8 posts and columns on Windows Server

Windows 8 Shows Its Server Side

in Enterprise on September 14, 2011 at 9:25 am PT

Redmond says the server version of Windows 8 is heavily influenced by what the company has learned in running Windows Azure, the cloud-based operating system in Microsoft’s data centers.
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Oracle Ceases Development For Intel's Itanium Chip

in Enterprise on March 23, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

In so doing, Oracle has reminded the world that the 64-bit server chip upon which Intel once pinned such great hopes still exists.

Microsoft: Every Current Version of Windows Has a Gaping Hole in It

in Enterprise on January 28, 2011 at 2:40 pm PT

Ever heard of MHTML? No? Well, Microsoft says Internet Explorer users should turn it off for a while until the company figures out how to fix this latest vulnerability in Windows.

Microsoft Announces Windows 7 Neelie Kroes Edition

in News on July 24, 2009 at 11:14 am PT

Despite all its threats and protestations, Microsoft has finally capitulated to the European Commission’s demand that it bundle rival Web browsers along with Internet Explorer in Windows 7. “Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case,” the Commission said in a press release. Microsoft, for its part, says the move is a “big step forward.”
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Not the Dreaded Blue Sky of Death Again …

in News on October 2, 2008 at 12:00 am PT

If Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Free Software Foundation founder Richard M. Stallman are planning a membership drive for their new Anti-Cloud Computing Coalition, they best not go knocking on Steve Ballmer’s door. Because the Microsoft CEO might not agree with their assessment of the Cloud Computing sobriquet as “complete gibberish,” “idiocy,” “stupidity,” and “worse than stupidity.” At an event in London today, Ballmer said Microsoft will debut its own “cloud operating system” at its Professional Developer Conference at the end of this month.

Hell Braces for Repeat of 2006 "Big Freeze"

in News on August 20, 2008 at 10:00 am PT

In Sept. 1991, Microsoft exec Jim Allchin emailed CEO Bill Gates: “We must slow down Novell. As you said Bill, it has to be dramatic. We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger.” And in 2001 Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer likened Linux to “cancer.” Later that year, Gates derided open-source licensing models like the one used by Linux as “Pacman-like.”

Hell Braces for Repeat of 2006 “Big Freeze”

in News on August 20, 2008 at 10:00 am PT

In Sept. 1991, Microsoft exec Jim Allchin emailed CEO Bill Gates: “We must slow down Novell. As you said Bill, it has to be dramatic. We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger.” And in 2001 Microsoft Chief Steve Ballmer likened Linux to “cancer.” Later that year, Gates derided open-source licensing models like the one used by Linux as “Pacman-like.”