I have been bemoaning the fact that directory services was a little-understood technology - even by those who should understand, such as the vendors from which we buy our software.
One segment I particularly noted was the security software industry. The severity of the problem was brought home to me this week.
At least once per year I try to take a real vacation -- no computer, no phone, as little contact with newspapers, television and radio as possible. If something momentous should happen, then someone I'm in contact with will mention it. The downside of this is facing my inbox when I return.
At least once per year I try to take a real vacation - no computer, no phone, as little contact with newspapers, television and radio as possible. If something momentous should happen, then someone I'm in contact with will mention it. The downside of this is facing my inbox when I return.
Does Microsoft's .Net initiative usher in a new paradigm of computing? Does it really signal "a new era of personal empowerment and opportunity for consumers, businesses and software developers", as the press release would have us believe?
Does Microsoft's .Net initiative usher in a new paradigm of computing? Does it really signal "a new era of personal empowerment and opportunity for consumers, businesses and software developers," as the press release would have us believe?
Does Microsoft Corp.'s .Net initiative usher in a new paradigm of computing? Does it really signal "a new era of personal empowerment and opportunity for consumers, businesses and software developers," as the press release would have us believe?
One of the major arguments offered by the pundits who oppose Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's penalties against Microsoft in the recent antitrust trial is they will lead to higher software prices.
I'm in Orlando this week for Microsoft's TechEd conference - a geekfest right up there with Novell's BrainShare for the title of most acronyms per minute in a presentation. By the time you read this, the Monday morning opening keynote session will be finished. I'm writing this, though, before it happens, and it's interesting to speculate on what "William (Bill) H. Gates" (that's what it says in the program) will say.
I'm in Orlando this week for Microsoft Corp.'s TechEd conference - a geekfest right up there with Novell's BrainShare for the title of most acronyms per minute in a presentation. By the time you read this, the Monday morning opening keynote session will be finished. I'm writing this, though, before it happens, and it's interesting to speculate on what "William (Bill) H. Gates" (that's what it says in the program) will say.
A few weeks ago, Network World Fusion offered a discussion of biometrics featuring Samir Nanavati of the International Biometric Group and Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union. The central question posed during the forum asked if using biometrics for authentication is an invasion of privacy.
A few weeks ago, Network World Fusion offered a discussion of biometrics featuring Samir Nanavati of the International Biometric Group and Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union. The central question posed during the forum asked if using biometrics for authentication is an invasion of privacy.
At first glance, splitting Microsoft into two companies - one keeping the operating systems, the other keeping the applications - might seem an easy and equitable punishment for the company's anticompetitive practices.
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If you watch television at all, by now you've seen the Microsoft ad in which Bill Gates, wearing his "regular guy" clothes, spins a 30-second fairy tale about his company.
If you watch television at all, by now you've seen the Microsoft ad in which Bill Gates, wearing his "regular guy" clothes, spins a 30-second fairy tale about his company.