Monthly Archives: December 2005

R2 is born, SBS in final trimester

IT Business, Microsoft
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So its the R2 day at Microsoft. Some products are going gold, others are up as evalutation versions (snag a 180 day copy of Virtual Server 2005 R2). Windows Server 2003 R2 is being released today so the R2 of … Continue reading

Vladville for the Holidays

Misc, Vladville
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Dig the new raindeer logo for Christmas (look up and to the left)? The hack is courtesy of my girl Judy that takes care of all the Own Web Now graphics and logos and business cards and brochures and… well, … Continue reading

Where in the world is Vlad?

Misc, Vladville
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Can't a brotha take a break? Thanks to all of you who wrote, emailed, IMed and so on – I am alive and well in Orlando, FL. It's been a rough few weeks trying to juggle everything and frankly I've … Continue reading

This Weekends SBS Show & Updates

Podcast
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This weekends show, at least for Chris and me, is somewhat of a religious experience. The one and only Susan Bradley is going to be a guest on our SBS Show and I just cannot believe the response we have … Continue reading

Define Innovation: Reboot Manager

IT Culture
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If you've been following this blog or my seminars you know that one pet peeve of mine is the constant redefining of "innovation" – and Microsoft seems to be taking the cake as of late. For as many times as … Continue reading

Inside SBS Podcasts #9 and #10

Podcast
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Mark Stanfill is updating us on the status of the Inside SBS podcast. As you recall, they took a 2 week break during which we were lucky to get them to come on and talk a bit more about business … Continue reading

Apache 2.2 Is Out, as is MS-CRM 3.0 but in a completely different way

IT Business, Open Source
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Now this is turning out to be a huge week for open source: Apache 2.2 has been released today and it brings a lot of new (great) features: Smart Filtering, Improved Caching, AJP Proxy, Proxy Load Balancing, Graceful Shutdown support, … Continue reading

New Addiction: Social Bookmarking

Web 2.0
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The guy on the right is Stefan Weitz from the Microsoft Windows Server group and he is cool for two reasons: He bought me lunch the last time I was in Redmond (so there, I got at least something from … Continue reading