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Windows 8: My First Impressions

Windows 8: My First Impressions

By Krishnan Subramanian on August 17, 2012

This week Microsoft announced the release of 90 day free trial of Windows 8 Enterprise targeting developers. I had a chance to play around with it and thought I will share my first impressions here. My thoughts will be both about consumer experience and enterprise. If you have played around with Windows 8, I would […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged insights, microsoft, operating systems, os, windows 8, windows8 | 1 Response

The 14 Key Events that led to a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Revolution

The 14 Key Events that led to a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Revolution

By Mark Fidelman on April 19, 2010

The last quartile of the 20th century was marked by a rise in software development by companies, individuals and hobbyist groups.    Key among software development methodologies was a controversial yet innovative idea about giving away your software code for others to use and improve upon it.   Those new to the free and open source community […]

Posted in General | Tagged foss, open source, os | 2 Responses

When Browsers Are Just as Bad as Your OS

When Browsers Are Just as Bad as Your OS

By Guest Authors on November 24, 2009

As any good Cloud evangelist worth his salt will tell you, a browser beats operating system hands down for all the usual reasons, e.g. platform agnostic, reduced complexity etc. etc. However, I get the feeling sometimes that browsers have gone the way of most operating systems lately.  Let me explain. Quite often in recent days, […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged browser, chrome, devan, firefox, google, os, safari

The Vista Movie

The Vista Movie

By Zoli Erdos on September 23, 2009

OK, I admit.  The title over-promises, the post under-delivers.  This won’t be an exciting thriller. In fact it’s outright boring.  Like watching paint dry.  But that’s exactly the point, Vista took a good minute to delete a single file ( I got bored after 18 seconds and stopped recording).   Must be a giant file…. […]

Posted in General | Tagged microsoft, operating system, os, vista, vistasucks, windows, windows vista

Fifty Reasons Why the Vista Era Did Happen, Indeed

Fifty Reasons Why the Vista Era Did Happen, Indeed

By Zoli Erdos on August 10, 2009

Harry McCracken lists the Sixteen Reasons the Windows Vista Era Never Quite Happened.  I almost agree with him, except that I do have 50 reasons to remember the Vista Era: it is the Fifty bucks ransom I paid to get out of this nightmare called Vista.  So, yes, it happened. But it won’t be missed. […]

Posted in Just for fun | Tagged microsoft, operating system, os, vista, vista era, vista final, vistasucks, win7, windows, windows 7, windows xp, winxp

The Elusive Windows 7 Upgrade…

The Elusive Windows 7 Upgrade…

By Zoli Erdos on July 15, 2009

Buyer beware: you may not get the free Windows 7 upgrade if you buy a Vista-based computer now.  The upgrade program is real, but you have to be careful with what you’re buying, especially now that back-to-school campaigns have started. 15.4” Lenovo with Intel Dual Core, 2GB memory ..etc for $399 sure sounds like a […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged back-to-school, laptop deals, lenovo, microsoft, oem pricing, os, pc market, vista, windows 7 upgrade, windows vista. dell, wondows 7 | 1 Response

Google Chrome OS: Pre-Announcement in Classic Microsoft-style

Google Chrome OS: Pre-Announcement in Classic Microsoft-style

By Zoli Erdos on July 8, 2009

Image via Wikipedia There’s hardly anything to add to the actual announcement– the whole world is talking about it, and I don’t just mean TechMeme entirely taken over: when Reuters, The New York Times and just about all mainstream media reports it, you know there’s something big – but is it nuclear?   We’ll have to […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged chrome, chrome os, google, Google Chrome, linux, microsoft, netbooks, operating system, os, situational computing, situational device, situational hardware, web os, windows | 2 Responses

Adding to the ChromeOS Deluge…

Adding to the ChromeOS Deluge…

By Ben Kepes on July 8, 2009

The last thing I want to do is add to a meme – here at CloudAve we pride ourselves on having a modicum of insight and not just regurgitating press releases. Krish’s post this evening is a case in point – while most of the world is jumping up and down with excitement about the […]

Posted in Analysis, Strategy | Tagged chrome, chromeos, google, ie6, linux, microsoft, os | 4 Responses

Google Chrome OS: Why? Why? Why?

By Krishnan Subramanian on July 7, 2009

Once upon a time, there was talk about Google developing a Linux based operating system. Then, they bought the company behind Android and released it as an Open Source OS targeting everything from mobile to netbooks to set-top boxes. The cacophony in the tech blogosphere died down eventually and everyone forgot about the idea of […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged google, Google Chrome, google chrome os, operating system, os | 27 Responses

Your Ransom to Break Free of Vista: $50 Win7 Upgrade – Catch it While You Can

Your Ransom to Break Free of Vista: $50 Win7 Upgrade – Catch it While You Can

By Zoli Erdos on June 26, 2009

Fellow Windows Vista victims, there’s light at the end of the tunnel: we may soon set ourselves free and only have to pay a $50 ransom.  I just did.  It has been obvious for quite a while that Microsoft simply abandoned Vista and it’s users, and instead of releasing Vista SP3, or Vista Final, it […]

Posted in Analysis, Marketing | Tagged microsoft, operating system, os, vista, vista final, vistasucks, win7, windows, windows 7, windows upgrade, windows xp, winxp | 6 Responses

Screen Size: The Next Plan to Cripple Netbooks in Order to Protect a Dying Market

Screen Size: The Next Plan to Cripple Netbooks in Order to Protect a Dying Market

By Zoli Erdos on May 26, 2009

The proliferation of affordable netbooks is good for everyone – consumers, that is.  Computer manufacturers loath it (high volume, low margin business) and so does Microsoft: they can’t exactly sell $100+ worth of software on a $200 machine.  So they come up with all sorts of evil plans. First there was the Windows 7 plan: […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged android, intel, linux, microsoft, monopoly, netbook, netbooks, operating system, os, price fixing, scam, web apps, windows, windows 7 | 1 Response

Microsoft’s About-Face on Windows 7: Three-App Limit on Netbooks (Perhaps) Removed

Microsoft’s About-Face on Windows 7: Three-App Limit on Netbooks (Perhaps) Removed

By Zoli Erdos on May 22, 2009

A few months ago I predicted Microsoft would be facing lawsuits due to the 3-app limitation of Windows 7 Starter Edition, or more precisely due to less than full disclosure on sales of netbooks crippled by Win7.  The Wall Street Journal did not go as far as lawsuits, but it called it a big gamble:  […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged android, linux, microsoft, netbook, netbooks, operating system, os, talkingaboutwindows, web apps, windows, windows 7

What Lauren and We All Missed: TCO

What Lauren and We All Missed: TCO

By Zoli Erdos on April 1, 2009

So Lauren is the new Microsoft star.  Sure, she is prettier than The Dude, but may not be a lot smarter if she thinks the $699 piece of crap low-end PC is anywhere comparable to the Macbook Pro. But perhaps it does not have to be comparable: she may not need a higher end system […]

Posted in Analysis | Tagged Apple, Lauren, mac, Mac vs PC, microsoft, operating system, os, tco, virtualinvoice, vista, vistasucks, windows | 5 Responses

The Great Microsoft Confusion Never Ends

The Great Microsoft Confusion Never Ends

By Zoli Erdos on February 11, 2009

Microsoft is not exactly known for friendly, or even just understandable product version numbering.  We barely swallowed the Windows 7 SKU nightmare, now here’s another one. A little while ago as part of  the new Windows Live tools, Microsoft released a new version of Windows Live Movie Maker. Supposedly an upgrade, users were shocked to […]

Posted in Marketing | Tagged marketing, microsoft, operating system, os, vista, vista final, vistasucks, windows, windows 7, windows live movie maker, windows movie maker | 1 Response

We All Work For Microsoft

We All Work For Microsoft

By Zoli Erdos on February 9, 2009

This years first Patch Tuesday in January was a relatively small one, but the previous one in December was a real Monster, the biggest in five years. I wasn’t really surprised when it failed to install – that was just business as usual: The fact that the Get help with this error link brought up […]

Posted in General | Tagged customet support, microsoft, operating system, os, technical support, virtualinvoice, vista, vistasucks, windows, windows 7 | 4 Responses

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