The H Open: "Microsoft has been granted a patent on a privilege escalation system which appears to cover the functionality of PolicyKit, which is used for fine grain authorisation on Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE and other Linux systems."
open microsoftI Fear Microsoft Geeks Bearing Gifts...Linux Today Tue, 07/14/2009 - 09:31
Open...: "Microsoft's approach here can be summed up as: accept our free dog biscuit, and be lumbered with a dog." Routing around the desktopLinux Today Fri, 07/10/2009 - 09:34
The H Open: "Microsoft's dominance of the desktop "is being chipped away from this side, from that side, and from underneath with embedded Linux, led by different players with different strengths, chipping away at the front door, the back door, the side doors, and the roof."" My Phone: Microsoft’s Free Mobile Backup Service Now OpenMashable! Tue, 05/19/2009 - 09:55
The service lets you backup the contents of your mobile phone to a password protected web site; unfortunately, it currently works only with Windows Mobile 6+ based smartphones. |
Microsoft has opened up access to its free mobile backup service called 