Author Archives: Vlad

Sell em when they are down

IT Business
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I think all the negative ads on TV are really turning me into a ruthless bastard. On my way to work this morning and I’m chatting with a fellow partner from Australia. His monkeys blew up clients migration and overwrote … Continue reading

No Reboot Patching

Microsoft
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Another out-of-band patch has been issued by Microsoft today and if you are not in the practice of watching out for these things you’ll find your Windows systems rebooting again tonight. Little hidden secret is that most Microsoft patches do … Continue reading

Fighting a Commodity

IT Business
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I’ll admit that I’m not a fan of Steve Jobs or the Apple fanboy cult, but as I get busier I am really starting to appreciate the level of certainty both Jobs (and Gates) pack into a oneliner. The kind … Continue reading

Cleaning up Incompetence

IT Business
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For the past two weeks (and going for the next two or so) I am really in the overkill Ironman mode trying to clean things up both personally with respect to Own Web Now and professionally with respect to everything … Continue reading

Advertising, Advertising, Advertising

Apple, Microsoft
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Note to self: Don’t mess with Apple. My god, this level of shaming and humiliation that is so in tune with every Microsoft step ($300 million ad campaign, renaming Vista R2 to Windows 7) is just unfair 🙂 This is … Continue reading

Views

IT Business
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Regarding the previous post, someone asked whether this stuff really matters of if we should be more focused on the IT stuff which seems to be ignored as of late. Here is my thing: I am not here to tell … Continue reading

Patronizing for Professionals

IT Business
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Don’t you hate it when professional liars get smacked in their face with facts that prove what we all think of them? If you don’t live in America you’re in luck because you likely got to miss Obama vs. McCain … Continue reading

Out till the 1st…

Vladville
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I will be out until the first so the opinionated asshole blogging activity will be pretty light and limited to the few announcements. November will be a huge month for us, we’re announcing new products and new licensing options for … Continue reading

Passion for Pimpin’

IT Business
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How strongly do you feel about your brand and the unique services that you deliver? Those of you that follow me on Twitter know that I’ve been in Miami for the past two days. One, well the only one, thing … Continue reading

Beauty is subjective

Gadgets
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Unless it’s really, really fugly. I maintain that the new MacBook Pro and it’s light edition are fugly. Not that Apple can’t make beautiful stuff, again subjective, and I’d buy the Mac Air tomorrow if it could run a business … Continue reading