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Ex-MSFT Employee: Microsoft Should Run Linux
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| "I think we could all be running Microsoft
| Linux. I sent an e-mail to Steve Ballmer about
| this and he said he wasn't interested," he
| quipped in a NetworkWorld story. "Microsoft
| could very easily dominate the Linux market if
| they wanted to. I don't think they should
| release all their source code ... nobody would
| use it."
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http://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-7-linux-ubuntu,9008.html
Linux Journal Contents #188, December 2009
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| If last month's Infrastrucuture issue was too
| "big" for you then try on this month's
| Embedded issue. Find out how to use Player for
| programming mobile robots, build a humidity
| controller for your root cellar, find out how
| to reduce the boot time of your embedded
| system, and if you're new to embedded systems
| find out the basics that go into one. You can
| also read about the Beagle Board, the Mesh
| Potato and a spate of other interestingly
| named items. And along with our regular
| columns don't miss our new monthly column:
| Economy Size Geek.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue/188
Recent:
B'ham Native, Ex-Microsoft Exec, Argues For Open Source
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| Curtis' ideas about software are heresy for a former Microsoft Corp.
| executive. He says the days of proprietary software are numbered and
| companies like Microsoft are likely doomed -- and that free open-source-code
| software will eventually run the world.
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http://www.wwj.com/B-ham-Native--Ex-Microsoft-Exec--Argues-For-Open-S/4273024
A Day to Remember: 23 April, 2009
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| And there's another reason why yesterday was significant: Microsoft announced
| what are probably its worst quarter results ever:
|
| Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $13.65 billion for the third
| quarter ended March 31, 2009, a 6% decline from the same period of the prior
| year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the
| quarter were $4.44 billion, $2.98 billion and $0.33 per share, which
| represented an increase of 3% and declines of 32% and 30%, respectively, when
| compared with the prior year period.
|
| Now, the global financial crisis certainly contributed to those figures, but
| I think there's a bigger underlying trend here, which is that the Microsoft
| money machine is faltering.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blo...=14&ent
Microsoft slashes rates for temp workers, blaming bad economy
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| Microsoft, citing the "realities of a deteriorating economy," will reduce by
| 10 percent the amount it pays employment agencies for many of its temporary
| workers -- and cut by 15 percent the target billing rate for future temporary
| work.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_slashes_rates_for_temp_wo...rs_blam
Microsoft reaffirms grim outlook for year
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| Shares of Microsoft sank 58 cents, or 3.4 percent, to $16.63 in midday
| trading amid a broader market sell-off.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008780059_apmicrosoft...lystmee
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