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Windows 7: Microsoft's Information Blackout
News ZDNet.com's Larry Dignan talks with blogger colleagues Mary Jo Foley and Ed Bott about the roadmap for Windows 7, including feature sets, timelines, partners, OEMs and marketing. Microsoft is maintaining a cloak of silence around its next major...
[May 27, 2008, 17:13]
This 'agenda' Theory Just Does Not Make Sense...
Talkback Since last September 5th, Microsoft and Novell have announced a technical collaboration on the Moonlight Project, which has been widely commented since, like here - also on ZDNet - by Mary Jo Foley: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?
[May 6, 2008, 9:45]
Windows XP SP3 Coming Tomorrow?
Blog Thanks to a variety of sources, including ZDNet.com’s Microsoft guru extraordinaire Mary Jo Foley and ZDNet.co.uk’s Rupert Goodwins, we have got wind that Microsoft may announce the final version of Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 3 tomorrow.
[February 20, 2008, 11:16]
Microsoft Hyper-V Ready To Go?
Blog According to Microsoft watcher extraordinaire Mary-Jo Foley, "testers claiming familiarity with the company’s plans", have let slip that Hyper-V will beat the goal which Microsoft set back for it when Windows Server 2008 was launched back in...
[June 25, 2008, 15:31]
Microsoft Makes Vista SP1 Release Candidate Public
News According to a blog by Mary Jo Foley on ZDNet.co.uk sister site ZDNet.com, a Microsoft spokesperson said the build contained "a number of bugs that testers encountered in previous pre-release versions of SP1 [Service Pack 1]".
[January 14, 2008, 7:51]
Microsoft Claims Immunity From GPLv3
News According to ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft has belatedly realised a problem with the vouchers it issued to users of Suse Linux, immunising them from prosecution over the patents Microsoft claims Linux and other open-source software...
[July 6, 2007, 17:47]
Microsoft: Windows 7 For Servers To Be Minor Release
News The software maker confirmed its naming plans, following a report by ZDNet.com blogger Mary-Jo Foley. Initially, Foley reported that Microsoft was skipping its minor R2 release and moving straight to its next major release.
[August 19, 2008, 8:47]
Vista Versus The Gutsy Gibbon - Ubuntu 7.10
Blog Comment Here's the link if anyone wants to take a look: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/100reasons.mspx (Thanks to Mary-Jo Foley on ZDNet.com blogs for highlighting this. Microsoft's now promoting Vista with a campaign called "100...
[October 22, 2007, 14:57]
AMD Systems Thrown By XP SP3 Update
News The issue was noted late last week on Microsoft forums and by others, including ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley. Owners of some AMD-based computers are finding that the move to Windows XP Service Pack 3 has sent their systems into an endless reboot cycle.
[May 13, 2008, 16:16]
Vista Launch Date Set For November?
News Yes, Vista will be released in November of this year," wrote Microsoft's Greg Randall, according to Mary Jo Foley of Microsoft Watch. The launch of Windows Vista appears to have slipped towards the back end of this year, according to Microsoft...
[March 15, 2006, 13:15]
Now For Longhorn Server
Blog You can find more details in Mary Jo Foley's blog over on ZDNet.com. So Microsoft's Vista desktop OS has finally been released to manufacturing (RTM). Thank goodness for that, many will say: although we've assiduously covered the many pre-release...
[November 9, 2006, 11:15]
With Gates Gone, Will Microsoft Open Up?
Blog According to my colleage Mary Jo Foley, Ozzie says open source is a more serious competitor than Google, and "much more potentially disruptive” to Microsoft’s business. Amongst the speculation about what Microsoft will be like after Bill Gates...
[June 30, 2008, 12:55]
Fun And Games With OOXML
Blog IDC study on document standards, as reported by Mary Jo Foley. Quick quiz - no referring. Who said. Well, its too early for other vendors to commit to this file format. After the BRM [Ballot Resolution Meeting - in February 2008] there may be...
[September 13, 2007, 9:31]
Open Source Could Save NHS
News But there are always two sides to every story and Mary Jo Foley points out the advantages and disadvantages of open source versus proprietary software. The cash-strapped NHS would benefit from adopting open source software such as Linux, according...
[October 30, 2000, 13:31]
Has The Linux 'dream Machine' Arrived? Part I
News Mary Jo Foley reckons software companies slinging the 'open source' phrase don't all mean the same thing. IBM's pitch to make the mainframe the premier e-business platform is getting a little help from an unexpected place: Linux.
[March 31, 2000, 8:27]
UPDATE: Small Step For IBM, Giant Leap For Linux
News The recent hack of Microsoft and its repercussions have strengthened Mary Jo Foley's belief that the operating system wars are alive and well. IBM announced Thursday what it called the biggest ever commercial use of Linux, inking a deal to outfit a...
[November 3, 2000, 8:09]
Privacy Groups To Take On Microsoft?
News Sm@rt Reseller's Mary Jo Foley contributed to this report. In a letter to Microsoft managers Tuesday, Junkbuster.com President Jason Catlett said a formal complaint over privacy concerns with Microsoft's statements regarding two identifiers in...
[March 10, 1999, 9:42]
Judge Orders Microsoft Broken In Two
News Reuters and Margaret Kane and Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet News contributed to this report. Microsoft said it will appeal the ruling. We will be appealing this decision, and we have a very good case on appeal," said Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in a...
[June 8, 2000, 8:51]
X-Box Alert! Microsoft Got Game?
News Sm@rt Reseller's Mary Jo Foley contributed to this article. Microsoft is getting ready to declassify its long-secret gaming X-file. Last week the software giant completed the purchase of the X-Box.com domain name, lending that much more credence to...
[February 28, 2000, 9:50]
The Day Ahead: Liberate Licks Chops As Microsoft TV Stumbles
News ZDNet News' Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft isn't replacing CE with Whistler set-top boxes. In short order, Microsoft's interactive TV plans have become inactive. Microsoft has invested billions into cable companies in an effort to buy market...
[September 6, 2000, 12:01]
