January is a time to pull on the hair shirt and determine to do better over the year ahead. It is also traditionally a time for gatherings of people involved in training and education. There must be a connection there somewhere.
Didio said: "People are willing to be behind the learning curve and not go through the pain. Microsoft may well be extolling the virtues of upgrading to Windows XP later in the year, but users are reluctant even to migrate to Windows 2000 - a...
Microsoft has warned users of a number of its subscription programs, including product testing and volume licensing, of a potential security flaw affecting the software they use for downloads. Microsoft distributes FTM to beta testers, companies...
But analysts say the learning curve will be steep. With Office 2003, Microsoft is rebranding the applications so that they are less separate programs and more part of the entire suite. Microsoft will next week release the first widely available...
SuSE's Ul-Haque said that if customers want to migrate from Unix, Linux is the natural choice because there will be less of a learning curve: "When migrating from Unix to Linux, customers already have the skills in-house," she added.
While the specific look and feel may differ slightly from the current generation of Microsoft products, it would not be a steep learning curve for most users. All together this combination makes the Java Desktop System a viable Microsoft Windows...