Since approximately mid-2008, all has been quiet on the non-Windows Microsoft operating system front. With Singularity available for download, and the Midori leaked details losing their newsworthy characteristics, the focus has slowly shifted to the developing Windows 7 operating system. But still, both Singularity a... |
7 April 2009
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In parallel with the evolution of the Windows 7 client and server operating system, Microsoft is also building the now-traditional releases of embedded and mobile variants of Windows, and, furthermore, the new Windows Azure cloud platform. However, the Redmond company's non-Windows operating systems are concomit... |
18 November 2008
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Windows is one product that is not lacking in Nemesis candidates. From Apple's Mac OS X to the open source Linux, to RIA cloud-based operating systems, potential Microsoft Windows killers are advertised in a variety of scenarios incongruent with reality. Microsoft's own non-Windows platforms Singularity and... |
26 August 2008
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The death of the mammoth Windows operating system releases was proclaimed even before the availability of Windows Vista. With Windows 7, Microsoft managed to prove that Windows was still very much alive and kicking. Now, a new product cooking in Redmond has the potential to make Windows history. With its roots deep i... |
8 August 2008
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Moving forward with Windows, and even past what is currently its proprietary operating system, Microsoft will have to deal with a crucial gambit – evolution on a non-Windows path vs. perpetuating the platform's heritage for 1+ billion users. Not really much of a choice for the Redmond giant, which can't aff... |
7 August 2008
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2008 saw the release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008, but Microsoft's journey on the Windows path is far from over. In fact the software giant is already hammering away at Windows 7, Vista's successor, and has also started to plan Windows 8, the Windows cli... |
5 August 2008
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There is so much life left into Windows, and Microsoft is gearing up for the moment when it completely runs out of what is now its proprietary operating system. In this context, the Redmond company is cooking a couple of non-Windows operating systems labeled Singularity and Midori. Singularity, a platform prototype w... |
30 July 2008
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The Windows operating system is not going anywhere for a very long time. In fact, consumers should be prepared to still buy Windows over a decade from the releases of Windows Vista's successors Windows 7 and Windows 8. Microsoft might be hard at work developing non-Windows operating systems such as Singularity a... |
14 July 2008
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Although speculations do exist pointing that Microsoft is in the "right direction" as far as the next releases of its proprietary operating system are concerned, the fact of the matter is that Windows 7 and Windows 8 will not diverge from the Windows path in the foreseeable future. Do not expect Windows Next or Windo... |
8 July 2008
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Windows 7 and Windows 7 Server are not the only operating systems under development at Microsoft. In fact, the Redmond company is cooking a variety of projects involving Windows platforms for everything from mobile phones to embedded devices. And yet, at the same time, the Redmond company is hard at work hammering aw... |
30 June 2008
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