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IBM Spins Off PLM Unit To Dassault

$600 million deal sees Big Blue transfer Product Lifecycle Management assets to industry partner.

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Who Needs An IT Department?
The Wall Street Journal had an interesting opinion piece written by Nick Wingfield, a frustrated "consumer" of big-company IT services. His main question is deceptively simple: "Why can't I use whatever technology I want to get my Wall Street Journal work done?"

The New Office 2010 Beta: Is Microsoft Winning The Last War?
For most modern businesses, Microsoft Office is the standard for productivity applications. So the arrival of Microsoft 2010 -- now going into beta for release next year -- is big news. But after a couple weeks of working with the new release it seems that Microsoft has done a great job -- of winning the last war.

Microsoft's GPL Gaffe May Be Yours Too
Although Microsoft has been known to dabble in Open Source projects when it suits their business goals, the majority of the company's software is still proprietary and closed to public view. This includes the source to Windows and Office, of course, but it also includes most of the utilities and other support software that Microsoft makes.

Methinks They Doth Protest Too Much
Yesterday it appeared that some candidness leaked out from a Microsoft employee who said, "What we’ve tried to do with Windows 7 ... is create a Mac look and feel in terms of graphics." Microsoft blogger Brandon LeBlanc went into PR damage control, saying those comments were "inaccurate and uninformed."

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