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Microsoft is porting SQL Server, its popular database manager, to Linux. According to Executive VP Scott Guthrie: Today I’m excited to announce our plans to bring SQL Server to Linux as well. This will enable SQL Server to deliver a consistent data platform across Windows Server and Linux, as well as on-premises and cloud. We …continue reading Microsoft SQL Server is coming to Linux. What are the implications for Windows Server? Microsoft Outlook 2016 has a new feature which the company highlighted when it first appeared, which is that it sends attachments as links by default, if they are stored in network-accessible locations. The idea is to prevent proliferation of different versions if several respondents make changes and email them back. It also means that everyone …continue reading Outlook 2016 attachment mysteries and annoyances Microsoft would like us to think of Office 365, its hosted email and collaboration service, as “cloud”. And it is in many ways; you can even get all your email and Onedrive-stored documents direct from a web browser. The truth though is that Microsoft has been careful not to disrupt its desktop Office software too …continue reading Microsoft Office 365 and desktop friction Microsoft has reported its latest financial results, for the quarter ending December 31st 2015. Here are the latest figures (see end of post for what is in the segments): Quarter ending December 31st 2015 vs quarter ending December 31st 2014, $millions Segment Revenue Change Operating income Change Productivity and Business Processes 6690 -132 6460 -528 …continue reading Microsoft’s story continues: Windows down, cloud up in financials Oct-Dec 2015 Twitter is a strange thing. Founded in 2006, it was initially promoted as a way of communicating with friends about what you are doing right now. It did not appeal to me. Who wants to know all that trivia? Who wants to publish it? Lots of people now on Facebook, apparently. But I digress. I …continue reading Twitter: will longer tweets spoil the platform? I am writing a Bridge game in C# – yes, I have been doing this for some time, it does run now but it is not ready for public unveiling. It is good fun though and a learning experience, as I am writing it as a Windows 8 Store app. This means it can …continue reading Adapting a native code DLL to be called from a Store or Universal Windows app Late last week I encountered behaviour from Google that I had not seen before. It was related to my habit of not signing into Google automatically; I only sign in when I want to use Google+ (I know; but I have quite a few followers there and use it from time to time). Nor do …continue reading Blocked from Google search: agree our terms or else go away Microsoft has reported its financials for its first quarter. Making sense of these is harder than usual because the company has changed its segment breakdown (and the names are misleading). The new segments are as follows: Productivity and Business Processes: Office, both commercial and consumer, including retail sales, volume licenses, Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype …continue reading Microsoft financials July-Sept 2015: decline of Windows hits home, cloud rises “Windows 10′s lack of stability is really starting to be an issue for me” says Mary Jo Foley over on zdnet. The problems she experienced include the Store not working, the Mail app not syncing and then wiping her accounts after an update, and the PC randomly shutting down. She has now done a clean …continue reading Is Windows 10 stable? Mostly it is, but there are some concerns |
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