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March 25, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 3:56 PM/EST

Resolution #4: Google's Day of Infamy

Google has clearly identified itself as an agent of evil. Witness its recommendation to shareholders to vote "no" on Resolution #4. The Resolution, contained in the company's proxy statement which it just published, is pretty straightforward. Sponsored by the New...

February 27, 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:06 AM/EST

Timing is Everything

The world is ganging up on Microsoft to ruin its big day. Think it's all just a coincidence? Adobe just happened to take Air out of beta this week (taking the air out of Microsoft's Silverlight component of Visual Studio...

December 4, 2007

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:13 PM/EST

If Micosoft Really Buys SAP

Someone at either Microsoft or SAP is floating the rumor that the former may acquire the latter. As a rule, any such rumor is about as reliable as a rumor involving a baseball trade. If it has any substance, the...

October 12, 2007

Friday, October 12, 2007 2:58 PM/EST

Fleury to BEA: Sell! Sell! Sell!

BEA told Oracle it can take its offer and stuff it... with more dollars. But it seems that BEA has got itself in a fine pickle, and I'm not sure it will have any choice but to accept Oracle's bid....

September 30, 2007

Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:24 AM/EST

AT&T Won't Abide Criticism

A pair of legal notices seem to indicate that AT&T will cut off Internet service to any customer that "disparages its reputation." A document entitled "AT&T Legal Policy" notes that the company reserves the right to terminate Internet service to...

September 4, 2007

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 12:49 PM/EST

Microsoft Can Spin but It Can't Hide

Let's see Microsoft spin this one. The vendor failed to get the requisite number of votes for its proposed document format, Open XML, from participating ISO members. eWEEK editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols called the vote this morning: Microsoft loses. ISO,...

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:24 AM/EST

Wherefore Open XML?

From everything I've heard, Microsoft is going down in defeat, however temporary. According to unofficial tallies from standards maven Andy Updegrove, Microsoft will fail to get the necessary two-thirds "Yes" votes to obtain fast-track approval of its Open XML (OOXML)...

August 15, 2007

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 2:58 PM/EST

Xen What Happened?

Well, the ink is barely dry on the new money minted during the VMware IPO yesterday, and that's already so Aug. 14th. Today, the news is that Citrix is acquiring XenSource for a paltry $500 million. Paltry? Half a billion...



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