Yearly Archives: 2008

Another one bites the dust: PC Magazine

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Another magazine bites the dust, sadly one that I enjoyed quite a bit and have an active subscription to. Companies are pulling back, some are scaling down, some are outright changing their business models. Yes, the economy sucks. Some of … Continue reading

Microsoft Launches Microsoft Online

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Earlier today Microsoft enabled end-user customers to purchase software and services directly from a Microsoft site, completely bypassing the partner community. While there is a bit about contacting Microsoft Partners for support services if you sit on the site for … Continue reading

Taking a tough look at Microsoft as a partner

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Over the past 12-18 months Microsoft has gotten a lot of bumps and bruises on this blog, ever since Kevin Turner and Allison Watson outlined the lack of vision for the company that is Microsoft as we’ve known and grown … Continue reading

XD Annoyarizer 2.0

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XD Annoyarizer 2.0 a.k.a. ExchangeDefender Desktop Agent (Beta) is here! Say hello to all your SPAM! You can download it here, personalize it, make it fall apart. Remember that it is Beta software so no production use please. If you … Continue reading

In Dilbert Again

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Every day I see myself illustrated in Dilbert is another day I die a little inside.

No, there is no Exchange 2007 SP2

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There is no such thing as a publicly available Exchange 2007 SP2, just a reporter poorly paraphrasing press releases. And Exchange has supported Direct Push since Exchange 2003 SP2 which is available as a free update for both SBS 2003 … Continue reading

Great to Meh

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One of the more unpleasant parts of running a business is that you get introduced to a ton of business drivel books that pick an outcome and find specific cases to work backwards to somehow prove a theory. People reading … Continue reading

Bits and Bytes

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I’ve finally almost caught up with my email. That seems to be the perpetual state of my existence lately, I guess I’m famous. But almost, yes, almost got all my mail and issues all taken care of. Training up the … Continue reading

Inspiration

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To all those of you that wondered if the entrepreneurial spirit will get squashed with the idea of higher taxes, wonder no more. Just hit Play below and tell me you aren’t going to work just a little bit harder … Continue reading

Predicting The Next Apple Commercial

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It’s (almost) Friday so let’s try a little humor. Who wants to predict the next Apple commercial? You can see them all here, as Apple’s PR and marketing are as big of a product as the iPhone and OS X. … Continue reading