Will Microsoft go the GM way!
There is an interesting article in InfoWorld entitled “Is Microsoft the next GM?” prophesying on the future of the big bad wolf Microsoft, whom everyone loves to have even sans the bad boy Bill!
Here is a pithy comment to the article:
By Gray_Hair
… I get such a kick out of youngsters confidently proclaiming that MSFT produces “good software”. Good software is the one thing MSFT has proven repeatedly they do NOT want to produce.
Good software does not lock your data away in obtuse formats to prevent you from using other software on it. Good software behaves the same way every time you use it. Good software allows you to use the computer you bought to do productive things with the data in your life, without enabling criminals and greedy scum from every corner of the globe to steal your computer cycles and data from beneath your very fingers. MSFT has yet to realize that Good Software can be very profitable. If you honestly believe MSFT S/W to be good, you have my sympathy, you have never used good software
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Microsoft Office vs Open Office
Two pertinent questions have been raised by Paul Murphy in ZdNet seeking real-life experience with the comparative features of both the Office suites, the ubiquitous proprietary Office of Microsoft and the Opensource Open Office.
The comments recorded by the users make a highly educative and illuminating treatise on the individual aspects of both the programs and the merits in each. A must read by all.
Here is the flat view of all the 122+ comments.
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Sharp and clear font on your screen
Do you use an LCD monitor and the text looks pixelated and hazy?
You have an in-built help in Windows called “ClearType” which makes the fonts on LCD monitors sharper and clearer. In fact they will become razor-sharp and clearer than ever before on notebooks. No harm in trying it on CRT monitors, but there is no proven word about the performance enhancement on that kind of monitors yet.
ClearType is a feature of XP, which is turned off by default (and the suckers say it is ON in Vista, the fiasco!).
Let us assume you are yet to be sucked in by the Vista bug. Here’s how you get to turn on the ClearType. Right-click on the open desktop, choose Properties -> Appearance -> Effects. Check “Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts,” and select “ClearType” from the drop-down list. Click OK and OK. You are done.
I understand that in Linux, it is called “subpixel smoothing”. FOSS aficionados may bear this out.
ClearType can be further tweaked by any of the following tools:-
- Microsofts’ Wizard
- Powertoy proggy for ClearType
- A free nifty utility called ClearTweak
Make your font easy on your eyes and enjoy!
Source: PCWorld
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Interesting times with Microsoft!
I wanted to try the bonanza of 5 Gigs of online storage offered by Windows Live. Armed with my old Hotmail ID, I fancied myself a winner. But alas, it was not to be!
Though I remembered the id, I forgot its companion, the password. What with having completely forgotten Hotmail after leaving it in disuse for over 10 years! It was my first web-based email in the days of text-only web-surfing using the Lynx browser.
Besides, the term “hotmail” itself has nowadays earned a negative snob value!
Coming back to the password story, I presently noticed the saviour link “Forgot password?” over there. I clicked it. Wanna know what happened afterwards?
These pictures would speak volumes! (Please click on them to get the bigger picture!)
This is the pièce de résistance!
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Negotiation tips for Yahoo!
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Bill Gates’ Last day!
Who said the great Bill doesn’t have a sense of humor! He can take a dig at himself, for a change! Yoohoo, Bill-baiters! You are summarily disarmed!
Give Bill his due, guys. You can’t beat Bill, so long he is in the midst of bill$!
YouTube - Watch - Bill Gates in CES
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Britain shuns Vista
According to an InfoWorld report, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) has instructed that British schools should not upgrade to Microsoft’s Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite. It also supported use of the international standard ODF (Open Document Format) for storing files, specifically avoiding Microsoft’s OOXML (Office Open XML) document format because of concerns about compatibility between different applications.
The BECTA report has made the following observation which is very significant:
We have not had sight of any evidence to support the argument that the costs of upgrading to Vista in educational establishments would be offset by appropriate benefit,
Let us wait and see as to how many countries will take the cue and see reason!
Hail Ubuntu!!
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