Author Archives: Vlad

Is the SBS community a good substitute for training?

IT Culture, SMB
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Untitled document This is my formal response to this post. I feel that I, as a community leader and a great contributor to it, have the right to this opinion based on my experience over the past 10 years working … Continue reading

Welcome e-bitz to the podcasting family

Podcast
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Untitled document Please welcome Susan Bradley to our SBS podcasting family. She has published her first podcast so give it a listen. It just might give you an idea about why your WSUS is downloading a 6.5 GB file overnight … Continue reading

Tim goes Gem Digging

Events
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Untitled document My PR consultant, Tim Barrett, is doing a TS2 Wednesday's on the Web seminar today at 3 PM EST. If you have the moment to join us today you'll find out about the more advanced features of SBS. … Continue reading

Crazy Ligmans Summer Savings Sale

Deals
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Untitled document Now this has to be the funniest blog post I've read in quite a while. I like the numbers breakdown, too. Here is my take on it: Get your unbeatable bottom price on SBS, SBE Office, XP Upgrade … Continue reading

Office 2007 Beta 2 Available (Weasel Edition)

Beta
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Untitled document Without going through connect.microsoft.com as well. Follow this link to either download a copy or have them mail you a few disks. Now, watch out because they are really being weasels about this: In software development, a "beta … Continue reading

Underestimating Human Complexity

Programming, Shockey Monkey
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Untitled document For the past month I have been embarking on a task of replacing myself with a shell script. This isn't as complicated as it seems, turns out I'm very predictable in terms of how I manage the business. … Continue reading

iLoser: When income is inversely proportional to IQ

IT Culture
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Picking on people that make poor IT decisions is a hobby of mine. Picking on Mac users used to be a fun practice but lately its just becoming sad. Case and point: this weeks release of MacBook Pro. Mac faithful … Continue reading

So, The SBS Show

SBS Show
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Untitled document I have to admit I'm a little puzzled about the lack of feedback on the changes to the SBS Show. I realize people are busy but since we crossed the 10,000 download mark I feel obligated to ask: … Continue reading

Vista Minimums Announced

IT Business
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Untitled document The new legalese from Microsoft came out today quoting the minimum specs for Windows Vista . I've got to admit that I'm not on the same page as most diggers , these numbers are far more acceptable than … Continue reading

When Piracy Pays Off

Legal, Microsoft
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Untitled document So you got in the office one day and that xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-PRVMG XP Pro key is no longer working for you. Ouch, thats awful, now you have to pay for software like the rest of us. But wait, Uncle … Continue reading