LIT extension Ubuntu

Calibre-Install the ebook management in Ubuntu Linux

sudo apt-get install calibre

Microsoft Reader uses the .lit format for it's ebooks ;

Calibre is a free ebook management that works on Linux, OS X and Windows.It is meant to be a complete e-library solution and thus includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to ebook conversion, as well as e-book reader sync features and an integrated e-book viewer.

Calibre can be found at http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/. 

http://calibre-ebook.com/

Google Limits Free Lunch

Google Limits Free Lunch

For businesses with 11-50 users wanting to use Google Apps, the free lunch line closed for new subscribers. In fact, those business subscribers need to step up and pay $5/user/month for the pay-as-you-go, non-contractual option for Google Apps for Business. Only companies with 1-10 users will receive Google Apps for free; a version which comes with less free storage and lower uptime guarantees.
Standing Apart from Google Apps
With over 100,000 requests for the Office 365 beta, customers are looking forward to the general availability of Office 365 this year. It will bring a substantially more attractive online services value to small businesses and individual professionals. For a peek, see this snapshot of Office 365 for small businesses. (You might also scan the Office 365 enterprise plans if your organization is larger.) 

 

Microsoft cash cows

Microsoft’s third quarter for fiscal 2011 was a bang-up one for Office, and a bang-down one for Windows.

- Microsoft cash cows lined up to provide the milk -

Windows/Windows Live revenues per quarter (in billions)

Q3 FY11  4.4  (Jan 11 - March 11)
Q2 FY11  5.1  (Oct. 10 - Dec. 10)
Q1 FY11  4.8  (July 10 - Sept. 10)
Q4 FY10  4.6  (April 10 - June 10)
Q3 FY10  4.7  (Jan. 10 - March 10)
Q2 FY10  7.2  (Oct. 09 - Dec .09) ** Windows 7 launched October 2009
Q1 FY10  2.9  (July 09 - Sept.09)




Office division revenues per quarter (in billions)
Q3 FY11  5.3 (Jan 11 - March 11)
Q2 FY11  6.0 (Oct. 10 - Dec. 10)
Q1 FY11  5.1 (July 10 - Sept. 10)
Q4 FY10  5.3 (April 10 - June 10) ** Office 2010 launched May 2010
Q3 FY10  4.3 (Jan. 10 - March 10)
Q2 FY10  4.9 (Oct. 09 - Dec. 09)
Q1 FY10  4.5 (July 09 - Sept. 09)

Microsoft's Bing : a bang-down 

Microsoft's quarterly earnings show its worldwide dominance is waning

U.S. Smartphone Market: Who’s the Most Wanted?

Apple Maintains Leadership While Google, Microsoft, Rim, and Nokia Lose Steam

 

Windows Phone 7 gets hit again --- developers are losing interest in writing apps for it

 

When it comes to smartphones, the news has been bad for Microsoft as well, with recent surveys showing waning interest in Windows Phone 7 from both consumers and developers.

 

PC Sales Off, Games Buoy Microsoft

Windows & Windows Live Division : 4.4 billion revenue ;
4% Y/Y decrease ;
Sales of Windows for consumers PCs fell 8 percent in the quarter;
Windows for netbooks, declined 40 percent. Business PC up 9%.

Revenue from Microsoft’s Online Services Division (MSN, Bing)  lost $726 million in operating income, continuing a pattern of losses. 

Revenue from Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division, 
(Xbox 360 , Kinect ) gained 60 percent, to $1.94 billion.
Kinect did well, selling 2.4 million units in the quarter.
Customers bought 2.7 million Xbox 360s. 

 

Microsoft Reports Record Third-Quarter Results

BBC : Microsoft Dinosaur

BBC compares Microsoft and Intel with dinosaurs ...

Anyway, there's people saying that Windows will dominate the tablet market




- Recent history :

• May 2010 - Apple passed Microsoft in market capitalization to become the world’s most valuable tech company. MG Siegler notes that Microsofties balked: “That means nothing — look at the revenues!“
• October 2010 - Apple passed Microsoft in quarterly revenue. (”Who cares — look at the profits!“)
• April 2011 - Apple passed Microsoft in quarterly net income (a.k.a. profit)

INCEPTION : Microsoft must KILL Windows

   In the INCEPTION movie, an idea is transmitted via dreaming ;
In my case I consider INCEPTION , a kind of idea ( for Microsoft , Google, Apple and Oracle )
transmitted via blogging ;

   Considering  the fact  that tablets will be the future, business included, Ballmer & Co must
decide if they will release a version of MS Office for Android and iOS ; If  not , it could be other
contender - could be LO - that will bring full DOCx, XLSx and PPTx compatibility on ANDROID Tablets .
In this case , LO ( or OO ) can win the hearts of the businessmen and will be a strong alternative to MS Office .
   Next step ?
   Many casual enterprise laptops will be replaced with Android Tablets ...
   In the end, Android ( like HP WebOS) being able to RUN on laptops and desktops, Microsoft will loose
both Office and Windows cash cows ( in the meaning of market dominance)  ...

If Microsoft will make Office for Android and iOS , they will loose only the Windows cash-cow;
Anyway,  with only one move , Apple can destroy Windows :
making OS X available on non Apple Hardware (when they will have their own processors) .
If Apple will be sure that a MAC with a proprietary processor will be more powerful than competition,
they will eventually license Mac OS or iOS to others ...

Nokia , Intel , Microsoft , Qt , MeeGo , WP7 , Webkit & Digia

Digia acquire Qt commercial licensing business from Nokia
Digia working to grow the Qt community
Nokia Sells Open Source Qt

It seems that Nokia does not want to develop anymore the Qt platform ... 
My question is why  Intel don't just buy Qt ?
One reason might be that Microsoft wants Nokia with Qt !
For Microsoft is not enough just Mono ...
They want another trojan horse into open - source ?

"These professional services are not core business activities for Nokia, so since the introduction of the LGPL license for Qt in 2009 we have been actively working to grow the number of companies providing Qt services," explains Nokia's Sebastian Nystrom, head of MeeGo, Qt, and Webkit, "In 2010 we began the search for a company we could work with to serve the commercial licensees in the Qt community."

Nokia : une nouvelle tête pour relancer MeeGo

 ... As an experimental OS at Nokia, MeeGo can remain on stand-by and who wants to
root the windows phone to be able to install the linux based MeeGo ...
  And who knows, if Microsoft kills WP7 , nokia can return to Intel ... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad news for Microsoft -- Nokia transition to Windows Phone 7 will take two years

 ... but that may be too late for WP7 


Nokia can't migrate its entire product line to WP7 . The press release announcing the deal also contained news of a new operating structure within Nokia. One division would concentrate on "smart phones," while another would continue with "feature phones."
 Nokia do say that their intent is to eventually move their entire user base to smart phones. But let's face it: that is not a realistic goal . Many people in this world either cannot afford, or simply do not want, a "smart phone" . Somebody -- probably Nokia -- will be selling tens of millions of relatively dumb and cheap 'feature phones' . These are going to be so cheap that their price will not bear the cost of a Windows Phone license...

So if Nokia does drop Symbian (to save R&D) they will adopt something else (like Android) for their simple and cheap feature phones

Doomed By The Desire For Control?

There's plenty of talk about how Nokia's embrace of Microsoft's Windows Phone has doomed Nokia. But has Nokia's embrace actually doomed Windows Phone?

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Nokia and Microsoft intend to jointly create market-leading mobile products and services designed to offer consumers, operators and developers unrivalled choice and opportunity.
But by creating a special relationship with Microsoft, where Nokia has rights to influence the Windows Phone platform in ways others do not and are unlikely to be able to negotiate, Microsoft has ensured that other phone manufacturers will be cautious about using the same technology rather than a platform like Android where a much more open environment exists. Why would any other manufacturer want to use a platform where they play junior partner to "a broad strategic partnership"?
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