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"Users will gravitate toward a built-in solution because it's easier," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told TechNewsWorld. Since Microsoft has been a favorite target of hackers in the past, however, with scores of vulnerabilities in its Internet Explorer browser and other products publicized and exploited, "users might take some time to get used to the idea."

For the last two weeks I've been talking about desktop operating systems, including why Linux is on the wrong path to be a true desktop operating system and comparing Linux to Windows Vista and Mac OS Leopard, where I concluded that Apple will have in 2008 the best opportunity in its history to grow share ...

With that kind of cash and speculation on how it could be used -- fueled this week by reports that Microsoft and Yahoo have talked about an expanded partnership -- Microsoft seems an unlikely underdog, said Enderle Group Principal analyst Rob Enderle "Microsoft is not used to ...

I mentioned last week that I was planning to attend the Linspire-sponsored Linux Desktop Summit where the discussion would include reasons the folks who build PCs don't want to do Linux. Indeed, some of the commentary at the event related to Microsoft and its vulnerability when it comes to large business and government accounts because: ...

"This removes a barrier to someone trying the product, but to a large extent the difficulty remains that the hardware OEMs don't want to install and support it. Free doesn't get them there because they still need money to pay for the customer support. Otherwise it comes out of their pockets," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told LinuxInsider...

This week I'm speaking at the Desktop Linux Summit in San Diego on why the PC OEMs don't, and probably never will, fully support Linux on the desktop. This is somewhat of a deja vu for me since a decade ago my team made a similar presentation at IBM on OS/2 and why it wouldn't beat Windows in its time. For the purpose of this piece I'm using the word "Linux" as an open source OS catch-all so I don't have to call out every distribution or variant...

"Microsoft has taken the approach that they can be an agent for change in China," Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. The company is likely to come under some fire for its dealings there, but Enderle noted that Microsoft has plenty of history in managing negative publicity and image issues...

Last week I visited Hewlett-Packard's lab to see what they have in the works. Lab tours are one of the nice perks of this job. A few months ago I got to see Intel's rather extensive future lineup, and weeks ago I also witnessed Sun Microsystems' rather disappointing event ...

Last week,Apple became a tentative Windows platform OEM with its announcement of Boot Camp, which allows new Machardware to run Windows XP and, eventually, Vista. Apple had said it wasn't planning to support Windows -- just like it said it didn't plan to supportIntel or bring out flash-based media players ...

I spent a lot of time last week reading the Microsoft employee blogs and apparently there is some reasonably strong feeling among many folks who work there that the wrong "Steve" is running the company. This is, in my view, a "grass is greener on the other side of the fence" type of perception -- since "the other Steve," Jobs, that is, is neither known for being a good software guy nor being anywhere near as employee-focused as Microsoft's executives are. He does, however, have skills that Microsoft could use desperately right now...

Microsoft will likely work hard to show the EU it is striving to ensure compliance on the existing penalties and to avoid any new issues with Vista, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "Microsoft recognizes that it can't fight all these battle...

"Korea builds a lot of electronics equipment, so there is an infrastructure that benefits from having Microsoft. Those companies would certainly be hurt if Microsoft pulled out," said Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle. "If none of the Korean companies can compete on Microsoft platforms it does create some broader issues for them."

In the midst of the Game Developer's conference in San Jose, Calif., last week, Microsoft announced that Windows Vista would miss its do-not-miss date. Then, Dell, which does not typically do acquisitions, bought the premier gaming PC builder Alienware. Each event has within it the potential to incite massive change ...

"Microsoft owns what we call 'the personal platform.' That's where we all live and breathe. So they have a great deal to say about where it is we are going," remarked Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle "Microsoft is using that say to carve out a space in Web 2.0," he ...

Blogs are providing an unprecedented look inside organizations in the Internet age. Via blogs run by current and former employees and associates we can now see aspects of major technology companies that otherwise would only be visible to a few insiders ...

The tension between Microsoft and IBM is centered on the services model that Big Blue has adopted and used to effectively propagate its business software, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times. Microsoft hopes to remind technology buyers of the ways its products can boost productivity, he added...

Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle said while the standards race is important, the looming availability of high-definition video downloaded directly from the Internet takes some of the steam out of the DVD battle. "In the end, the consumer may have the choice to not have to decide," he said...

Last week,Intel held its Developer Conference, an annual event where the company showcases the changes it plans to make in its next-gen products. WithMicrosoft's new operating system due to hit the market in a few short months, Intel planned more dramatic changes this year than would typically be the case ...

Microsoft's strategy is also largely about being able to protect its innovation, Enderle Group Principal Analyst Rob Enderle told the E-Commerce Times "Microsoft's patent strategy is largely defensive these days," he said. "It is designed, much like IBM's, to provide something...

Three bits of news got me thinking about personal computers last week. The first was the "surprise" announcement from Apple that it was getting into speakers and, yawn, building an Intel-based Mac Mini. The second was Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) settlement with Gateway (NYSE: GTW), and the third was the "secret" Microsoft Origami project, which most got wrong in initial reports...