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- Rewriting Vista history
- Rewriting Vista historyVista Vista Vista.....after using the RTM for a month here is what I think of it.1. UAC isn't annoying this WILL vary from person to person but I am a power user and do more than most I might get a UAC prompt once a week and its...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Gawd, Aero, Hindsight, Microsoft Windows Vista, UAC, Mary Jo
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- Legal expert joins open-source screening firm
- Legal expert joins open-source screening firmGawd knows open source needs it!Good job!!!New IP related legal problems for Microsoft ...In the wake of the recent patent office decision regarding Microsoft's FAT patent, the lawyers are lining up to represent companies that purchased licenses according to this article:http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1664878,00.aspToo rightThere have been too...
- Tags: Gawd, software model, open source, GPL, software
- Discussion threads 2004-10-01
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- Gates
- Gates4:30?Gawd. Does anyone watch a TV show uninterrupted for 4 minutes and 30 seconds? Is this really a 4:30 commercial? And if this is the pace at which we get to find out what's so new and great about Vista, let's all re-emerge from our caves in 2011. Nice take,...
- Tags: Ad campaign, Corporate America, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-09-11
- Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-X
- Oracle: Gimme an L. Gimme an I. Gimme an N-U-XWidespread adoption in what arena?Everytime someone says this I can't help but wonder what they mean. Linux is quite common in the server room which appears to be the arena Oracle is talking about.Because "Unbreakable" went so well last time they...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, I. Gimme, Linux, Oracle Corp., GIMME, N-U-X
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Disasters at Whistler raining on Mozilla's summer parade
- Disasters at Whistler raining on Mozilla's summer paradeCongratulations!!!You have officially joined the tin hat brigade. Only the open source community would blame Microsoft for the weather and rock slides. Was this even really worth reporting?RE: Disasters at Whistler raining on Mozilla's summer paradeAnd Microsoft is also to blame...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Whistler, Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- McCain's campaign team has no Facebook chops
- You have to admire the chutzpah of the idea of convincing voters that they should vote for a candidate through an arcade game rip-off of Space Invaders, because it's simply ludicrous coming from a candidate who has declared he doesn't even know how to "use a computer." Aaron Jacobs-Smith of...
- Tags: Facebook, Team, John McCain, McCain, Jacobs-Smith, Games, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Good Microsoft wins one
- Good Microsoft wins oneA more economical solution?Just the maintenance part of this program will cost a lot of money, such as it already has. Maybe you with your network of contacts should convince them it might be more economical, free up resources and maybe in PR if they did...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Microsoft Corp., Good Cop, Good Microsoft, RIAA, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Market disaster on Wall Street plays positive in Silicon Valley
- You may think the U.S. is divided along political lines, perhaps you sense a rift in cultural values. But let me tell you that's peanuts compared to the coming brutal high-stakes rift over the core of the US economy. Will it be Pentagon contracts, oil and gasoline? ...
- Tags: Clean Technology, Wall, Construction, Mortgages, Investment, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-07
- Feedburner is down
- Update 5/13/08 9:00pm EDT: Feedburner works again. Yay! Gawd, I hate when that happens. Note to Feedburner: Check out 7 tips for handling post-failure communications for some post-recovery advice. By the look of this error page, you need the help. ...
- Tags: Feedburner, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Minimizing XP SP3 woes
- Minimizing XP SP3 woesWhat did you expect......it to be as easy as apt-get ? ;]:)RE: Minimizing XP SP3 woesThats a lot of work to install a service packThemes are a problem.If your theme has replaced the logon screen the one with the animated vertical bars you have to remove...
- Tags: Firewalls, Microsoft Windows XP, XP SP3, Minimizing XP SP3 woe, Minimizing XP SP3, firewall
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Sometimes it takes a thousand words
- Sometimes it takes a thousand wordsA lot more often than "sometimes". NT.Oh, so true......but you need the diagrams...too many people get lost in the words. That being said, adhering too closely to any standard or methodology is a self defeating exercise.BLUE!I can't believe that you were allowed to do...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, parallel, software, real world, Bookkeeper
- Discussion threads 2008-05-06
- Rumor Mill: What you’ll be coveting from Apple next
- Rumor Mill: What you’ll be coveting from Apple nextSell the RDF!There's great money to be made if Apple can find a way to package and sell Steve Jobs' "Reality Distortion Field". Politicians and corporations would clear the shelves! ;)iMac/mini soon, new tablet/iPhone laterThe iMac and mini are definitely about...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, 3G, Desktops, tablet, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, MacBook Air
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
- So I introduced my students to Twitter
- So I introduced my students to TwitterGood gawd why?Not to be cruel but what happened to teaching something of real value?Everyone should tweetIt's my favorite social medium.http://www.twitter.com/magerWhat about Google Docs?Have you considered using Google Docs for collaboration? While not as mobile, they would be better for data collection.No cruelty at...
- Tags: Groupware, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2008-04-01
- Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update)
- Windows Update setup Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update6 of one/half a dozen of the other.Both systems have their pluses and minuses. Both have levels of obscurity and I have had issues with disclosure on both systems. Personally, I find the Apple one a bit better laid out...
- Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Windows Update setup, Microsoft Windows Update, Apple Software, Apple Software Update, Microsoft Update
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- Microsoft inches toward public beta of 'Stirling' security suite
- Microsoft inches toward public beta of 'Stirling' security suiteBug Fender scheduled for 2010Following the success of getting people to buy security software enabling Microsoft to profit from poor programming practices, Microsoft have now extended this philosophy into dealing with all of their other software bugs."This is great news" said a...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, OneCare
- Discussion threads 2008-03-20
- Investor says Microsoft's Yahoo offer high enough
- Investor says Microsoft's Yahoo offer high enoughWell, if MS listens to him, the deal is over and MS has just embarrassedthemselves. Especially if the News Corp / Yahoo joint venture deal goes through, Microhoo is done. But, will Balmer listen to major investors? Does Balmer know something about OS trends,...
- Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Firefox 3 beta 3 has more Vista, Mac, Linux look-and-feel
- Firefox 3 beta 3 has more Vista, Mac, Linux look-and-feel2 Reasons why ZDNet lost me ...1) They wrote a story about Firefox 3's Beta 3 release -- with no download link.2) To write this comment I had to tell them the name of the company I work for & where...
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple Macintosh, Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3, Firefox 3 Beta, Firefox 3 beta 3, Mac Linux look-and-feel, Mac Linux, look-and-feel, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-02-13
- Office 2993 SP3 and CoralDraw .CDR files
- Office 2993 SP3 and CoralDraw .CDR filesKudos to MSfor rewriting that gawd-awful KB entry and making it easy to find what you are looking for.Now I wish they'd create a solution that does not require direct registry editing. They have solutions for blocking macros and other security related stuff by...
- Tags: CoralDraw, Office 2993 SP3, Microsoft Office, CDR
- Discussion threads 2008-01-05
- <b>Microsoft Predictions for 2008: Games group housecleaning continues</b> (Microsoft in 2008: 10 Predictions)
- Microsoft Predictions for 2008: Games group housecleaning continues (Microsoft in 2008: 10 Predictions)As my rep says, 2008 will be great!!!!My rep and I are continuing our year end strategy sessions and 2008 will be another banner year. We just finished figuring out different ways to procure financing for more product...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, game, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Predictions, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Novell: Microsoft open source deal has halo effect
- Novell: Microsoft open source deal has halo effectAny way you view it, this was a winning movefor Novell. Well, other than the Linux zealots crying that is.Novell is learning the basics of Creative AccountingFrom the masters of deception. But they failed to see the horns underneath the Halo.Soon they...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Office, Operating systems, open source, Sheep, Microsoft Corp., Novell Inc., Office Update, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
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