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Computerworld Enterprise Software
May 15, 2008
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In this issue:
* Developers confirm, explain why they're avoiding Windows Vista
* Study shows software piracy declining in many countries
* HP-EDS deal spurs range of customer reactions
* FAQ: What does the HP-EDS deal really mean?
* Non-tech criminals can now rent-a-botnet
* Q&A: Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux
* Eli Lilly aims to tap 'rock star' programmers
Computerworld Blogs:
* New SaaS CEOs view business differently
* Virtualization survivor
* Crank up Web services performance
* Fedora 9 dazzles with its shiny newness
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Developers confirm, explain why they're avoiding Windows Vista
Windows developers are saying that lack of demand and the historical tendency
of a certain percentage of Microsoft technologies to become quickly irrelevant
are among the factors keeping 11 out of 12 programmers surveyed from devoting
time to writing Windows Vista-specific apps.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114350/2/
Study shows software piracy declining in many countries
The Business Software Alliance's annual survey shows the rate of global
software piracy is down, and the U.S. is leading the way.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114351/2/
HP-EDS deal spurs range of customer reactions
HP's plans to pay $13.9 billion for IT services firm EDS haven't upset
customers of the two companies, although the prospect of layoffs caused by the
merger raises some concerns.
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FAQ: What does the HP-EDS deal really mean?
What does HP's plan to buy IT services firm EDS for $1.9 billion mean? And why
is it happening now? Ben Pring, research vice president at Gartner Inc., talks
about the deal.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114354/2/
Non-tech criminals can now rent-a-botnet
The bar for committing online fraud just drops and drops again. Less-adept
fraudsters can now rent a service that allows them to create their own botnet.
(You'll be happy to know it's password-protected.)
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114355/2/
Q&A: Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux
Former founder of the Debian Linux distribution discusses how Sun can make
money on open-source software, compares Debian with OpenSolaris and explains
how OpenSolaris can compete with Linux.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114356/2/
Eli Lilly aims to tap 'rock star' programmers
Eli Lilly plans to use TopCoder's stable of "rock star" programmers to help
build enterprise IT applications.
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COMPUTERWORLD BLOGS
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New SaaS CEOs view business differently
Two new CEOs of SaaS vendors have different ways to get their products to
market.
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114359/2/
Virtualization survivor
Vizioncore CEO Chris Akerberg discusses how the small VMware management tool
vendor will survive -- and thrive -- as the virtualization tools market matures
and consolidates.
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114360/2/
Crank up Web services performance
Many Web services-based applications have performance issues. Here's one
approach to boost their speed.
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114361/2/
Fedora 9 dazzles with its shiny newness
It's IT Blogwatch: in which we take a headgear-flavored gander at Fedora 9. Not
to mention why we hate smug, self-satisfied Apple Macintosh users...
To view the rest of the blog post, click the following link.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/3234651/1200588/114362/2/
Shark Bait: Usage Policies
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please tell me the following about it ...
http://sharkbait.computerworld.com/?q=node/2432
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