Apparently the shaky economy might be affecting IT hiring, but it's
not
causing a downturn
in IT spending. Go figure...
Posted by Lee Pender on 08/27/20080 comments
So, Forrester Research is out there now saying that Vista
might
just conquer the enterprise
after all, and maybe fairly soon.
Well, maybe so. But we've heard
this sort of thing before, haven't we? Vista's always just around the corner
from breaking out and becoming the next XP (just as XP eventually became the
next Windows 2000). If it's true that one-third of Vista licenses end
up being downgraded to XP, we won't hold our breath on Vista taking over
the world.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 08/27/20080 comments
We don't want to pile on here, but the last week in August might be the slowest
news week of the year outside of the last two weeks of December, so here goes:
We love "Seinfeld" reruns here at RCPU, just as we love TV Land, classic
tunes on our iPod -- uh, we mean Zune...ah, to heck with it, we do mean iPod
-- and movies that remind us of years gone by.
But we're weird that way here. Your editor DVRs old episodes of "WKRP
in Cincinnati" (although he already owns all 90 episodes on DVD with the
original music -- just with poor video quality) and watches them with the same
gusto with which he downs a full Southern (or English) breakfast. On a brief
road trip this past weekend, more than a few Creedence Clearwater Revival songs
figured among the tunes of choice -- and we still have no idea who the Jonas
Brothers are, although we keep seeing their images on T-shirts. Just today,
we read that someone named Daddy Yankee had endorsed John McCain for president
and wondered why George Steinbrenner would be so interested in the race for
the White House.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 08/26/20081 comments
OK, it's sort of funny, isn't it? Linux superstar Red Hat
got
hacked
. Yeah, it's funny.
Posted by Lee Pender on 08/26/20080 comments
It's kind of been
(bash)
Vista week
again here at RCPU, so we might as well carry the theme to its
undeniable conclusion: reader e-mails! Hey, we wouldn't run these if we didn't
get them. And we'll run pro-Vista e-mails...as soon as we get some more of them.
In the meantime, Ronald is up first:
"I am a Microsoft partner; however, I cannot in good conscience support
Vista. Even after Service Pack 1, Vista does not network properly with XP.
In addition, its file structure seems to lose files and folders for no apparent
reason. Vista is also far slower than XP at opening programs as well as opening
folders. Most of my small-business accounts have refused to switch to Vista.
I am now custom-building machines with XP for them. When my supply of XP runs
out, I do not know if I can sell them Vista systems. I have lost some home
users to Macs due to my former customers' frustration with Vista.
"Microsoft must improve the networkability of Vista and fix the lost
file problems and speed issues. If they cannot, they should bring back XP.
To save face, they can make some graphic changes and rename it to XP Pro Advanced."
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Posted by Lee Pender on 08/21/20086 comments
It sort of sounds like a tag line you'd expect to hear in an underwear ad,
but Microsoft is now
touting
"ultimate" support
through its Microsoft Services Premier Ultimate
offering.
Posted by Lee Pender on 08/20/20080 comments