Tag Archives: Microsoft Windows

Crapware, and how we got here

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Crapware is in the news in a big way this week thanks to Oracle’s recent Java “security” update and a blog post by Long Zheng that exposes the economic incentives for software developers to bundle crapware installers.  He also points out that … Continue reading →

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“For all of us who have lives, there’s Windows” – David Gewirtz

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

I couldn’t resist pointing out this article about dropping Linux in favor of Windows.  In the mid-2000s I made a concerted effort to learn and use Linux.  I even went as far as running it on my laptop, and taking that laptop … Continue reading →

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What does Windows 8 have to do to succeed?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

Following up from my previous post on why Windows 8 is so important I wanted to speculate on what we’ll see next week, or rather what we have to see in order to believe that Microsoft can succeed.  First we’ll … Continue reading →

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How important is Windows 8 to Microsoft’s future?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

After a couple of years of leaks, and a few carefully selected releases of information, we’ll finally see the big reveal of Microsoft’s Windows 8 at the BUILD conference this coming week.  Make no mistake that Windows 8 is the … Continue reading →

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Old Operating Systems never die, and it seems they don’t fully fade away either

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

In Time and Malware I mention that very old malware is still with us.  That made me curious about just how many PCs are still running pre-XP versions of Microsoft Windows (e.g., Windows 98).  The data from a number of sources … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Rumors

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

A little over a week ago articles appeared claiming availability for Windows 8 would be January of 2013. I hope not. The tablet space is moving fast and I just can’t see Microsoft coming back from missing two more Christmas … Continue reading →

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