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Virtualization has not stripped Windows of its relevance, a Microsoft official said in response to VMware CEO Paul Maritz’s argument that operating systems are no longer the center of innovation in the IT world.

Windows and operating systems in general have lost their status as the center of innovation in the IT industry, said VMware CEO Paul Maritz, himself a former Microsoft executive.

SapphireSteel positions its technology as enabling an alternative to Microsoft's Silverlight RIA platform

Demand for Windows and Linux servers is increasing at a rapid pace, at the expense of Unix servers and other non-x86 machines, according to IDC.

But company stays mum on whether any of its own apps are vulnerable
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RAD Studio XE features former Borland tools aimed at cloud deployments

The company stuck to its guns and declined to provide a fix for a critical bug to users running Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).

zEnterprise roadmap shows growing data center management role

However, the tool is only a makeshift defense, that also makes much of Windows, including the desktop, taskbar and Start menu, almost unusable.