And it is so deeply embedded in the source code of many Windows apps that there is a huge switching cost to using a different operating system instead.the email reads. It is this switching cost that has given the customers the patience to stick...
But Novell claims that an alternative analysis by Flexdata comparing Windows 2003 with SuSE Enterprise Server 9 (SLES9) found that it performed better on the same hardware. But according to Novell, the Yankee Group study also found that the...
I don't use Wine to run Windows OS [operating system], I run it to run some (work required) Office apps and some games," said one posting. The Office apps were purchased and presumably have rights to be updated the same as any other user of Office...
One developer called Stephan claimed in his blog to have created two mini-apps which he described as "slightly evil". The OS now prompts the user to confirm the download of a new widget, though not the installation.
The other is for locked-down desktops where users don't need a wide range of applications and often just use web-based apps. All apps will be hosted on servers locally on the net. TCO is arguable either way and risks of application-incompatibility...
The iPhone 3G may have blasted off on 11 July but August was the month Apple's shiny handset was put through its paces and managed to churn out all sorts of headlines - even as older Apple-flavoured rumours did another round of the blogosphere...