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Comment Whether we're talking old Italian lady selling olive oil online, CIO confronted with not-my-problem colleagues in the boardroom or the more recent offerings in its Fantasy versus Reality campaign (remember the Universal Business Adapter? [05 Mar 2003]
Microsoft offers olive branch in security debate
News In a move which should bring an end to a long week of finger-pointing, Microsoft has finally decided the whole industry is responsible for security - vendors and users alike. The debate was originally sparked by a Gartner report which recommended... [18 Oct 2001]
US Senator calls on courts to delay Windows XP
News The company held out the olive branch on Monday by releasing the source code of Windows CE to other developers. New York's Democratic Senator Charles Schumer has asked US federal courts to consider delaying the launch of Microsoft's next operating... [25 Jul 2001]
Dell boy just refuses to lie down
Comment Surely sympathy for the chap now known as Dell boy has got to be limited when you have sun-kissed olive groves, fragrant lavender fields and cool Mediterranean waters on your doorstep. This week, silicon.com wrote about a certain Dell employee at... [22 Jun 2001]
Napster offers olive branch to music industry
News Hank Barry, CEO of Napster, claims the fee would allow fair compensation for any revenues the music industry loses due to the controversial file sharing software. Barry made the comments at the close of the first day of the re-convened court case... [04 Oct 2000]
Murdoch rumoured to be in talks with Nokia and Vivendi
News In related news, Jean-Marie Messier, chief executive of French conglomerate Vivendi, has handed an olive branch to News Corp. News Corporation is rumoured to be considering a tie-up with Nokia less than one month after the announcement of AOL's... [01 Feb 2000]
Network downtime: the finger of blame points at end users
Comment Peter Olive, managing director of GeoTrain, agrees that manufacturers are guilty of complacency, but also fears the impact of the skills shortage. The annual Black Box survey examines a variety of issues within the networking industry. [16 Jul 1999]
