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Monday, February 04, 2008 12:21 PM

Google on Microsoft / Yahoo! Deal: "Wah!"

In case you've been under a rock, Microsoft appears to be trying to take advantage of Yahoo! Inc's recent poor performance to make an unsolicited offer (as far as I can tell, it's not a hostile bid until and unless Yahoo! officers declare...
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Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:24 PM

Waiting for Vista SP1?

In a previous article, I wrote about how to sound stupid by saying " let's wait for Service Pack 1 before we deploy Windows Vista ". Now here are a few ways to sound clever, by pointing to specific issues that will be fixed by Windows Vista...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:44 PM

How many people do you represent?

In my earlier discussion on why 100% utilisation is not maximum efficiency , I alluded to the fact that a rejected customer, or a customer with a bad experience, will tell other potential customers that you never get to see. This reminded me that there...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007 6:08 AM

Let's just wait for Service Pack 1

Every so often, I'll hear it said, and frequently not in jest, "let's wait until Service Pack 1 before we deploy Vista", or sometimes "Server 2008". While it's true that Microsoft has indeed announced plans to test, and...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 9:08 PM

Are you a 'dual'?

Last month at Tech-Ed, I was discussing with someone from the Solution Accelerators team about how I wished that Microsoft would produce some administration documentation for developers, and/or developer documentation for administrators, so that the two...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:53 PM

Larry Osterman isn't that into you, either.

In previous articles, I've pointed out: Programmer Hubris - He's just not that into you Programmer Hubris - I don't run your software all the time Programmer Hubris Part 3 - Microsoft Knows I'm Not That Into Them I'm still not that...
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Thursday, March 22, 2007 6:45 AM

Couldn't have done that at Microsoft

Today, another reminder of things I couldn't have done at Microsoft. Last night, I rushed home from work in time to take my kid to his Webelos den meeting. There, we worked on his Pinewood Derby car. He's been sick most of last week and weekend, so he...
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Thursday, November 02, 2006 6:49 AM

What is an MVP?

As a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional), I've occasionally found that people have no idea what that means. Here are some of the suggestions I've heard from others: A corporate 'shill', paid secretly in order to say good things about Microsoft...
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Saturday, August 12, 2006 3:17 PM

I'm a developer - I don't do operations.

Okay, so there's a point that Larry has here, in referring to Dare's posts 1 and 2 - that operations and development are two separate skills. [ Joe refers to it , too] I've suggested for a long time that developers should spend some time on technical...
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Monday, July 31, 2006 6:09 PM

Ten reasons Dr J wants to go to Amazon.

Ten reasons Dr J wants to go to Amazon . 10. Tired of working at a desk, wants to work at a door on breeze blocks instead. 9. Commute to Downtown Seattle is better than commute to London, New Zealand, Japan, Barcelona, Amazon Basin, Tsurinam, Atlantis...
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Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:44 PM

How hard do you want to make this?

So, I'm beta testing Outlook 2007, and it's got some really pretty "ribbons" that indicate that they've gone to great lengths to improve the user interface. Today, I'm creating a distribution list from a number of people that have emailed me. This should...
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