Tag Archives: Windows
The Great Linux Migration
Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
Those who know me already know that Aquevix is a Linux based Infrastructure. Our mail servers, virtualization, thin clients, firewalls, application servers, database servers, monitoring servers, all are Linux. I have been a Linux user since 1997 when Redhat was 6.x (before their Enterprise products). Moreover, somehow I just couldn’t bite the idea that we [...]
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Is the future of data services Azure?
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
Last Thursday I was at Microsoft ISV day. To my surprise, Steve Ballmer (Microsoft) was there for keynote. I was expecting a virtual Steve Ballmer on a screen. That was nice of him to show up. Anyway, the conference did not turn out as useful as I had hoped. The initial talks were about Cloud [...]
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PC Invader Costs Kentucky County $415,000
Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Increasingly Windows users are seeing attacks that are more sophisticated and using techniques unheard before. These attacks continuously point out to a single aspect of windows. And they say it out LOUD. Windows is NOT secure. Period. Then why don’t people get it? PC Invader Costs Ky. County $415,000 Cyber criminals based in Ukraine stole [...]
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Hot! – London Stock Exchange to abandon failed Windows platform
Posted on 04. Jul, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
When massive infrastructure relies on non-linux/non-unix, this should be expected. Although windows is good for quick upstart, major infrastructure simply cannot rely on it. Here’s what computerworld wrote: Anyone who was ever fool enough to believe that Microsoft software was good enough to be used for a mission-critical operation had their face slapped this September [...]
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The Hidden Cost of Using Microsoft Software
Posted on 01. Jul, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Yet another Microsoft Issue that is often hidden from those who purchase Microsoft only products and infrastructure. The TCO is not only upfront investment. It should also be lost productivity, time and money is cleaning someone else’s mess. “Detractors of free software like to point out it’s not really ‘free,’ and claim that its Total [...]
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Non-biological Computer Viruses for a species known as windows
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
How true, According to SecurityFocus columnist Scott Granneman: To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. It surprises me that the number of viruses/malware for windows is in such HUGE numbers. And they are on serious rise! In [...]
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How to force users to move – Windows 7 gets built in XP mode
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
When its comes to force users to upgrade, Microsoft seems to have found a way. As per the reports Microsoft’s new OS comes with compatibility insurance policy (sort of): Microsoft is adding a “Windows XP Mode” to Windows 7, in a move to encourage users to make the switch to the software vendor’s forthcoming operating [...]