networkworld.com - 20 days ago
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A lot of open source advocates like to rage against the machine at Microsoft, but when a former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won't stop Linux from market domination, that's an opinion to note. Keith Curtis, author of the book After the Software Wars, says just that. But he ...
microsoft.com - 14 days ago
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microsoft.com —
This security update resolves several privately reported vulnerabilities
in Microsoft Office Excel. The vulnerabilities could allow remote
code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of ...
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-067
microsoft.com - 14 days ago
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microsoft.com —
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability
in Microsoft Windows 2000. The vulnerability could allow remote
code execution if an attacker sent a specially crafted network message to a computer running the License Logging Server. ...
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-064 - Critical
microsoft.com - 14 days ago
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microsoft.com —
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability
that could allow remote code execution if a user
opens a specially crafted Word file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected ...
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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-068
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Microsoft Linux?
Linux Fanatics —
... It sounds impossible at first pass. Yet as you read on through this article, you slowly begin to realize something. Drivers made for specific hardware is done largely for the benefit of Microsoft’s OS. Same goes for software. But what about proprietary software, Linux doesn’t allow it? Hogwash - I use proprietary programs on Linux all the time. They simply are not bundled. ...
Ex-Microsoftie: Linux will destroy Windows
Preston Gralla's blog —
... , told an interviewer for Network World in a podcast that "I do believe that proprietary software is eventually going to be doomed." His reasoning in the interview isn't exactly clear, and he doesn't go into details about how he believes open source software will kill off Windows. Essentially, he believes that there's an inevitability to the concept of free, which will ultimately overwhelm for-pay software. He says that right now many people "think free software is a house of cards," and that needs to change before open source will become dominant. He admits, though, "I ...
Microsoft Linux: Why one free software advocate wants it
Linux Today —
... advocate. But it raised as many questions in my mind as it answered. For instance (at 13:10 in the interview), I asked Curtis how he thinks Microsoft can meet its obligations to employees, shareholders and customers while also morphing itself from a proprietary software maker to an open source company. His answer was surprising: Microsoft Linux. He noted that Ubuntu was started with about $10 million -- an amount that Microsoft could lose unnoticed in the cushions of a couch." Complete Story Related Stories: ...
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OStatic blogs —
... Microsoft Linux: Why one free software advocate wants it. An ex-Microsoft employee says Windows is doomed, and FOSS will rule. ...
Ex-Microsoftie Now Linux Wonk
Doug Barney Blog —
... . Now Curtis is a software advocate, much like the folks at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In his case, Curtis is pushing Linux on the desktop. In fact, he thinks Microsoft should dump Windows clients and do its own version of Linux. Here's my view: I like competition and choice. Windows, the Mac and Linux are all in the desktop game. Why give up one of these choices? And as much as Linux stands out on servers, it's going nowhere fast on the desktop. My advice to the Linux camp? Get serious about the desktop and come up with one solid, easy-to-use version. Microsoft ...
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