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Sun does microchips, and evidently it does chocolate chips. The latter is part of the company's strategy to score brownie points with Microsoft users and woo them from Windows to Sun's open-source desktop. Mmmmm, cookies. Sun hopes to eat into Microsoft's desktop dominance with the sweet gesture.
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The state of e-business: Microsoft driving some to open source (SearchCIO.com)
Many organizations are already testing the waters of open source for servers and applications, but Microsoft's new licensing program will now drive some toward open-source systems such as Linux for the desktop, according to SearchCIO.com expert Mandy Andress. Andress also predicts open-source IT security products will be hot in the near future.
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ProComp: Microsoft breaks promise with XP SP1 (The Associated Press)
ProComp, the group that's been watching Microsoft like a hawk insofar as its business practices go, claims that XP SP1 doesn't keep the promise Microsoft made in its proposed settlement with the DOJ. The service pack is supposed to provide a way for consumers to remove certain MS middleware icons from the desktop. But ProComp claims XP SP1 isn't "readily accessible to consumers," so therefore that hide function isn't readily accessible either. Therefore, ProComp states, MS isn't complying.
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Man passes high school exams on 17th try
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