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October 2005 - Posts

Happy Halloween

Today is one of the really great days to work at Microsoft. At about 4PM the buildings on campus will start filling up with kids in costumes trick-or-treating through the hallways. Each group decorates their areas of the buildings however they feel is Read More...
Posted Monday, October 31, 2005 9:47 AM by craigrow | 3 Comments
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What's wrong with our setup

In preparing for our trip to Socal this week I spent a lot of time installing the WDK on different systems last week. It wasn't because I had a lot of work to do, it was because setup is so difficult. Let's be honest, WDK setup is not goo d right now. Read More...
Posted Friday, October 21, 2005 9:02 AM by craigrow | 2 Comments
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Flaws of logic

If you're reading this blog there is a good chance you're a computer geek. If you're a computer geek there is a good chance people who make arguments based on flawed logic drive you nuts. Wouldn't it be great to call them on the carpet? Wouldn't it be Read More...
Posted Friday, October 14, 2005 9:21 PM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Someone's talking about Archon

Archon is the old name for what is now ASI. Vic is talking about it on his blog, but I can't seem to figure out how to leave a comment there so I'll just post here and how he gets a trackback. Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:27 PM by craigrow | 1 Comments
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Hotmail upgrade coming

The demo of the new Hotmail at the company meeting was very impressive. Previews are starting to get out and the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. Here is Paul Thurrott's conclusion... "Kahuna is a huge improvement over Hotmail, Microsoft's current Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:53 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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I'd like a PC, hold the Windows please

This is a great article. When I saw Dell was offering a PC without Windows I went to the web site to find out how much money a person could actually save by purchasing a PC without Windows. There was so much obsfucation I gave up. Follow the link. It Read More...
Posted Friday, October 07, 2005 10:52 PM by craigrow | 6 Comments

Matching time program

One of the great things about working at Microsoft is that the company is continually monitoring the health of the company and when they see problems, they make changes. Let me be clear, they don't just shuffle the deck chairs. They make changes. They Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:48 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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XBox 360

As I said after the company meeting, the XBox 360 is an awesome product. Here is a great Q and A. I feel compelled to say, if they only put PVR capability into this box everyone would have one. Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 9:29 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Look to your left?

The best part about this post is that some people think I'm not working if I'm not in my office. It was great to see someone recognize that, I work really hard when I go out to get a cup of coffee. I do a lot of my best work when I'm not in my office Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 2:09 PM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Digital Reliability Signature

If you're planning to get a Windows Vista logo you need to know about the DRS program. A whitepaper has recently been published which describes the program. On first glance many people says, this doens't apply to me becuse a logo program already exists Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 04, 2005 9:39 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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Yipeee :)-

It appears that the next version of Office will let you save documents in PDF format . I really hate PDF documents. They're so damned inflexible. The documents are usually two columns, or more, wide and if you zoom out to where you can see a full page Read More...
Posted Monday, October 03, 2005 9:17 AM by craigrow | 7 Comments
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eBay / Skype skeptics

I see I'm not the only one who questions the logic behind eBay's purchase of Skype. Today's Wall Street Journal Heard on the Street column says skepticism is growing on Wall Street too. Read More...
Posted Monday, October 03, 2005 8:40 AM by craigrow | 0 Comments
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