, 18:45]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback Follow " Minister Mike Miller Fix" to dis-able that pesky "activation.netscape.com" start-up screen in Netscape 6! Praise God! It worked for me! Find the all-ns.js file on your operating system like this:
[October 26, 2005, 1:30]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment @Xwindowsjunkie - Spot on, as always. For anyone who needs to produce PDF format documents, OpenOffice is a dream. I first started producing PDF quite some years ago, working with a world-wide charitable organization, and the only way to prodcue it...
[August 18, 2008, 7:08]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback Follow "The Minister Mike Miller Netscape Fix" to dis-able that pesky activation.netscape.com start-up screen in Netscape 6! Praise God! It worked for me! Find the all-ns.js file on your operating system like this:
[October 26, 2005, 1:19]
MS Store Trek: The Next Generation
Blog Comment they don't put it on for fun; they put it on for profit. Occasionally, they realise - as with the Dell Vostro - it's counterproductive and offer customers the option not to have it. Everyone else is doing it' hasn't been a good excuse since before...
[November 30, 2009, 8:34]
MS Store Trek: The Next Generation
Blog Comment No, the prices we saw are comparable to PC prices elsewhere in US stores. How can that be? Microsoft might be choosing to get a slightly lower margin than the PC manufacturers to sell a PC with an experience that will stop PC users switching to Mac...
[November 29, 2009, 21:50]
Open-source guru claims proof of MS-SCO link
Talkback void Microsoft::fightLinux (bool advantageLinux) By any means possible" **/ String sco = "cannon fudder"; if(advantageLinux) { int i = 1; for(i; ; i++) print(SCO);
[March 4, 2004, 16:58]
Open-source guru claims proof of MS-SCO link
Talkback Microsoft and SCO (originally Santa Cruz Operation) have been closely allied since the days of Xenix, a Unix look-alike developed by Microsoft but marketed through SCO. It would be no surprise to me that Microsoft is now backing SCO financially in...
[March 4, 2004, 17:06]
Open-source guru claims proof of MS-SCO link
Talkback What the hell kind of code snippet was that? That doesn't even fly for psuedo-code.
[March 4, 2004, 17:10]
Windows '97: MS gives IE 4.0 public preview
Talkback Yes I was needing to free up some disc space and wasn't sure exactly what I was able to delete. My computer was rebuilt, and it's Windows 98. I have DSL and sometimes this box will pop up and say an error has occured we are going to shut down...
[September 24, 2004, 13:16]
Don't pirate MS-Office: use ours, says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Is it MS Office? NO, but how many people need everything MS Office offers for normal Home and Small Business use? Note: OpenOffice.org is NOT Java based. The vast magority of the code is C++. The new Database module uses Java and some Wizards...
[May 5, 2006, 21:23]
