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Entries Tagged as 'Microsoft'

How to virtualize Windows on an Ubuntu host for an optimized dev / qa environment

May 11th, 2008 ·

 
After converting my MacBook Pro in to a Windows developer dream, I wanted to have the same experience on a more portable, commodity hardware unit. Virtualizing Windows within Windows with VMware Server is something I’m familiar with. It’s something many Windows developers may prefer (and I recommend if you’re not comfy with linux as your [...]

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Tags: Education · Microsoft · OS X · QA · Software Development · Ubuntu · VMware · Windows · Xubuntu

Yahoo! - components that matter to me after no search

February 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

The news of the week (month/year?) is the $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo!. Robert Scoble blogs the intelligence of Google’s email and Dave Winer drops thoughts on Yahoo’s options based on TechCrunch blogger Mike Arrington’s analysis. Mike Arrington’s latest news is a bit disheartening. Either sell to Microsoft or sell their [...]

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Tags: BlackBerry · Microsoft · Software Development · Wearing · Web Services · Yahoo · iPhone