04.14.09
Gemini version available ♊︎Eye on Microsoft: More Layoffs, Also in Microsoft Ally Infosys; Vista 7 Rejected Before Arrival
• Microsoft Still On Track To Cut Another 3,600 Jobs
Any hope that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has turned the corner and won’t need to make those deep job cuts after all has been snuffed out.
Pai is catching flak for his seeming ruthlessness. One blogger on the Indian IT-insider webite Techgoss, for example, wrote: “No other country has this system of publicly humiliating ex employees. No other industry in India follows such blatant heartlessness.”
• Windows 7: 83% Of Businesses Won’t Deploy Next Year
The open source Linux OS also could benefit from slow uptake of Windows 7 in the enterprise market, as could Google’s Android OS — which some computer makers are reportedly testing as a netbook platform. Fifty percent of those surveyed by Dimensional Research said they’ve considered switching to a non-Windows OS to avoid Vista or Windows 7
• Report: Most Businesses To Give Windows 7 Wide Birth
A new report indicates that, even though Windows 7 will be released in the near future, it may be quite some time before the average company decides to deploy the new operating system.
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