If “Office Live” is an indication, Microsoft seems to prefer a fragile web. A web not only restricted to a couple of web browsers, but also to specific operating systems.
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Tag Archives: Linux
Microsoft Meaning of “UnsupportedBrowser”?
May 18, 2008 – 2:20 pm
Ubuntu Aptitude Giving Me Attitude
March 4, 2008 – 3:36 pm
The Ubuntu command line tool to install software aptitude wants to install a bunch of additional packages that aren’t required according to apt-get.
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Dealing with the High Cost of Ubuntu
December 11, 2007 – 2:02 pm
Yesterday, I did an install of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) on the Dell Dimension E520. The install went well; I haven’t experienced any hardware problems (yet), but I’m near tears for all the (minor) experience issues.
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Walt Mossberg Wrote the Safe Article About Ubuntu, “I still advise mainstream, nontechnical users to avoid Linux”
September 13, 2007 – 10:27 pm
Walt Mossberg, you are one of my favorite technology reporters, and so I’m particularly disappointed by your article
“Linux’s Free System Is Now Easier to Use, But Not for Everyone“.
My first disappointment is the timing of the article. September 27th Ubuntu will have a beta release of their next version with Ubuntu 7.10 scheduled for release [...]
“Fan error”
August 31, 2007 – 4:50 pm
My ThinkPad t42p is less than two years old, and today it became a paper weight — I hope temporarily.
Thursday Update: Yes, it seems that it was temporary!
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Ubuntu & I’m too smart for my own good
August 21, 2005 – 3:50 am
With the immediate arrangements for me “volunteering” for my employer, Flock, I booted up a “400$ special” PC, built myself 10 months ago. I have not used this PC much since starting with Merc, as they have met well all my “computing needs” At Merc I had 4 PCs (2 of them top of [...]
http://http:// & Microsoft.com
August 20, 2005 – 10:50 am
http://http:// is redirected to Microsoft. I have stumbled upon this once before, but did not have time to reflect on it.
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Be like water
August 15, 2005 – 10:29 pm
Things are moving fast . Not too fast though . Everything feels very fluid , and natural .