| Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Microsoft could be a winner in Sun-Oracle deal Microsoft has had few critics more vocal than Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun Chairman Scott McNealy. With their companies set to merge in a blockbuster $7.4 billion deal announced Monday, is it time for Microsoft to worry? VMware's version of flexibility doesn't include Microsoft Hyper-V VMware promises new levels of flexibility in the data center with vSphere, its cloud operating system, but is still refusing to support competing virtualization products. Microsoft gains an ally in its antitrust battle in Europe Microsoft gained a familiar ally in its latest antitrust battle with the European Commission on Monday when the Association for Competitive Technology was accepted as an interested third party in the case. Has Microsoft lost its war on open source? Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even ... Netbooks Are All The Rage But Does Anybody Have One? Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley is still quite puzzled about the whole "netbook thing" since everyone's proclaiming its the undisputed future of the PC. You'd think we'd miniaturized 3.0 Ghz quad processor machines down to a $300, 1.5 lbs. footprint or something. Security companies commit Anti-Virus 'Piracy' on unsuspecting users A Better Windows World blogger Ron Barrett looks at a friend's computer where the antivirus, the most important portion of the security suite is not protecting the computer. What has become unbelievable to me is that at $49- $79 a pop they immediately stop protecting persons PC’s from the most serious threat of all VIRUSES! Microsoft applications from China mine the Web Microsoft researchers in Beijing are developing applications that mine online data to track human relationships and help with translation, lab managers said Monday. Antitrust regulators won't scrutinize post-Windows 7 OS Federal and state regulators have struck a deal with Microsoft that any version of Windows released after May 2011 will not be subject to the scrutiny mandated by a 2002 antitrust settlement. Microsoft leaks Windows 7 RC delivery date Microsoft will deliver a release candidate of Windows 7 in little more than two weeks, the company's Web site revealed Saturday. Oracle's Sun Is Blinding In Microsoft's Eyes Mitchell Ashley says in his Microsoft Subnet blog that the industry now knows what Sun wants to be when it grows up: Oracle. Ashley gives his view on the deal. Why the Oracle/Sun deal is bad news for Microsoft and SQL Server The news that Oracle will buy Sun for $7.4 billion is a stunner -- and one that will be especially hard to figure out for the Microsoft world. One of the first questions that arises is what will become of mySQL, owned by Sun? Oracle has a history of buying competitors and forcing customers of said competitors over to its higher-priced options. Cloud Security Alliance formed to promote best practices A group calling itself the Cloud Security Alliance announced its formation Tuesday, with eBay and ING as founding members. The alliance, which plans to make its first big splash at the upcoming RSA Conference, was formed to promote security best practices in a cloud computing environment. Microsoft’s cloud identity platform on track Microsoft's identity cloud platform code-named Geneva which will complement Microsoft’s Azure cloud OS, will grab a spotlight at next month’s annual TechEd conference. Researcher offers tool to hide malware in .Net A computer security researcher has released an upgraded tool that can simplify the placement of difficult-to-detect malicious software in Microsoft's .Net framework on Windows computers. Microsoft: The Internet needs more trust to grow The Internet needs to be more trustworthy if it wants to grow, according to Microsoft's senior security executive, Scott Charney. Microsoft's anti-trust issues continue with DOJ, EU The Department of Justice and Microsoft continue their anti-trust dance. Microsoft Subnet recounts the issues after the DOJ asked for another 18 months of oversight of the company. Microsoft earnings are expected to be down but, perhaps, not dismal Everyone is looking for some glimmer of hope in this economy downturn. The stock market rose when it heard that some companies lost money, but not as much as analyst anticipated. Microsoft Subnet notes thatMicrosoft is scheduled to release financial information on Thursday.. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. | 
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