application compatibility

Small-to-medium businesses (SBMs) trying to assess if older applications will run on Windows 7 Professional edition can take advantage of a free online remediation service.

Microsoft is developing application compatibility tools for Office 2010 to help IT organizations migrate to the new productivity suite when it becomes available.

Practically Networked: "An alternate way to minimize the time it takes to get your system online is to use a lightweight operating system that emphasizes connectivity and is designed for quick start up (and shut down).

Commonly based on some version of Linux and referred to as "instant-on" operating systems, they can be used alongside Windows rather than in lieu of it, so you don't have to give up familiarity or application compatibility."

Microsoft started a new pilot help program last week for IT professionals and developers facing application compatibility issues.

Glide OS 3.0, by TransMedia, is a popular mobile and web operating system that comes complete with

Khaotic Musings: "There are four major industry players (IBM, Sun, Red Hat and Novell) who have a vested interest in desktop Linux's success, and therefore much to gain by cultivating the open source developer community which produces Wine."

Windows 7 will feature superior application compatibility over Windows Vista, according to a Microsoft announcement issued on Monday.