This is a
considerable jump
in the number of testers from the current version of Exchange, which only had 5,000 people toying with it at the same point in its development.
Posted by Lee Pender on 01/14/20090 comments
Sometimes security breaches begin with the folks writing legitimate code.
This
is a must-read for the Skittles and Mountain Dew crowd.
Posted by Lee Pender on 01/14/20091 comments
You didn't think we'd get out of this unscathed, did you? The ever-darkening economy is going to throw a cloud on the technology industry in 2009, at least according to one survey.
Forrester Research says that IT spending will fall 3 percent year-over-year worldwide in 2009, meaning that the IT industry will actually shrink for the first time in seven years. Ouch. But, hey, it's no surprise, right? It could even be worse...right?
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Posted by Lee Pender on 01/14/20090 comments
Aside from ragging on the European Union once in a while and maybe throwing the odd Commie joke at the more extreme elements of the open source movement, we try to stay apolitical here at RCPU.
So, as you read this post, keep in mind that we're not making value judgments about our leaders, outgoing or incoming. But we are saying this: By pretty much any objective measure, Barack Obama is more popular than George W. Bush right now. There's a definite buzz around the president-elect, and we think it's fair to say that not too many folks are shedding tears about W's departure.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 01/13/20093 comments
Does it take money to save money? Microsoft would like you to think that it does. It has put together a
series of ads
in which
executives talk
about how software can save companies money. And, hey, we believe that's true -- but the question is, do companies have money to spend on software this year so that they can start saving down the road? We sure hope they do...and so does Microsoft.
Posted by Lee Pender on 01/13/20090 comments
Well,
one critical patch
, anyway. It's a boom-bust cycle for patches these days, but in this case a smaller number is probably better than a bigger one.
Posted by Lee Pender on 01/13/20090 comments
Intel downgraded revenue forecasts (again) and the news had, as of Wednesday afternoon, a
negative effect
on Microsoft stock. Hey, who said Wintel was dead? Seriously, though, the tech industry is finally starting to feel some of the squeeze that housing, banking and insurance have felt in recent months. Except this time, it's their fault, not ours.
Posted by Lee Pender on 01/08/20091 comments
So, you bought Vista, and maybe you don't like it so much, and you're thinking that you spent a bunch of money for not much in return. Well, you'd be wrong -- because you didn't just buy Vista. You also bought Windows 7. Maybe.
Apparently, Microsoft might be preparing to give free upgrades from Vista to Windows 7. At the time of writing this, we're still not sure whether that's true. But according to a Web site that actually manages to get things right occasionally, Microsoft is going to (with restrictions, of course) give Vista buyers a free pass to the next level.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 01/08/20097 comments
Tech Data will
distribute
DataCore's storage virtualization apps, among others.
Posted by Lee Pender on 01/08/20090 comments
India's outsourcing and technology sectors are reeling from a huge financial scandal.
BusinessWeek
, the best American magazine not part of Redmond Media Group,
tells the whole sordid tale
.
Posted by Lee Pender on 01/08/20090 comments