Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop (VECD) – Vista in the Cloud
The purpose of VECD is to allow organizations to license Vista or other desktop operating systems to run in virtualized environments. I believe this is Microsoft’s initial attempt to capture licensing for the virtual environment and establish rules for deployment and purchase.
Additionally, traditional licensing language is oriented to a physical machine and in the virtualized [...]
Microsoft Offers Free Software and Business Support for Startups
Are you a software developer that has been in business less than three years? You may qualify for a new initiative by Microsoft called BizSpark. Microsoft is offering development software, server platforms and MSDN subscription.
“Enrollment in Microsoft BizSpark connects startups to a global community of Network Partners who are active members of the [...]
The Next Generation of Microsoft Office
What has been called Office 14 is also being referred to as Office web. What’s the difference between Office 14 and Office web? Well, Office web is being compared to Google docs and Zoho docs as an online or Software as a Service version(SaaS).
It’s unclear to me if Microsoft intends to eliminate boxed copies of [...]
Microsoft vs. Chinese Pirates
I read an interesting article today on arstechnica.com that basically said thousands of Chinese, I assume pirates, are pissed at Microsoft.