Η Micro$oft και τα Windows 8

It has been months since Windows 7's successor has entered the planning and early development stages, and already Microsoft is taking aim at its competition deep inside its headquarters. At least two of them, Apple and Google, are being scrutinized especially closely, according to sources within the company. Despite the strong start Windows 7 has had, and Windows' huge installed base, the company realizes that there are new challenges in the changing marketplace that have to be met head-on if the Windows brand is to continue to flourish.

Specifically, Microsoft is taking note of competitive pressures from Google, with its Android and Chrome operating systems, saying that the search giant "poses a whole new set of challenges." As for Apple, Microsoft noted that the company could not be forgotten, because there would still be the "the traditional competition" from Cupertino. Linux was not explicitly mentioned, though this is likely because Microsoft believes it poses a bigger threat in the business space, and sources say this particular discussion looked at the consumer-facing aspects of the Windows brand.

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Μμμμ. Windows η εγγύηση. Micro$oft η εγγύηση. Με λίγα λόγια, εκεί στη Micro$oft, δεν έχουν ιδέα πως και τι θα κάνουν με τα Windows 8 ή όπως αλλιώς και να τα λένε και απλά περιμένουν να δουν για ΠΟΛΛΟΣΤΗ φορά τι θα κάνουν οι αντίπαλοί της και θα αρχίσουν πάλι τις φθηνές και κακές αντιγραφές. Κλασσικά ότι κάνουν όλες αυτές τις δεκαετίες.

Από την άλλη, επειδή μιλάμε για την Micro$oft μπορεί να μην αντιγράψει απλά, αλλά να κλέψει και κώδικα τρίτων στα ίσα!!! Εξάλλου δεν είναι και η πρώτη φορά που το κάνει αυτό:

It's getting closer and closer to check-writing time for Steve Ballmer, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just upheld a decision that would see Microsoft Word and Office banned from sale starting January 11. If you'll recall, Microsoft lost a patent infringement suit against XML specialists i4i back in May when it was found that Word's handling of .xml, .docx, and .docm files infringed upon i4i's patented XML handling algorithms, but the injunction against further Word sales was put on hold pending the results of this appeal. Now that Microsoft has lost once again, we'd expect either another appeal and request for the injunction to be stayed, this time to the Supreme Court, or for a settlement between these two that would end this whole mess right now. We'll see what happens -- stay tuned.

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Microsoft Corporation has announced the re-release of the installation tool for Windows 7 operating system that was pulled out earlier last month, after being accused of copying open source code from the “Imagemaster” open-source project. Recently, Microsoft had stated that it had infact delayed the relaunch of the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool (WUDT), as the software require further testing.

The relaunch of the installation tool is now under the guidelines provided by GPLv2(GNU General Public License). The whole fiasco surrounding the Windows 7 installation tool was about the neglect on part of Microsoft for not releasing the details about the source code of the WDUT. The new guidelines for the WDUT have led to the compartmentalization of the tool that would in turn prove to be more complicated for the users.

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ΨΨΨΙΙΙΤΤΤ; Και για να μην ακούω ανοησίες αυτά δεν είναι νέα πράγματα. Τα κάνει η Micro$oft από την εποχή του M$-DOS και για την ακρίβεια ακόμη και ΠΡΙΝ το M$-DOS!

Έλεος δηλαδή. Δεν θα μας κάνετε να ξεχάσουμε και αυτά που ξέρουμε επειδή είστε καθάρματα στο βωμό του χρήματος.