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Microsoft faces new antitrust complaint over cloud software licensing in Europe

CIO Business Intelligence

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Microsoft finally ends Windows 7 and 8.x support

Computerworld Vertical IT

After years of extended security updates, no more bugs or security holes will be patched in the venerable operating systems. When it launched in 2009, it helped Microsoft bounce back from the disastrous Windows Vista era. This week signals the end of the line for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 Windows 7 had a good run.

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You ever think about how Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC”

The Verge

It originally ran a custom Linux operating system that reviewers loved ( Laptop Mag ’s Mark Spoonauer said it was “ten times simpler to use than any Windows notebook”) and was generally heralded as a new kind of computer with tremendous mass appeal. This was state-of-the-art tech blogging in 2009. Did netbooks ever happen?

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Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

s announcement of Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server and.NET support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk marks another important step in our commitment to increase the flexibility for AWS customers to use the choice of operating system, programming language, development tools and database software that meet their application requirements.

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Rosetta 2 is Apple’s key to making the ARM transition less painful

The Verge

The company shifted from PowerPC to Intel chips in 2006, but ditched support for the former in 2009; OS X Snow Leopard was Intel-only.). Microsoft only licenses the ARM version of Windows 10 to PC manufacturers.) Apple has also stated that it will support x86 Macs “for years to come,” as far as OS updates are concerned.

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Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers? I am going to guess a few Website operator in China ( Sina ) has close to 1 Million server as well. wow microsoft should be paying more than $1 billion for licensing then. December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125).

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 and.

Sean Daniel

In fact, it’s the *only* server operating system that can be backed up by the SBS 2011 Essentials backup engine. ► 2009. (91). MultiPoint 2011 is backed up by SBS 2011 Essentials Yep, as if it’s a client computer, the MultiPoint 2011 Server is backed up as if it’s a client computer. Great post - thanks!

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