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Mac OS grabs record market share as Windows drops and

Mac OS grabs record market share as Windows drops and Linux stagnates
According to the latest figures just published by Net Applications, a specialist Internet measurement company, Apple has seen Mac OS X grab a record gain taking it dangerously close to a 10 percent market share for the first time since the company started tracking OS usage. In stark contrast, however, Microsoft saw a drop in the market share reported for the second month running, close to a full percentage point in fact. Indeed, the Net Applications numbers have it at an all time low now. Linux, meanwhile, continues to go nowhere fast. It seems to have somewhat stagnated in a distant third…

Silverlight Assault Course: Ireland
It looks like we might be sold out for the Dublin & Cork legs of the Silverlight Assault Course I?m really looking forward to coming across to Ireland and doing the assault course with Richard Costall, John McLoughlin, John Price and Martha Rotter. On Saturday we are at Microsoft in Sandyford and on the Sunday we are in Cork. I?m really looking forward to this as I lived in Dun Laoghaire for about a year (about 12 years ago) Anyways, can?t wait to be back across, see you in Ireland. 17th

[UK] Feb/Mar 2009 MSDN Events (inc. Professional Developers? Day discount!)
Mar 23 Microsoft Professional Developers? Day @ DevWeek 2009 London Register for PDD before 27 February to receive the discount rate of 219 + VAT. The Professional Developers? Day (PDD) is a Microsoft exclusive, single-day event designed to give you an early preview of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework v4.0 as unveiled at the […]