Tag Archives: Microsoft Windows

Where’s Windows?

Posted on November 28, 2014 by halberenson

Being busy with a full-time job (REMINDER: What I post here are my own views and are not in any way associated with my employer) I haven’t been able to post in a while. A long weekend affords an opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows | Tagged HP Stream, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 10 | 12 Comments

The New Windows Organization

Posted on January 3, 2014 by halberenson

The departure of Jon DeVaan and Grant George reignited my interest in writing about the organizational structure that Terry Myerson has put in place for Windows. Now realize I’m doing this with very little information and lots of assumptions, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows, Windows Phone | Tagged Antoine Leblond, Grant Georg, Henry Sanders, Joe Belfiore, Jon DeVaan, Microsoft Reorg, Microsoft Reorganization, Microsoft Windows, Terry Myerson | 10 Comments

Crapware, and how we got here

Posted on January 15, 2013 by halberenson

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 →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Search, Windows | Tagged Adobe, Bing, crapware, Google, Java, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Yahoo | 48 Comments

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

Posted on October 21, 2011 by halberenson

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 →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Linux and Android, Windows | Tagged Linux, Linux Server, Microsoft Windows | 5 Comments

What does Windows 8 have to do to succeed?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by halberenson

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 →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows | Tagged Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8 | 13 Comments

How important is Windows 8 to Microsoft’s future?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by halberenson

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 →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Windows | Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8 | 6 Comments

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

Posted on April 29, 2011 by halberenson

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 →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Security, Windows | Tagged Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, operating system marketshare, security, Windows 98 | 1 Comment

Windows 8 Rumors

Posted on February 3, 2011 by halberenson

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 →

Posted in Computer and Internet | Tagged Android, Microsoft Windows, Slate, Tablet, Windows 8 | Comments Off