Neowin News Feed for: Snub

Microsoft to snub standards compliant mode in IE8

Neowin Staff — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:37:58 +0000

Exclusive sources close to the Internet Explorer development team are reporting that latest internal builds of IE8 have deactivated the new 'super standards compliant' mode. Worse still, this change is likely to be permanent if... Read more...

Microsoft: DoT Vista snub won't ripple

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 04:55:27 +0000

Among the reasons cited by DOT Chief Information Officer Daniel Mintz in ceasing any deployment of the newest OS from Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, were questions about its compatibility with other programs, including earlier versions of... Read more...

PC Makers Snub Windows Sans Media Player

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:46:53 +0000

Four major PC makers have no plans to sell the media-player-free version of Windows, which Microsoft was ordered to offer by Europe's competition commissioner. Microsoft will make an updated version of Window... Read more...

Dutch Government Snub to Open Source

Sun, 12 Dec 2004 16:46:13 +0000

Open Source advocates have kicked up a fuss over a contract given to Microsoft in the Netherlands this week. The Dutch government had been negotiating with Microsoft for desktop software, valued at €120 per PC.... Read more...