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Major bug in MS Excel 2007
Blog Comment It's a good 'un. I'm not sure how serious it really is - as others have said, it only affects the display of the number, not its internal representation, and that's the sort of thing which is terribly difficult to write automated test sequences to...
[September 28, 2007, 16:09]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment This is the transition method for businesses. Browser defaults to Firefox, office suite becomes OpenOffice. All new line of business applications are web-based (standards compliant web applications only!
[September 2, 2008, 9:41]
OpenOffice.org gives MS Office a run for no money
News It's so hard to let go. Even those IT managers who want to make the break from Microsoft to Linux can't find the strength to let go of Microsoft Office. They can't imagine something that could replace it.
[November 27, 2002, 9:42]
Don't pirate MS-Office: use ours, says OpenOffice.org
Talkback The fact is, it doesn't do everything that Office does. Where is a calendar/diary app in OpenOffice? I can't work without one. OpenOffice lacks this important feature and will never be considered as a serious alternative to Office until it does.
[May 5, 2006, 13:29]
Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world
Blog Comment despite MS telling Ina that it would be fixed yesterday. And, I learn from Ina Fried over on CNet US, Microsoft has added to the "Vista's better than you thought, honest guv" push by unveiling a Vista Compatibility online tool.
[July 9, 2008, 11:57]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback Oops! I meant file:- all-ns.js
[March 12, 2004, 21:46]
Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world
Blog Comment Two basically unrelated thoughts about your post, Rupert. First, if Windows 7 is supposed to be 18 months away, but Microsoft makes the same kind of mess of its release that they did with Vista, and it slips another 12-18 months, that actually puts...
[July 9, 2008, 9:33]
Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world
Blog Comment "Vista is sunk". You misspelled junk, because that is what VISTA really is. Apparently they aren't listening to the public as they claim. I've tried VISTA, and found it to be extremely sluggish, slow to the point of irritation, difficult to find...
[July 9, 2008, 14:19]
Just how successful is the MS/Novell pact?
Blog Comment I find it bizarre that you would expect a global organisation to roll out new software to all users in all countries more-or-less simultaneously. Walmart is a big enough company that its various divisions may have worthwhile business reasons for...
[January 29, 2007, 14:11]
New security hole found in MS Word
Talkback The real news is that this security hole is targeted. Meaning that so far it's used to target specific organizations (since march at least if you must know). What that does mean? Well, the future holds customized attacks.
[May 23, 2006, 22:26]
Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world
Blog Comment Software that doesn't work right all the time, that gets attacked and compromised by 12 year olds running script kits, that doesn't comply with International standards, that has to be constantly updated because of all of the above, that has to be...
[July 10, 2008, 9:34]
Vista 'really good, really' says MS. 'Like we care?' says world
Blog Comment "To be CEO of Microsoft" reminds me of a movie with Whoppi Goldberg called "Eddie" where she plays a New York cabby that back-seat coaches the Knicks and then through a totally unrealistic and contrived event ends up coaching them for real.
[July 11, 2008, 9:14]
Official MS Windows 7 Bloggers
Blog Comment Well we already know who the noisy, annoying charlatan behind the curtain is!
[August 21, 2008, 13:46]
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Blog Comment @putt1ck - Yes, I fully agree, but not only for businesses. That is the sequence that I am following for converting my partner from Windows to Linux, and if that works out well, which it is so far, I'll do the same for other friends and family...
[September 2, 2008, 10:29]
Don't pirate MS-Office: use ours, says OpenOffice.org
Talkback I use OpenOffice and I find it just as good, if not better than Microsoft Office 2003. My daughter liked it and has got rid of her office and installed OpenOffice. Thank you
[May 5, 2006, 12:43]
MS ponders licensing by satellite and smart card
News These are just two of the licensing solutions that are currently being put through their paces within the walls of the Microsoft usability labs, according to UK anti-piracy manager David Gregory. The satellite service would enable users to download...
[February 3, 1999, 16:52]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback ""Name: Anonymous Occupation: Sound engineer Comment: I think it is the wrong window I'm writing in but please help. I have Netscape 6.2 internet surfer which I like very much because of it's real-time.
[October 25, 2005, 23:40]
Major bug in MS Excel 2007
Blog Comment I was reading the MSDN Blogs today.it appears this has been hotfixed now, but won't be automatically rolled out until SP1 http://blogs.msdn.com/rextang/archive/2007/10/11/5398309.aspx
[October 11, 2007, 10:26]
Don't pirate MS-Office: use ours, says OpenOffice.org
Talkback Also, Rick, don't forget that you can output to Acrobat files for free with OpenOffice.
[May 5, 2006, 21:54]
MS software-activation error hurts XP
Talkback I just downloaded Netscape 6.1 on my Mac and every time I open I get the message that activation.netscape.com could not be found. I can click OK and all works fine but how can I get rid of this message when opening?
[November 6, 2005, 12:00]
