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Be buy will help Palm target Microsoft

...s appropriate for Palm to seek some new management talent." Jean-Louis Gassee, Be's chairman and chief executive officer, will temporarily help Palm to... Read more

17 August, 2001 by Ian Fried and Sandeep Junnarkar

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

This week: Cix finds a UFO, why Melissa loves Bill, how 22 hairy men can save you from music on hold, the perfect crime in cyberspace and ooooh, those wacky French! Read more

9 April, 1999 by Rupert Goodwins

PalmSource CEO steps down

...year. In November, the company also appointed a new chairman, Jean-Louis Gassee, a general partner with venture capital firm Allegis Capital. Gassee replaced Eric... Read more

24 May, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...a risk of being called sexist, ageist and French,' said Jean Louis Gassee, chairman of Be, 'if you put multimedia, a leather skirt and lipstick... Read more

19 November, 2004

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...a risk of being called sexist, ageist and French,' said Jean Louis Gassee, chairman of Be, 'if you put multimedia, a leather skirt and lipstick... Read more

19 November, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

Microsoft gears up for another antitrust battle

...2m after attorneys' fees. Founded by former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gassee, Be developed an operating system that won acclaim from a small base... Read more

19 December, 2003 by Charles Cooper and Karen Southwick

Microsoft settles Be lawsuit for $23m

...Park, California-based Be, founded by former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gassee, developed an operating system that won acclaim from a small base of... Read more

8 September, 2003 by Ina Fried

Be stings Microsoft with lawsuit

...the process of dissolving itself as a company. Chief executive Jean-Louis Gassee, a former Apple Computer executive, launched Be in 1990. A Microsoft representative... Read more

20 February, 2002 by Ian Fried

Palm to buy software maker Be

...is based in Santa Clara, California. Be's chief executive, Jean-Louis Gassee, will temporarily help Palm to integrate Be's technology and work force... Read more

16 August, 2001 by Sandeep Junnarkar

Mac soothsaying: Survey says...

...editors require that I shake the moths out of my Jean-Louis Gassee signature-edition hexachrome turban and Windex the Bondi-blue crystal ball in... Read more

24 July, 2000 by Matthew Rothenberg

Be to offer free version of its latest OS

...valuable market feedback while aggressively pursuing Internet appliance opportunities," CEO Jean-Louis Gassee said in a release. The company said today that was re-focusing... Read more

18 January, 2000 by Margaret Kane

Compaq licenses BeOS for Net apps

...the vision of its founder, ex-Apple Computer vice president Jean-Louis Gassee. What do you think? Tell the Mailroom . And read what others have... Read more

21 December, 1999 by Robert Lemos

It's war once again! The coming fight for the soul of a new machine

...Everyone, one way or another, says the same thing," said Jean-Louis Gassee, chairman and CEO of operating system maker Be -- one company that has... Read more

23 November, 1999 by Robert Lemos

Microsoft antitrust judgement: Winners and losers

...TV provider Media One. Be: Windows' market dominance has turned Jean-Louis Gassee into "Jean-Louis Passe." The flamboyant French entrepreneur has had to rein... Read more

9 November, 1999 by Charles Cooper

Steve Jobs' job for life

...the only one who could have turned them around," said Jean-Louis Gassee, a former chief technology officer at Apple and now the CEO at... Read more

28 April, 1999 by Charles Cooper

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

6 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

9 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

12 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

13 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

17 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

17 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry