Software
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Windows XP Really is Immortal
Yesterday I was wondering how Microsoft will price Windows 7 for the netbook market and speculated that Microsoft could always keep offering the immortal Windows XP if necessary. And just like that, the edict came down from upon high. This suggests the OEMs aren’t falling for Windows 7 Starter Edition and Home Premium will be…
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Say It Ain’t So
Flight Simulator is the biggest product casualty of the Microsoft layoffs? The layoffs are a sad day for all the people affected and a disappointing milestone for the company, but Flight Sim is an industry institution dating back three decades. It is painful to see as I was the Flight Simulator product manager early in…
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SOA: “Never Mind”
Anne Thomas Manes of the Burton Group writes an obituary for SOA and says: “SOA” has become a bad word. It must be removed from our vocabulary. Coming from one of the bigger SOA enthusiasts, this is a milestone. She attributes its death to the recession, underscoring it with the spiffy accompanying illustration. But the…