More Vista details: The Vista view is getting brighter as Vista RC1 sees the light of day. Test Center Executive Editor Doug Dineley got the low-down from Christopher Flores, Microsoft's Group Product Manager, Windows Marketing Communications and compiled a long list of improvements and new features, while Online Editor Mike Barton likes the cleaner install (and posted a few screen images for your viewing pleasure). But Contributing Editor Sean McCown had a less-than-enjoyable upgrade experience, as detailed on Database Underground. Keep watching this blog and the InfoWorld site - we have a review of Vista RC1 coming soon.
Open Source as innovation incubator: Community-driven software may have more benefits than it's oft-stated flexibility and low price. Dropping the proprietary fences encourages sharing, experimenting, and innovating, from messaging products to Java innovations. Find out more in this week's special report, and check out some of our open-source product reviews, including open-source PBXes, AJAX app dev toolkits, virtualization/emulation tools, or Linux e-mail platforms (or learn to build your own open-source messaging server).
Then again, there's always Tom Yager's take: that Linux will be driven underground by Apple UNIX. Agree? Disagree? Post your comments to our Talkback forum.
Blog roll call: Tom Yager's Mac is totally hot... in a Dell-inferno kind of way thanks to CPU-sizzling Office updates. The Enterprise Mac blog post has all the details.
Victor Garza reminds everyone that "buyer beware" advice also applies to any dealings with hackers in Zero Day Security.
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