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HP CFO: Windows 7 Won’t Be A Major Refresh Driver

While there are many who are making statements one way or the other on this topic, people tend to sit up and take notice when the CFO of the number one manufacturer of PCs makes the statement.
from All Things D
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CFO Cathie Lesjak says the company does not expect the debut of Microsoft (MSFT) [...]

Microsoft Not Winning the Right Hearts and Minds with Windows 7

While everywhere we look, people are happily saying that they are ‘pleased as punch’ to be upgrading to Windows 7, either from Windows Vista or Windows XP, a new survey states that nearly half of businesses will not upgrade.
The IT people in business, by an large, remain unconvinced of he need to update, and many [...]

Fedora 11 Released

The latest revision of the Fedora distribution, long one of my favorites, but recently overshadowed by Ubuntu and OpenSuSE, is available.
Boasting the possibility of a 20-second startup cycle (no mention of hardware needed for this) and improvements in speed everywhere, the distribution also has a way to do a more minimal setup, for either servers [...]

Apple Takes It to Microsoft, Again

Yesterday, Apple took the fight to Microsoft on several fronts; ones we all know, but perhaps don’t immediately conclude.
The upcoming operating system upgrade, Snow Leopard, has almost been lost in the blur of noise around Windows 7, its many leaks, free widespread betas, and usual, hand-in-hand hype and FUD. With the announcement that upgrades for [...]

In This Depression, Everyone Has An Opinion

Reading through the new entries at ZDNet, I find it especially instructive that there are two distinct opinions about what the IT industry should do at this time of low morale and similar funding.
Larry Dignan believes that the time is right for putting upgrades in place, with all the  hardware and software that it entails. [...]

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