Microsoft

  • Finds

    So last night, after trying to get some html files into a readable format for my PocketPC (A plus study notes mostly.) I had a thought. “What if I could just take the text of the files and make a quick and dirty Microsoft Reader file out of it?” That would solve the difficulty I…

  • Misleading media

    Pulled from Brad this morning is the ExtremeTech article. Now the title of this article and the general feel of this article is NOT what is actually happening! The title is “Microsoft To Cut Off Dual-Boot Windows Option”, which makes it seem as though MS is somehow going to make it impossible for you to…

  • MS bashing in the media?

    From Online Blog comes an interesting look at this article on Micrososft’s Windows profit margins. It seems that MS pulls off an 86% profit margin on all of it’s sales of Windows and some consumer groups are outraged. To quote: Cooper said the Microsoft profit margin had been sustained through illegal use of Microsoft’s monopoly…

  • Coming up for air..

    Had my head down in research most of today, putting together pricing proposals for a new ISP. As many of you may remember, our current internet connection at work is donated bandwidth, basically piggy-backing off another company’s network. Some higher ups aren’t happy with the level of service we’ve been getting (it’s free, sometimes that…

  • Integrity

    It’s my considered opinion that whether we’re talking about real life or blog-life, the people who have integrity don’t really have to spend any time talking about their integrity. Much has been made of the fact that people like Chris and Doc were given paid trips to Redmond for a Microsoft event and whether or…