Author Archives: Vlad

NFR Software: Would you like KY with that?

Legal, Microsoft
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Last paragraph is not for the faint of heart, you've been warned. Eric Ligman, the only person at Microsoft capable of explaining licensing, has posted about the NFR software and the few famous posts that we've drilled Microsoft over. He's … Continue reading

Microsoft and Novell Midmarket Bundles That Nobody Bought

IT Business
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Paula Rooney has an excellent article over at CRN about the products nobody will buy… I mean, about the challenges major software vendors have when offering bundles to the midmarket. The genius part of the whole article is at the … Continue reading

Google’s long bathroom rumors

Google, Web 2.0
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They sure have been buying a lot of fiber. Get it now? Eh? The fiber.. Anywho, the rumor mill over what Google is doing with the dark fiber, the acquired telco building in New York, the $100 Google cube PC, … Continue reading

Hey, if you can’t laugh at yourself…

Linux, Podcast
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This certainly puts in perspective. Kevin Korb, whose presentation on Software RAID at the local Linux user group got turned into the podcast, shared this great page with me along with his resistance to the word podcast. You have to … Continue reading

SBS Show #14 – Big in 2006 in SBS

SBS Show
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The Duke Nukem Forever production of the SBS Show is out, asking what will be big in SBS in 2006? We've rounded up some SBS industry leaders to answer that question and we also covered some of the things we … Continue reading

Vmware GSX Rumors

Deals
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I just love competition. I love it even more when it leads to free tools that make me better. Now this is just a rumor, but one that is simply too good: Vmware is planning to release Vmware GSX server … Continue reading

Microsoft push-mail delayed significantly

Mobility
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It appears that the push mail from Microsoft (AKU2) and the Microsoft Security and Feature Pack have been delayed, significantly. Number of resources have started citing "2006" as the release time-frame where it was first quarter of 2006 when the … Continue reading

Well at least they are honest

Gadgets
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It is so rare nowadays that there is truth in advertising. One of the latest Microsoft media flops has been the invention of the personal media player device. Well, I was browsing around earlier tonight and I found the following … Continue reading

Why Desktop Linux Isn’t

IT Culture, Linux
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Next week I'll be going to Tampa SBS UG to present on Linux in small business and I had a little chat on the local Linux User Group mailing list where they basically didn't understand either why I looked at … Continue reading

Too many lawyers, Too little freedom

Legal
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There are way too many lawyers. These two articles prove that. Good Technology Sued over Wireless Patents NTP, having had its patents invalidated countless times has taken a stock in Visto and opened another litigation front, this time against Good … Continue reading