http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,2000460739b,00.htm pround's Blog - Observations on the Techie World - Latest blog feeds at ZDNet UK en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:07:05 +0100 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:07:05 +0100 20 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (p) It would appear from recent news reports that Microsoft is to ban oem selling of XP from January. While this makes good sense for Vista sales it hardly gives Microsoft any, much needed, good press. Now Vista may well mature into a half decent OS, by say s... zdnetuk/10006014 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006014o-2000460739b,00.htm Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:01:53 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (p) Back in the 90's IT as a career was seen as a good option by students entering further and higher education this meant lots of qualified IT workers and happy days for the IT industry. The proliferation of off shoring coupled with a general downturn in... zdnetuk/10005754 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005754o-2000460739b,00.htm Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:08:30 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (p) The recent news stories about Microsoft and Open Source represent, at face value, a very odd turn of events for Microsoft as only a couple of years ago they dismissed open source as anti competitive and even anti American. This change of heart seems to re... zdnetuk/10005747 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005747o-2000460739b,00.htm Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:58:11 +0100 mailroomuk@zdnet.com (p) There has been a lot of media hype about the shiny little device with its touch screen but on close examination I think many people in the media have missed the point. Apple always said, right from the initial announcement of the device, that they wanted ... zdnetuk/10005739 http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005739o-2000460739b,00.htm Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:40:04 +0100