Monthly Archives: June 2006

SBS vs. Linux: The Response from Email Battles

Linux, SMB
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Untitled document Brief response to the Email Battles story titled “Why Linux Servers Trump Windows SBS”  which in turn was a response to my earlier story about “Linux vs. SBS: Switch”; Their outright ignorance of what SBS provides not only … Continue reading

Linux vs. SBS: Switch!

Linux, Microsoft
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Untitled document Excellent point brought up in the comments section today by Josh: For example, Microsoft wants to argue about stability vs. Linux. In nearly all Linux servers we manage that comparison is laughable. Now, compare RPC-over-HTTP functionality with Linux? … Continue reading

Live from Las Colinas!

Programming
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Several thousand Microsoft.com visitors come to Vladville every day. Perhaps one of you is doing Internet Explorer development and have to suffer through the debugging, I don’t know, but if any of you work in PSS and are… let’s say … Continue reading

Windows 2003 Server more reliable than Linux

Linux
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Really. Not just because Scoble says so, but also because Yankee Group did a research paper on it. Well, it’s written down and researched so it must be true. Sometimes I get under fire for calling BS on Microsoft too … Continue reading

When a man just wants to see a great rack

Gadgets
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G, I wonder what the most popular page on Vladville will be today…. As you know I live in state that was built on top of a drained swamp and we also just happen to get hit by a hurricane … Continue reading

Oh I really miss Europe

Misc
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Thats what you hear from every nostalgic European that went back for a week and had a sudden epiphany about how much the old country rules and how much America sucks (yet they came back anyhow). Well, you won’t get … Continue reading

Small Business Specialist vs. Google Spreadsheets

Beta, Google
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It’s been a while since I talked about G vs. M, but little has changed since then. Google is still whipping that llama. If you’re a Microsoft Small Business Specialist I hope you remember the IT Basic questions from the … Continue reading

Linux and History of Understatements

Linux
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Untitled document Post on my local Linux User Group reminded me that Linux is just about 15 years old. Linux Journal, something my friend Pablo subscribed to in the long long ago when we were just starting at CyberGate, is … Continue reading

Who can take a beta, sprinkle it with Dew?

Shockey Monkey
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Untitled document Mountain Dew that is, the beta man can, the beta man can. Last night was perhaps one of the most exciting days I've had in this business in a long, long time. We released beta one bleeding edge … Continue reading

OneCare & Cheesesteaks

Deals
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Crazy Ligman sale on security this weekend! How would you like Microsoft OneCare Live, full version, shrink-wrap, media, manual, license AND a glossy box for.. $49.95? Of course you would. But you won’t pay $49.95. No. You won’t even pay $39.95, … Continue reading