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Seriously, and what will replace it? Would you believe a VMware exec saying it will be virtual applications running on... Linux? Believe it.

Motorola's new Droid Pro sports a BlackBerry-style keyboard and global roaming capabilities. So how does the device stack up with Verizon's other Droid phones? Here's a side-by-side comparison.

In Thursday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches the think-tank Demos tell us to chill out -- and unblock Facebook from our Web filters. Not to mention how Belgian charities make money...

It's one thing to have a skunkworks operating system project, Midori, that could conceivably replace Windows. It's another to actually have plans on how to switch users from Windows to Midori. Guess what? Microsoft actually does have such plans.

Once more, an 'expert' shows that he knows nothing about open source by proclaiming that it's written by Utopian, open-source radicals. Funny that, I don't think the developers at Red Hat, Novell, IBM, Oracle, Google, etc. would agree.

During a press call today about Canonical's forthcoming Ubuntu release, Mark Shuttleworth said that no one can make money from the Linux desktop. On the other hand, he doesn't think Microsoft will be making much money from desktop operating system for much longer either.

On July 1st, Bill Gates will retire. He'll still spend about 20% of his time on Microsoft projects. If Microsoft is to retain 20% of its economic clout in five years time, the company's board should start working on firing CEO Steve Ballmer now.

Why? Because Ballmer has been in charge of Microsoft for the last several years and he's been running it into the ground. Even before Gates announced that he was going to retire, Ballmer was already in charge and his record of failure speaks for itself.

LibreOffice is looking good even as a beta, but it's not a fork yet.

When it came to its design, Apple's iPad broke the rules. The company put the user first. That's why its sold a million of them in under a month and made a billion dollars -- the fastest product launch in history, some say.

A perfect storm is brewing ahead and, like a fishing captain who doesn't get that a plummeting barometer means stay at port, VMware is persisting in sailing into disaster.

In case you haven't noticed, the economy is collapsing. We need to use Linux now. We can't afford to waste money on Microsoft trash anymore.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting what I've suspected for some time: VMware will be buying Novell's Linux business.

Hot on the heels of the startling revelation that iPhone users are browsing more webpages than Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry and Palm users combined, some major enterprise players are lining up behind the hit Apple device.

If you're a Microsoft shareholder, or even just a fan, these are troublesome times.  The naysayers are out in force, and everywhere you turn some expert is decrying the company's failure and predicting its ultimate doom.

Big business loves Linux, but according to The Linux Foundation survey, it still has some problems to overcome. These are the most important ones.