Monthly Archives: February 2004
Microsoft Has Right to Build Products the Way It Chooses
In response to eWEEKs Jan. 5 editorial, "Microsoft Must Move On," I must say, "My, youre a fickle bunch of people!"Since when is it...
Its the OS, Stupid
Ive been hearing a lot lately about how the operating system is headed toward irrelevance, tossed aside at the dawn of some platform-agnostic middleware-driven...
Reporting Added to SQL Server
After a delay of more than a month, Microsoft has taken the covers off Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. The software makers new...
UNDP Partners With Microsoft
The United Nations Development Programme and Microsoft last week announced a partnership to create technology projects that will aid developing nations.The partnership was unveiled...
Intel Downsizes Chips Again
Enterprise IT buyers are hoping to get more bang for their buck from new Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc. systems that are being beefed...
IT Losing Ground in Virus Battle
After years of success deploying more effective and smarter defenses, anti-virus researchers contacted last week in the wake of the MyDoom outbreak acknowledged for...
DHS Launches Alert System
The Department of Homeland Security has launched a National Cyber Alert System to provide information on Internet threats to both the technical community and...
MyDoom Reward Posted by SCO
The SCO Group, whose Web site was a target of the MyDoom worm last week, is offering a reward to find the culprit.SCOs site...
Vendors Need to Rethink Licenses
Its funny. Most of us spend a lot of time worrying about things that are highly unlikely to happen. In contrast, we often spend...
IBM Is Sticking to Indemnification Guns
IBM is holding firm to its plan to not indemnify its Linux customers.Despite recent efforts announced by Hewlett-Packard Co. and Linux distributors Red Hat...