Date: 09/04/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

Despite the "good news" of its win over SCO, and its deal with Microsoft, Novell continues to lose money. Millions of dollars each quarter.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/152059315/

Date: 09/05/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: web, linux, microsoft

Microsoft is cooperating with Novell on a project code-named “Moonlight” to port its Silverlight web development tool to Linux. On its face, this is big news because it is Microsoft’s first real contribution to the open source desktop, reports Miguel de Icaza, of GNOME fame, and one of Novell’s top desktop developers. Microsoft, after [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/152544236/

Date: 09/05/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

The real question Linux advocates need to answer is this. Can you go Microsoft-free and still get your work done?

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/152536932/

Date: 09/12/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: linux, microsoft

Most guide to adding multiple IP addresses on Linux starts with the Microsoft-like solution of using ifconfig. While the solution is correct it doesn’t survive a reboot or even a network restart. Here’s how you can easily and permanently add multiple IP addresses to the same (or different) network interface on your Linux machine. I [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-add-multiple-ip-addresses-on-linux-fedora-core-fedora/

Date: 09/12/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft and Novell announced today the opening of a 2,500 square foot lab in Cambridge, Mass. where engineers from both companies will code and test interoperability of their respective virtualization technologies. The news comes a day after Microsoft announced imminent availability of the first test version of its Viridian virtualization hypervisor, which is expected to [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/155608569/

Date: 09/13/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

The Sun-Microsoft link-up is good business. It means almost nothing to open source. I say almost because the something it does mean is good. Microsoft's agreement to accomodate Solaris in its virtualization schemes will help those with OpenSolaris live in a mixed-OS world.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/155955160/

Date: 09/13/07 (Security)    Keywords: security, microsoft

Microsoft instant-messaging users who aren't yet running version 8.1 (or higher) of Windows Live Messenger, take note: Your days are numbered. As reported by LiveSide.net, some time in the next few weeks, Microsoft is going to require all Messenger users to upgrade, in the name of security....

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=714

Date: 09/14/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft, google

If the Democratic Party is added to the ranks of Google, Apple, Microsoft and other tech companies who are demanding the spectrum be opened, it's hard to see the phone cartel winning.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/156468375/

Date: 09/14/07 (Microsoft Windows)    Keywords: programming, software, web, microsoft

OK, a bit of background. I've mostly been an apple user my whole life. I'm relatively competent in unix and I know a few programming languages, et cetera, but I'm a complete n00b to windows aside from using it on school/office computers where I am just running a few apps and it's straightforward and all ser up. So far Windows Vista Home Premium edition is driving me bonkers. I'm slowly picking up how to do things but it's still pretty nutty. Obviously I know how to run programmes and open files, but it's actual system maintenence type tasks that are weirding me out. Like when I install a programme, where do the different components traditionally get put? How do I set the screensaver to go off when I push the mouse into the corner instead of just when it's been sitting a while? Those aren't the questions I am asking now, as I am sure I will come to figure them out in time. I've already worked out the difference between an account with administrator permissions and an actual administrator account (the second being more like root). I actually bought this machine (an hp pavilion tx1115nr) to run openSuSE and reluctantly switched back to Vista when I couldn't get a lot of the hardware rnning under openSuSE.

So here is the deal. I have a laser printer, a Samsung ml-2010. When I had it on my powerbook I can't remember if I even had to install anything.

So I got out the CD and ran the software and plugged in the printer. When I plugged it in I think that I got something asking me if I wanted to automatically install the drivers. I was running a driver installation programme but I clicked OK anyway. I finished running the software on the CD (two sets of drivers? or maybe the computer set up the drivers and the CD had some software to access extra features like double-sided printing). After I was done I could't get the printer to work. I checked out samsung's website and saw that they had seperate Vista drivers with installation instructions not to click yes when the little box comes up asking me to automatically install the drivers. I had already done that but I tried installing the vista download anyway. Still no success printing.

So I am thinking that now I have to undo whatever I did when I told the computer to automatically install drivers? I was trying to figure out where those were and how to remove them, but when I go to Control Panel> Hardware & Sound> Remove a Printer the only printer I see listed is the Microsoft XPS document writer (which I think is similar to printing to a pdf file on a mac).

What do I do?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/ms_windows/82885.html

Date: 09/15/07 (Asp Dot Net)    Keywords: database, sql, microsoft

I inherited a program that takes data from a csv file and inserts it into a database.

The data is in the following format:

8/20/2007 12:14:21 PM,HDFM,"Nick Yockell","Nate Wittrock",239-850-3931,239-850-2514,"Used 2004 Harley Davidson ","bought bike
CUSTOMER WANTS TO BRING HIS YAMAHA R6 IN TO TRADE AND SEE HOW MUCH PAYMENTS WOULD BE.
",Deliver,aa32ed31-f0c8-4f43-a7d4-830d9f29edcd


For some reason the function that saves the data to the database is having a problem with the customer phone number (5th column).

The database column is a varchar(50) - the same as the customer business phone number.

If the customer home phone contains anything other that digits it cannot be saved to the database.

However, the customer business phone can contain anything and gets saved just fine.

The sql statement in the second function runs fine from query analyzer so I know thats not the problem.

Is there anything in the two functions that could be causing this ?



private void ProcessFile(string filename, string vendor)
{


string path = string.Empty;
string LoggingDate = DateTime.Now.ToString();

switch (vendor.ToLower())
{
case "vpulse":
path = DIRECTORYPATHVPULSE;
break;
case "calllogpro":
path = DIRECTORYPATHCALLLOGPRO;
break;

}

try
{
OleDbConnection ExcelConnection = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="+path+"\\"+";Extended Properties=\"Text;HDR=No;FMT=Delimited()\"");
//OleDbConnection ExcelConnection = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source="+this.txtSource.Text+"\\"+";Extended Properties=\"Text;HDR=No;\"");
OleDbCommand ExcelCommand = new OleDbCommand(@"SELECT * FROM "+filename,ExcelConnection);

OleDbDataAdapter ExcelAdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter(ExcelCommand);

ExcelConnection.Open();

DataSet ExcelDataSet = new DataSet();
ExcelAdapter.Fill(ExcelDataSet);

ExcelConnection.Close();

//Process File
ProcessFileRecords(ExcelDataSet, vendor.ToLower());

//Email Copy to Alliance Group
this.EmailFile(path, filename, vendor);



}
catch (Exception exc)
{
string errorText = exc.ToString();
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry("Alliance Level 2 DataRetreiver", errorText);

}
finally
{
//Archive Copy
this.ArchiveFile(path, filename);
}
}




private void ProcessFileRecordVPulse(object[] record)
{
string logdate = string.Empty;
string dealership = string.Empty;
string salesperson = string.Empty;
string customername = string.Empty;
string homephone = string.Empty;
string businessphone = string.Empty;
string product = string.Empty;
string comments = string.Empty;
string sellstage = string.Empty;
string vpulsecalltaskid = string.Empty;

string LoggingDate = DateTime.Now.ToString();

try
{
logdate = Convert.ToDateTime(record[0]).ToShortDateString();
dealership = record[1].ToString();
salesperson = record[2].ToString();
customername = record[3].ToString();

try
{
homephone = record[4].ToString();
//homephone.Replace("-", "");
}
catch
{
homephone = "Bad format";
}

businessphone = record[5].ToString();
product = record[6].ToString();
comments = record[7].ToString().Replace("
", " ");

//***Get Sales Stage
sellstage = record[8].ToString();
switch(sellstage.ToLower())
{
case "greet":
sellstage = "1";
break;
case "probe":
sellstage = "2";
break;
case "identify machine":
sellstage = "3";
break;
case "presentation":
sellstage = "4";
break;
case "sit down":
sellstage = "5";
break;
case "write up":
sellstage = "6";
break;
case "close the deal":
sellstage = "7";
break;
case "finance":
sellstage = "8";
break;
case "deliver":
sellstage = "9";
break;
default:
if (sellstage.ToLower().IndexOf("service") == -1 && sellstage.ToLower().IndexOf("parts") == -1)
sellstage = "1";
else
sellstage = sellstage;
break;
}
//***Get Sales Stage

vpulsecalltaskid = record[9].ToString();

//Import lead record
SqlCommand command = this.GetCommand();

command.CommandText = @"INSERT INTO CallLogs
(LogDate,
VPulseCallTaskId,
CallLogTypeId,
DealerId,
SalesPerson,
CustomerName,
CustomerHomePhone,
CustomerBusinessPhone,
Product,
Comments,
SaleStage,
LogProcessFlag,
CSI14Days,
CSI17Months,
CSI14DaysProcessFlag,
CSI17MonthsProcessFlag)
VALUES
(@LogDate,
@VPulseCallTaskId,
@CallLogTypeId,
@DealerId,
@SalesPerson,
@CustomerName,
@CustomerHomePhone,
@CustomerBusinessPhone,
@Product,
@Comments,
@SaleStage,
@LogProcessFlag,
@CSI14Days,
@CSI17Months,
@CSI14DaysProcessFlag,
@CSI17MonthsProcessFlag)";

command.Parameters.Add("@LogDate", logdate);
command.Parameters.Add("@VPulseCallTaskId", vpulsecalltaskid);
if ((sellstage.ToLower().IndexOf("service") == -1)&&(sellstage.ToLower().IndexOf("parts") == -1))
{
command.Parameters.Add("@CallLogTypeId", "1");
}
else
{
if (sellstage.ToLower().IndexOf("service") != -1)
{
command.Parameters.Add("@CallLogTypeId", "1"); //Service (4)
dealership = dealership+"_SERVICE";
sellstage = "1";
}
else if (sellstage.ToLower().IndexOf("parts") != -1)
{
command.Parameters.Add("@CallLogTypeId", "1"); //Parts (3)
dealership = dealership+"_PARTS";
sellstage = "1";
}
}
command.Parameters.Add("@DealerId", dealership);
command.Parameters.Add("@SalesPerson", salesperson);
command.Parameters.Add("@CustomerName", customername);
command.Parameters.Add("@CustomerHomePhone", homephone);
command.Parameters.Add("@CustomerBusinessPhone", businessphone);
command.Parameters.Add("@Product", product);
command.Parameters.Add("@Comments", comments);
command.Parameters.Add("@SaleStage", sellstage);
command.Parameters.Add("@LogProcessFlag", false);
command.Parameters.Add("@CSI14Days", Convert.ToDateTime(logdate).AddDays(14).ToString());
command.Parameters.Add("@CSI17Months", Convert.ToDateTime(logdate).AddMonths(17).ToString());
command.Parameters.Add("@CSI14DaysProcessFlag", false);
command.Parameters.Add("@CSI17MonthsProcessFlag", false);

command.ExecuteNonQuery();
this.DisposeCommand(command);
}

catch (Exception exc)
{

string errorText = exc.ToString();
System.Diagnostics.EventLog.WriteEntry("Alliance Level 2 DataRetreiver", errorText);

}

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/aspdotnet/92096.html

Date: 09/16/07 (IT Professionals)    Keywords: microsoft

According to CNews, many key employees, including several top-managers, left Microsoft Russian Representation Office within last year. Most of the given positions were occupied by Russian citizens. According to CNews, Microsoft strengthens its Russian Representation Office Governing Staff with foreign employees. 

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/itprofessionals/65235.html

Date: 09/17/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

Despite Microsoft's proven vulnerability with Windows Vista, and its continuing antitrust problems, so-called "mainstream desktop users" are being told they have no choice, that they must surrender to the Redmond borg.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/157586224/

Date: 09/17/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

Some may whine, but by laying down its marker for interoperability, and against Microsoft's embrace and extend policy, the European Union is supporting American open source efforts, giving them legal protection no U.S. court can fully take away.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/157607226/

Date: 09/17/07 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, microsoft

Microsoft has lost its appeal against a record 497m euro (approx: $690m) fine imposed by the European Commission. The European Court of First Instance upheld the ruling that Microsoft had abused its dominant market position. A probe concluded in 2004 that Microsoft was guilty of freezing out rivals in server software and products such as media [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-lost-appeal-against-497-million-euro-fine-by-european-commission/

Date: 09/17/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: software, microsoft

Today’s decision by the European Court of First Instance upholding previous fines and penalties against Microsoft is neither surprising nor newsworthy. The European government has traditionally taken a stronger stand and imposed more stringent sanctions against the U.S.-based software company for its alleged anti-competitive practices than did its Washington, D.C. counterpart, which (under a new [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/157773667/

Date: 09/18/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

Even as its pushes the OpenDocument Format, OpenOffice.org — and new member IBM — are trying to deliver better compatibility with Microsoft Office. Good idea. This week, as its annual conference gets underway in Spain, OpenOffice.org released a version 2.3 update of its open source Office suite that offers improved compatibility with Microsoft Excel [...]

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/158144460/

Date: 09/18/07 (Security)    Keywords: software, web, microsoft

Petko D. Petkov's ongoing research into malicious rigging of media files is now taking aim at Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows Media Player (WMP) software. The latest discovery revolves around manipulating ".asx" files to display a Web page within the standalone media player. [The] page will be opened...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=518

Date: 09/19/07 (Web Technology)    Keywords: software, web, microsoft

The chief executive of Microsoft's Greater China business reportedly hired to run NBA subsidiary in China. The chief executive of Microsoft's Greater China business, Chen Yongzheng, has resigned, the world's largest software maker said on Wednesday. In a statement on its China Web site, Microsoft said its...

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9595_22-6208825.html

Date: 09/19/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: microsoft

While I've been writing about IBM and Microsoft, about the the biggest trees in the open source forest, thousands of little shoots have been growing, ignored.

Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/open-source/~3/158612169/

Date: 09/19/07 (Security)    Keywords: microsoft

This post is something of an apology. And an explanation of the picture at right. While I've been writing about IBM and Microsoft, about the the biggest trees in the open source forest, thousands of little shoots have been growing, ignored. Zoho has been...

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1443