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Submission + - Windows ignores microsoft.com in hosts file

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: If you try to block microsoft.com in your hosts file, windows will just ignore the entry. On Vistas Windows Defender even steps in and tries to stop you from adding microsoft.com to the hosts file, but even if you ignore Defender microsoft.com will still work as if the entry wasn't there.

Comment Re:Fedora (Score 1) 496

by FedeTXF (#30460704) Attached to: Why Top Linux Distros Are For Different Users

When I installed Fedora 4, I always had a hard freeze when accessing the US robotics modem (full V.90 modem in an 8 bit ISA card). And ever since Fedora 2 the serial port mouse never worked out of the box. Other distros did not have those issues.
Data Storage

Gnome's Nautilus Gets ZFS Integration, In OpenSolaris 38

Posted by timothy from the one-day-in-linux-would-be-nice dept.
13bpower writes "Sun developer Erwann Chenede posted a new plugin for Nautilus that will integrate ZFS's backup capabilities with Nautilus. This should be a pretty killer feature." As one of the comments puts it, this adds a "Time Machine-esque" function to Solaris, through which a user can specify backup frequency, and when needed browse from available snapshots to restore files.
Microsoft

Microsoft Pledges Conditional Support for ODF 241

Posted by Zonk from the you-can't-say-grudging-respect-without-grudge dept.
Macthorpe writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has announced in a letter that they will support ODF as a format option, if it doesn't 'restrict choice among formats'. Citing their lack of opposition to the ratification of ODF as a standard, they go on to say: 'ODF's design may make it attractive to those users that are interested in a particular level of functionality in their productivity suite or developers who want to work that format. Open XML may be more attractive to those who want richer functionality [...] This is not to say that one is better than the other — just that they meet different needs in the marketplace.'"

Oracle to Compete With Red Hat for Linux Support 221

Posted by ScuttleMonkey from the and-the-consumer-wins dept.
PCM2 writes "It's not Oracle Linux, but Larry Ellison has announced that Oracle will be providing full enterprise support for Linux. This means not just phone calls but also patches, security fixes, and backports, in addition to indemnification from lawsuits like SCO's. This puts Oracle in direct competition with its erstwhile partner, Red Hat, whose entire business is based on providing similar support for its Linux distro and related software."

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