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Is Microsoft holding back netbook innovation?

Is Microsoft holding back netbook innovation?

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Most people associate innovation with technology, so it is especially disappointing when a technology company becomes the barrier to innovation. In an attempt to protect the sales revenue of the Windows operating system, Microsoft is stifling the market potential of netbooks. Jared Newman at CIO.com wrote a piece titled “Five Netbooks Microsoft has Crushed” and outlines some of the netbooks that are being discontinued because they are too good to qualify for the discounted Windows netbook price. If these devices are forced into notebook classification, they will no…

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Could it be the consumer that actually wins the office productivity software war?

Could it be the consumer that actually wins the office productivity software war?

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Google has a new ad campaign that is directly taking on Microsoft’s baby, Office. Google has been doing very well head-to-head against Microsoft’s Internet service offerings; however, office productivity is one area where they may just be out of their league.  This is a serious revenue source for Microsoft, and they will play for keeps. Microsoft has recognized the threat of Google Apps and has started to move in its lumbering pace towards a confrontation. Look at the deployment options…

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Some many updates, so little time. I have been less then diligent about keeping my blog updated from a content point of view, as well as, from the technology side. Well, I am working on both issues, but like everything else in life, this will take time. The back-end updated was my first chore and that has finally been completed.  WordPress is running the current release, plugins are updated, and all is running happy. This had me a little stressed as…

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Solved. . . The end of an iSCSI irritation

Solved. . . The end of an iSCSI irritation

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We had an issue with our SAN and a couple of Windows servers.  When these servers were rebooted from a script, we would lose the network shares that were homed on the SAN volume.  The volumes (drives) were mounted correctly; it was just the network shares that were gone. This was bugging the heck out of us for several weeks, and I am so pleased we finally have a solution.  A few darn registry entries and a lot of back-and-forth effort was all it took… A big “thank you” to Robb who…

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