How To Run Common GNU Utilities Under MS-Windows

"Cygwin software offers Linux-like environment for Windows making it possible to port software running on POSIX systems (such as Linux, BSD, and Unix systems) to Windows. However, sometime you just wanna run bc or wget under Windows without going through Cygwin. Here are some ports of common GNU utilities to native Win32."

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/download-gnu-utilities-for-windows.html

Why Force Vista When Users Want Windows XP?

"Question: What prompted the Save XP campaign?
Gruman: We noticed a decided lack of enthusiasm for Vista in the year after it shipped, and so we started asking IT folks what their plans were. What we heard was that most had no reason to switch from XP to Vista but knew they’d ultimately be forced to because Microsoft would stop selling XP. That made us ask, “Why?" From that, the idea of petitioning Microsoft came: If users don't really want Vista, why make them change? As a publication that focuses on business IT, we realized we could be a venue for customers to express that desire."

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=41802&sr=1

Automate Reconnecting a Network Share

"NET USE G: "\\sharename" password /USER:workgroup\username"

http://www.appscout.com/2008/03/automate_reconnecting_a_networ.php

Windows Server 2008 in ‘workstation’ mode – a suitable Vista replacement?

"Reports have emerged across the web of users transforming Windows Server 2008 into ‘workstation’ mode, effectively using it for desktop work instead of Windows Vista. Some reports suggest it’s much faster than Vista, while others say it shouldn’t make any difference. "

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17140/1103/1/0/

Closing the Door to Microsoft Vista

"General Motors (GM) may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating system from Microsoft (MSFT). The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011. "We're considering bypassing Vista and going straight to Windows 7," says GM's Chief Systems & Technology Officer Fred Killeen."

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc20080512_157155.htm

Gartner Explains Why Windows Is Broken

"Microsoft's operating system (OS) development times are too long and they deliver limited innovation; their OSs provide an inconsistent experience between platforms, with significant compatibility issues; and other vendors are out-innovating Microsoft "

http://www.cio.com/article/331963

Windows Server 2008 To Workstation Manual

"This manual will help you to install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and to configure your pc so you can use it as a workstation. Thanks to DAz999, you can also download the full manual as a 6MB pdf file from here! If you need any help, don’t hesitate to post your question on the forums. You can watch screenshots of my final Windows Server 2008 workstation here.

If you are still not convinced why to use Windows Server 2008 as your workstation OS, read this article, and you will be installing Windows Server 2008 right after reading it!

View: Manual"

http://pengwin.homelinux.org/2008/03/windows-server-2008-to-workstation-manual/

Microsoft Exec: UAC Designed To ‘Annoy Users’

"In a Thursday presentation at RSA 2008 in San Francisco, David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft who was part of the team that developed UAC, admitted that Microsoft’s strategy with UAC was to irritate users and ISVs in order to get them to change their behavior."

http://pengwin.homelinux.org/2008/04/microsoft-exec-uac-designed-to-annoy-users/

London Council Unimpressed With Microsoft MOU

"Newham London Borough Council has scrapped the controversial 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with Microsoft in 2004 and drawn up a new agreement with a new set of deliverables.
The council decided Microsoft’s flagship government contract failed to demonstrate its value, four years after it was signed."

http://pengwin.homelinux.org/2008/04/london-council-unimpressed-with-microsoft-mou/

Where Microsoft Is Most Exposed

"Windows Desktop (Vista): Windows Desktop is the keystone product of keystone products. If Microsoft lost dominance on Windows, the cascade effectively takes everything else out with the possible exception of Windows server which, due to its dependencies, might be left mortally wounded."

http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/rob/?p=209

Microsoft: Office 2007 has expired. Hahaha.

"I have come to a conclusion that Open Office is actually very impressive software, despite what I thought of it before. I used to think it had a really complex interface where “it was all there”. But with closer inspection, and thinking of the benefits - it’s not that bad!"

http://edwardcheng.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/microsoft-office-2007-has-expired-hahaha/

Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds)

"A normal programmer would conclude that Office’s binary file formats:

* are deliberately obfuscated
* are the product of a demented Borg mind
* were created by insanely bad programmers
* and are impossible to read or create correctly. "

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/02/19.html

Take THAT, Microsoft - IBM is switching to the Mac

"Yes, I know - what an overly dramatic title. But if you checked out some of the other blog entries surrounding the article in RoughlyDrafted about IBM’s Mac pilot program you’d think that IBM was tossing every ThinkPad it could find into the dumpsters (or worse) and bringing in MacBook Pro’s left and right."

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/decisioncentral/?p=102&tag=nl.e019

Jim Allchin's Mac message: The full text

"I would buy a Mac today if I was not working at Microsoft." Jim Allchin

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/110354.asp

Windows-to-Linux roadmap: Overview

"IBM e-business architect Chris Walden is your guide through a nine-part developerWorks series on moving your operational skills from a Windows® to a Linux® environment. He covers everything from logging to networking, and from the command-line to help systems -- even compiling packages from available source code."

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-roadmap.html

The Berkeley Utilities

40 unix commands ported to DOS

http://www.openetwork.com/berk.html

Cygwin

"# Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of two parts: A DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts as a Linux API emulation layer providing substantial Linux API functionality.
# A collection of tools which provide Linux look and feel.

The Cygwin DLL currently works with all recent, commercially released x86 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows, with the exception of Windows CE.

Note that the official support for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me will be discontinued with the next major version (1.7.0) of Cygwin."

http://cygwin.com/

The OSSwin project: Open Source for Windows!

* Audio editing tools
* Business Software
* CAD software
* Calendar Software
* CD Writing
* Compression/ZIP
* Databases
* Desktop Environments
* Dictionaries
* Drivers/Hardware
* Educational
* Emulators
* Encyclopedia
* Filesharing
* FTP clients
* Firewall & NAT
* File Systems
* Games
* Graphics
* Instant Messaging
* Internet Voice chat
* IRC clients
* Mail & News
* Media Players (audio)
* Media Players (video)
* Media Players (codecs)
* MC303 utilities
* Networking tools
* NTP clients
* Office tools
* Operating Systems
* PostScript viewers
* Programming
* Remote access
* Sciences and Math
* Security, Privacy, Protection,...
* Server software
* SCP (SecureCoPy) clients
* Stream Downloaders
* Text editors
* Utilities
* Video capture/processing
* VJ Software
* Web browsers
* Webcam
* Web editors
* Webgrabbers
* X-servers
* Others

http://osswin.sourceforge.net/