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The article examines the competition between operating systems. In 2001, Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP dominated the market and was tagged as the only desktop operating system in the U.S. Today, OpenOffice.org has grown into a viable competitor to Microsoft Office. Moreover, the author claims that OpenOffice.org can force Microsoft toward a more open file format strategy. In the field of operating systems, Microsoft's newest client operating system, Windows Vista, has been overpowered by Linux operating systems.

The authors reflects on several issues related to information technology industry. The recent finding by International Data Corporation ( IDC ) gains a debate between the Windows Server and Linux users. Meanwhile, Intel's Classmate Personal Computer joins the One Laptop Per Child by XO in providing low-cost laptop option for children.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Windows 7 users have 10 months to figure out what to do about their machines that haven't been updated to Windows 10. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PRODUCT ANALYSIS: The next Windows 10 update, which is due in April 2019, has a lot of tweaks to the user interface and similar features, but there are important changes for IT included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The RC1 version is optimized for customers who want to self-host their Azure DevOps Server deployments using the code base of Azure DevOps. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that Microsoft is using artificial intelligence (AI) to help businesses protect their users and is leaning on Linux to help safeguard the internet of things. It mentions Secure Score tool for Microsoft 365, a business software bundle that includes Office 365, Windows 10 and Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS). It also mentions Linux workloads onto Azure cloud-computing ecosystem.

The article informs that Microsoft Corp. enlisted its Hyper-V isolation technology to run both Linux and Windows containers natively on Windows Server. It is evident that It is noted that Microsoft Corp. is adapting hardware-based resource isolation functionality found in Hyper-V Containers to provide native support for Linux and Windows containers in the Windows Server environment.

The article offers information on the Tails 2.10 Linux software from Microsoft Corp.

The article reports that technology company Microsoft added SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as part of its supported Linux offerings for the upcoming launch of Structured Query Language (SQL) Server vNext on Linux. Topics discussed include the transition of SQL to Linux aimed at enabling consistent data functions across Windows Server and Linux, planned launch for SQL Server vNext in the middle of 2017 and the launch of the SQL Server Early Adoption Program.

The article reports on an announcement by Microsoft Corp. regarding the availability of Intel's Clear Linux, a lightweight distribution of Linux as a virtual machine in the Azure Marketplace. It is stated that Intel opted for a lightweight, lean-and-fast approach instead of developing another general-purpose distribution of the Linux OS suitable for a variety of workloads.

The article highlights the 2016 LinuxCon and discusses how technology company Microsoft contributes to open source.

This article reports that technology company Microsoft has open-sourced its PowerShell command-line shell and scripting language based on the .NET framework, and ported it to Linux and Mac OS X computer operating systems. Topics discussed include how PowerShell is typically used by administrators and developers, the comment from Jeffrey Snover of Microsoft's Enterprise Cloud division on PowerShell on Linux, and the acquisition by Microsoft of the mobile app development tool provider Xamarin.

The article reports that the computer technology company Microsoft Corp. is planning to introduce the feature Azure DevTest Labs that will help in building and testing blockchain-based applications on the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. According to Marley Gray, the director of Technology Strategy at Microsoft U.S. Financial Services, the DevTest Labs will support the Windows and Linux operating systems.

The article presents a comparison between Linux distributions and Microsoft Windows 7. It says that Windows 7 offers removable encryption with the Ultimate and Enterprise SKUs while Linux distributions provides full disk encryption as an install-time option. It also mentions that users of Linux who desires to emulate Windows 7's Libraries feature could inhabit their generic pictures, download folders, and documents while Windows 7 allows user to organize links both local and remote content.

The article presents an analysis on the release of the Web Silverlight 1.0 from Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. on September 5, 2007. It is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering rich Internet application (RIA). The company also announced that they it is working with Linux distributor Novell Inc. to deliver Web Silverlight 1.0 support for Linux operating system called the Moonlight. Analyst Jeffrey Hammond of Forrester Research Inc. asserted that explicit support for Moonlight showed that Microsoft Corp. is serious about its RIA platform. According to company officials, Web Silverlight 1.0 lessened development and deployment costs and offered enhanced Web audio and video streaming.

The article reports on the Linux Support Services launched by software firm Microsoft on Azure cloud computing platform. It include comments from Satya Nadella of the firm regarding the plans of the firm to bolster its cloud capabilities and support for both Linux and Windows Server. It mentions the training of Microsoft's support staff to help users related to same.

The article presents information on the Linux Integration Services 3.5 for Hyper-V, a device driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5.5 and 5.6. operating system, released by Microsoft Corp.

The article reports on the move of the information technology (IT) company Microsoft Corp. to allow Linux software to run on its Windows Azure cloud computing platform. It states that the cloud computing platform allows user to run several software such as OpenSUSE 12.1, CentOS 6.2, and Untu 12.04. It mentions that the company wants to work with the ecosystem of vendors and communities to deliver cloud solutions to customers based on needs and scenarios.

The article reports on the move of the information technology (IT) company Microsoft Corp. to push its Windows Azure cloud platform into competition with the Amazon Web Services Inc. (AWS). It states that the company's move to launch its infrastructure as a service (IassS) and provide support for Linux is viewed as a bold move aimed directly at AWS. It mentions that the website of the cloud platform allows developers to quickly create and deploy websites.

The article focuses on the significant events and development on the commercial operating system provider Linspire, founded by Michael Robertson on November 1997. It discusses the release of the company's LindowsOS, a Debian-based Linux OS for consumer-oriented desktop, a lawsuit filed by software company Microsoft Corp. against the company concerning on trademark infringement, and the LindowsOS personal computers (PCs) acquired by retail company Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

The article reports on the annual development report of the Linux Foundation, wherein, Microsoft Corp. ranked 17 for the Linux kernel operating system. It says that Microsoft works within a collaborative development model for its virtualization initiative and customers. It adds that Nokia Corp., the close ally of Microsoft in mobile device field with Windows Phone ranked seventh on contributor list, ahead of key Linux supporters, Google Inc. and Oracle.

The article discusses the impact of the Linux Active Directory (AD) on Microsoft Corp. and on the information technology in general. The author emphasizes the influence of AD integration of the Windows Server operating system in which he characterizes the Samba 4 and the Fedora/Red Hat Directory Server products. In addition, he stresses on the success of online social networking site Facebook, an identity store created by Active Directory which shows an evolution of directory services.

The article focuses on the wrong decision of Microsoft Corp. to highlight Aero Glass, the hardware-accelerated graphics subsystem of Windows Vista, at the operating system show. It has been noted that the system fail to measure up to the similar features in Mac OS X and Linux. The author also asserts that the stiff hardware requirements of Aero Glass have prompted original equipment manufacturers and information technology departments to keep Vista's hardware accelerated graphics subsystem at arm's length.

The author reflects on the huge advantage by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating systems (OS) in terms of proprietary competition against SuSe Inc.'s SUSE Linux 6.4 despite the latter's development vitality. He argues that in spite of Linux's multiple and well-crafted solution, its share growth is still behind compared to Windows OS. He suggests that to unlock the potential of Linux OSs, vendors should set up a rallying point for open-source directory services.

The article reflects on the deals made by Microsoft Corp. to the Chinese market, which seem to become an expense on the part of Linux and open-source software. The author explains that the deal promised to be a major coup for Linux and for Sun Microsystems Inc., which would make it the largest Linux player in the world. However, he states that these deals are not built to extend the reach of Windows in China but to defend that reach from open-source encroachment.

The article reports on the technical cooperation and patent agreement of Microsoft Corp. with desktop Linux company Linspire Inc. which was announced on June 12, 2007 in the Redmond, Washington. It is stated that the agreement include the partnership on the advancement of office document capability, enhancement of instant messaging interoperability and reinforcement of existing collaboration digital media. David Kaefer, director of business development in the Intellectual Property and Licensing Group at Microsoft, states that the deal allows both companies to grow together and look for opportunities in the market where the companies can generate money.

The article analyzes Microsoft Corp.'s operating system Windows PowerShell 1.0, which was formerly known as Monad. Unlike Linux and Unix operating systems, PowerShell has object based approach that makes elements to communicate more intelligently with each other. This approach reduces the necessity to learn application specific arguments and instead it favors learning habits and syntax that is applicable to different commands and operations. PowerShell depends on .Net Framework 2.0. Three execution policies including RemoteSigned, AllSigned, and UnrestrictedSigns can be used to install PowerShell.

The author discusses the consequences of the agreement made by the two software companies, Microsoft Corp. and Novell, to collaborate their respective products, Windows and SUSE Linux. He points out that the new alliance should represent new opportunities for IT deployment as both companies have promised to work together in improving virtualization technology and server management technologies. In addition, he emphasizes that the alliance, which will extend until 2012, will help address risk because it includes patent sharing. Microsoft has provided a covenant not to enforce its patents for any users or developers of SUSE Linux.

The article reports on Microsoft's plan to enter into a patent deal with Red Hat. Microsoft, who recently agreed to provide support and technology to allow Novell's SUSE Linux to work with Windows, is working on striking the same patent deals with all Linux vendors. Bill Hilf, Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy, talks about the patent deal with Novell and some issues on patent indemnification. Bob Muglia, Microsoft's senior vice president for servers and tools, discusses two primary motivations for their company's agreement with Novell.

The article reports that the software company Microsoft Corp. is planning to enter into a patent deal with Red Hat Inc. similar to the one it has with Novell Inc. Bill Hilf, Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy, said that they would like to strike similar patent deals with all Linux vendors. In terms of market share, Red Hat is the top Linux vendor in the United States, which means that the majority of Microsoft's customers who are also using the open-source operating system are running Red Hat Linux.

The article presents a comparison of the operating systems Microsoft's Vista, 5472 and Ubuntu LTS 6.06. Senior analyst Jason Brooks said he found Vista to be progressing, although it has made no major improvements to the next-generation operating system. He also said that the product's most important advantage is that it work better with other Microsoft dominant applications. It also presents the similarities and differences of the two operating systems from numerous blog users. The responses were almost in favor of the Ubuntu/Linux/open-source system.

The article presents a comparison between the operating systems (OS), the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, also known as Dapper Drake, and Microsoft's latest Vista build, 5472. The release of Dapper Drake, which is intended to compete with Linux distributions, was postponed for six weeks for final primping. The release of the Vista was also delayed. The Ubuntu OS was built with the Debian GNU/Linux foundation while the Vista appears to be less a foundation of growth. The Vista's advantage of being able to work better with Microsoft's applications and protocols compared to rivals is discussed.

The article reports that International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) will employ the latest release of Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 to support the Xen open-source virtualization technology on its x86 servers. Later, IBM will attach SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 and Xen support to its other server platforms. Virtualization's success also has attracted a number of companies ranging from heavyweights such as Microsoft to smaller companies like SWsoft and Virtual Iron. Xen was developed through an open-source project to introduce a free hypervisor that reflects what VMware's technology does. Xen 3.0 was introduced last year, based on which companies such as XenSource have begun releasing products.

The article reports on the strategic partnership forged between Microsoft Corp. and XenSource Inc. for the creation of technology to provide interoperability between Xen-enabled Linux and Windows Server virtualization. When the technology is ready, it will help the enterprise customers who deploy Novell's SUSE Linux or Red Hat's Red Hat Linux access two excellent virtualization solutions created to make use of all the things being offered by Linux. Furthermore, one of the significant pieces of the technology is to provide an adapter between the Xen hypercall API and the Microsoft Windows Server virtualization hypercall API. This will result in the adaptation of the existing Linux implementations that are Xen-enabled to run on the 'Longhorn' Server that has been enabled with Viridian.

The article provides information about information technology (IT) stack pack. The author explained that IT stack is the base for most enterprise applications that consists of a server operating system, a Web or application system, a database, and a scripting and a development computer language. Among the world's best-known IT stacks are Microsoft Corp.'s .Net language and the LAMP stack composed with Linux operating systems, and Apache, MySQL, and PHP computer languages. The author emphasizes that he is currently testing several IT stacks including a Windows-running server.

The article presents information on the comparison study of the computer operating systems developed by Linux Inc. and Microsoft Corp. done by Open Source Development Labs Inc. The 17 page report of the study challenges Microsoft's claims that the operating system, Linux has a higher total cost of ownership and higher system management costs than Windows. In an interview with the reporter of the periodical "eWEEK," Andi Mann, an analyst at the company Enterprise Management Associates, in Boulder, Colorado, who conducted the research and wrote the report, told that the study's overall conclusion is that Linux may, in many cases, be substantially less expensive to own than Windows. Mann also added that in various older studies, Microsoft and some analysts had claimed that Linux had a higher total cost of operation than Windows, and they attributed the difference mainly to higher system management costs, concluding that the higher total cost of operation outweighed the much lower license and acquisition costs for Linux. The study was sponsored by Levanta Inc., a company that focuses on Linux management and data virtualization and Open Source Development Labs Inc.