Category Archives: Microsoft

How Hard Does Vista Suck?

Microsoft
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I have been involved with Vista from the earliest Connect builds to the latest SP1 tests and I must admit that I love it. I appear to be alone at that. Over the weekend, one of my Dallas neighbors (we literally … Continue reading

Microsoft v. Google Apps: Fact or Fiction?

Google, Microsoft
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Although this was to be expected eventually, Google seems to have jumped off their Application plank a little too prematurely in announcing that they are going after the enterprise market which what is arguably the feature set of an entry … Continue reading

The reason why iPhone is the best selling SmartPhone

Microsoft
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One word: Disconnected. Windows Mobile device focus groups and hardware manufacturers that outsource their creativity to HTC have yet again taken what is undoubtedly the most advanced embedded operating system and turned it into one of the most expensive paperweights … Continue reading

MSN Messenger needs flexible presence control

Microsoft
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So Chris Jones of the Windows Live Team actually responds to blog comments? I blogged about the Windows Live Installer yesterday so I figure I’d open this long-time-gripe with MSN Messenger, though I know its currently impossible to solve, because … Continue reading

Windows Live Installer – Get it all with one click

Microsoft, Web 2.0
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Nutshell: Microsoft enters round 1 with Google, nearly 2 years late, and knocks it out.Conclusion: Nobody cares this time around either. Google first came out with Google Pack a long time ago with hope of making it easy to install/update shareware/freeware … Continue reading

Dumbing Down OpenXML Quandry

Microsoft
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Unless you’ve been under a rock you are aware of Microsoft’s attempts to certify their Open XML implementation as an ISO standard. On the face of it, its hard to understand why this issue could raise so many conversations and … Continue reading

Microsoft Loses the #1 Spot

IT Business, Microsoft, SMB
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If you’ve been following the vibes around the SMB partner community you already know: Microsoft has lost their spot as the most partner-antagonistic company in the world. Ironically enough, they lost it to Dell. Over the past ten years, Microsoft … Continue reading

Orlando ITPRO TV

Friends, Microsoft, Vladville
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One thing that I have consistently struggled with in the past has been the attendance at the SBS UG meetings. Maybe it’s the word SBS that turns off so many folks, maybe it’s the location but for the most part … Continue reading

Action Pack Changes Q&A from Australia

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Long awaited (and anticipated) changes to the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription are coming. The Australian SBSC blog has some details on the changes in this published Q&A: Update on the Action Pack Changes I don’t know about you but I … Continue reading

Why you should look at Response Point

Exchange, Microsoft
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So Response Point has had its most significant marketing to date done by Karl Palachuk who couldn’t stop talking about it since he saw it. I was also quite impressed by what I saw at WWPC and I did sign … Continue reading