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accesswithoutpasswords-linuxjournal

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-07-05T14:11:35+00:00

Reply to "Safer Access without Passwords, Linux Journal Jul 06, 2011 “How do you make sure that your passwords are safe? You can make them longer, complicate them by adding odd characters, making sure to use different passwords for each user account that you have. Or, you can simply skip them all together.

bcclibrarydesktop

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Reply to "Putin says Russia's government to migrate to OSS" on www.chiefofficers.net Original article Putin says Russia's government to migrate to OSS Published on:- Quote:- < [ But] In the UK, Birmingham City Council aborted a planned migration to Linux after a revised costing showed it was cheaper to

computing-21-07-2005

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Blame Microsoft for Viruses I read with some concern that 78% of business users in a survey regard the sentance passed on Sven Jaschan as too lenient (Businesses 'let down' by virus writers ruling, 14th July 2005). This misses the point entirely. The organisation that has let users down is not the German courts, it is Microsoft.

computing-30-12-2010

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Computing Magazine, 30.12.2010 Welcome back, Windows – I missed you Re:- Welcome back windows, I missed you. Dear Sirs, Don't make me laugh... I nearly fell off my chair when I read Martin's article. Whilst I sympathise Martin's laptop problems, blaming linux in one swoop because of unspecified crashes and the praising Microsoft for producing and developing reliable software is not the quality of journalism or comment I would expect from your magazine. As if Windows doesn't ever crash or …

itdepttodumpxp

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2016-04-26T23:22:30+00:00

IT depts to dump XP Dear Sir, I agree with Martin Courtney (p12) that IT departments need to dump XP before the end of official support, however I profoundly disagree that we should automatically move to W7. We have four years to plan and implement the strategy for this. I hate the phrase

jhunt-14-07-2011

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Letter to Jeremy Hunt, Sec of State Department for Culture, Media and Sport Re:- News Corp and BskyB From: Andrew Stringer [mailto:xxx@rainsbrook.co.uk] Sent: 14 July 2011 15:00 To: huntj@parliament.uk Cc: Enquiries Subject: News Corp and BskyB Dear Sir, over the last few weeks I have been following the evolving story of News of the World and News Corp. I have worked for several companies during my working career and in all of those, the company ethos has come from above. This has in turn fi…

metro-13-04-2007

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Photo Credit cards would cut fraud In the light of the 70% increase in identity fraud (Metro, Thursday 12th April 2007) I think one of the biggest contributors to the problem is chip and PIN credit cards. While the principle of requiring a customer to have a card and a number that only they know is a classic two-factor identification process, its implementation is flawed. It is too easy in most cases to read the PIN of someone in front of you in the queue at a counter or a cash machine.

metro-21-09-2005

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Metro Newspaper, Perils of Microsoft In response to an article in Metro, Monday 19th September, 2005 entitled “Spam and bugs 'could wreck Net in 3 years' ”. Spam and bugs 'could wreck Net in 3 years' by John Higginson Cyber criminals could render the Internet useless within three to five years experts warn. The system's boom era - symbolised by the likes of Google, eBay and Amazon - could be destroyed unless urgent action is taken against spam, viruses and fraud, says Microsoft's chief secu…

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Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2022-05-03T10:03:25+00:00

Correspondence index Articles Published and Letters. Computer related Computing Magazine, 21-07-2005, Blame Microsoft for Viruses Metro Newspaper, Perils of Microsoft Computing Magazine, 30-12-2010, Welcome back, Windows – I missed you Reply to "Putin says Russia's government to migrate to OSS" on www.chiefofficers.net Reply to "Safer Access without Passwords, Linux Journal Jul 06, 2011 IT depts to dump XP Response to Martin Courtney (Date unknown). Trying to buy a laptop with…

thealternativestomicrosoft

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

PC Pro, 01-12-2011, The alternatives to Microsoft Submitted to PC Pro Magazine. Dear sir, Recently I received an email from an association I am on the mailing list of which amounted to little more than an advert for Microsoft software. This annoyed me enough to write a reply, but the reply I received back made me realise how many people think that windows is an integral part of a desktop or laptop, and that without it, the computer will not function. Likewise the assumption all office based so…

tryingtobutlaptop5

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Trying to buy a laptop without Windows installed - Part 5, Scan Computers Submitted via the Customer Services web form, 31/08/2012 Hi, I have been looking round your website with a view to buying a laptop. However, as a Linux user I do not want to buy a laptop which is preloaded with any variety of windows which I will then have to try to claim money back for after rejecting the windows licence which I do not agree with the terms of. Unfortunately, I have not found any models which are avail…

tryingtobuylaptop1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-02-16T18:33:24+00:00

Trying to buy a laptop without Windows installed - Part 1, Dell Telephone "Helpline" Recently (October 2011) I have been trying to buy a laptop which I wish to run Linux on, this was an example web conversation with a rep from Dell who clearly knows how to follow a script and not much else. For completeness, our Business salesman commented that Dell *can* supply some business grade laptops without a pre-installed

tryingtobuylaptop2

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Trying to buy a laptop without Windows installed - Part 2, Sony Vaio I tried contacting Sony to see their attitude to non Windows laptops, given that Sony feel they would like to offer an recommendation, surely they must offer a range of options in order that they can

tryingtobuylaptop3

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Trying to buy a laptop without Windows installed - Part 3, HP HP make decent laptops too, both for business and consumer use, so perhaps they can offer a useful choice of Operating System? Hi, I have been looking at the range of HP Laptops on offer and I have a question about the choice of Operating Systems available. All over your website you have the statement "HP recommends Windows® 7". A recommendation would imply that there is a choice of alternatives but you feel that one particular op…

tryingtobuylaptop4

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Trying to buy a laptop without Windows installed - Part 4, Panasonic Toughbook Hi, I am a cf-29 user and am considering upgrading the hardware. On your web site you have the statement "Panasonic recommends Windows® 7" but I cannot find any alternative choices for operating systems. The fact that you have a statement recommending something would seem to imply that a choice exists, but you would favour one option over another. Please can you advise what alternative operating system I can choose i…

tryingtobuylaptop10

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

Trying to buy a laptop without windows installed - Toshiba Maybe some good news at last, the Toshiba website had a support page entitled “Linux Support”, (), but unfortunately, I cannot see on the laptop selector page anywhere to select Linux as the preferred

ukmetro-poultney

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-09-22T10:29:43+00:00

Reply to Metro article:- Is it 10 out of 10 for new windows? Your reporter Leon Poultney makes some interesting points in his article “Is it 10 out of 10 for new windows?” in Fridays Metro. However one major issue with windows is not addressed at all in the article is, how do I buy a computer without a copy of windows?

unknown-ms-monopoly

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2021-09-22T14:56:41+00:00

Microsoft Toasters Which Magazine - March 2016 Dear Editor, Your article in the March issue of Which? about the windows 10 update being free and how awful windows 8 is opens up a much deeper question regarding operating systems. If you bought a new car called car8 from a company called Microcar and it turned out be the turkey windows 8 is, you would probably not buy another car from Microcar.

whattodowithanunwantedlicence

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2013-10-10T14:21:14+00:00

What to do with an unwanted licence for w7 Finally after much consideration and despite Sony's attitude to a choice of Operating System, I bought a VAIO Laptop.As far as the hardware goes, I am very pleased with it, however the supplied OS is another matter.

which-ms-licence1

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2015-03-09T13:22:59+00:00

Letter to Which? magazine regarding purchase of laptop without Windows copy Sent 03/03/2015 Dear Editor, Your article in the March issue of Which? about the windows 10 update being free and how awful windows 8 is opens up a much deeper question regarding operating systems. If you bought a new car called car8 from a company called Microcar and it turned out be the turkey windows 8 is, you would probably not buy another car from Microcar.

zdnet-microsofts-radical-new-business-plan

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2015-03-25T14:47:33+00:00

Comment to "Microsoft's radical new business plan is hidden in plain sight" > As an aside -"Today, Unix is almost gone" and "Linux may be neutralized as a competitive threat" What rot. Not from where I am looking. Windows servers gained over NetWare due to the usual strong arm tactics of MS licencing, head to head NetWare was a far better file server than windo…