Computerworld Operating Systems
May 18, 2009
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In this issue:
1. Linux vs Windows: The Netbook Question
2. Digging into Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.7 update
3. Microsoft, analysts tell companies to kill Vista plans
4. Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest
5. Switching My Dad to Linux--Part Two
6. Opinion: Why you shouldn't care about Linux on the desktop
7. Windows Mobile: Alive and well -- and suitable for business
8. Dismal economy hits corporate Windows 7 testing
9. Opinion: Apple to Great Recession: 'What, Me Worry?'
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Linux vs Windows: The Netbook Question
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Digging into Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.7 update
This week's release of Mac OS X 10.5.7, the latest update to the Leopard
operating system, weighed in at 449MB; the combined update is a whopping 729MB.
The changes it makes are widespread.
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Microsoft, analysts tell companies to kill Vista plans
The Microsoft exec in charge of Windows urged some companies this week to dump
Vista deployment plans and shift to Windows 7, the upcoming OS the company has
promised to ship in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest
Although Google's Chrome browser was the only one left standing after March's
Pwn2Own hacking contest, it was vulnerable to the same bug that a German college
student used to bring down Apple's Safari, Google said this week.
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Switching My Dad to Linux--Part Two
As mentioned in my last posting, I'm not a very good Linux evangelist. I don't
try and convert family and friends to Linux.
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Opinion: Why you shouldn't care about Linux on the desktop
There's been much hoopla in Linux circles over an indication of 1% market share.
A dose of reality is needed.
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Windows Mobile: Alive and well -- and suitable for business
The new Version 6.5 of the mobile OS updates the core UI nicely.
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Dismal economy hits corporate Windows 7 testing
Although Windows 7 is still months away from release, the recession is already
having an impact on corporate testing of Microsoft's next operating systems,
according to a survey of 320 corporate administrators.
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Opinion: Apple to Great Recession: 'What, Me Worry?'
Given the fact that everyone seems to be pinching IT pennies because of the
recession, you'd think Apple would be in trouble. But Apple seems to have a
healthy disregard for economic reality these days, says columnist Dan Turner.
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