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February 2008 - Posts

Thought Leadership: Steelcase, Live Labs, Photosynth, Seadragon, and John Mullinax

This title is an interesting combination of entities. Let me explain how I came to this conclusion. In the context of something that I preach to my sons and groups that I speak to, let me say that "learning should never end, or you'll be unemployed Read More...
Posted Friday, February 22, 2008 8:06 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments
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Windows Media Services 2008 is RTW'd

RTW - "Released to Web", very similar to "Released to Manufacturing". RTW is for bits downloaded via the Internet. This week, Microsoft released the media services update for Windows Server 2008. And update is the wrong word here, Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:39 AM by jonbox | 1 Comments

DreamSpark, for students

Wow, what a great idea. I think it is cool that a student can choose from a expensive list of software. And it's not just any list, it's a set of products that could allow for some industrious student to get their feet really wet. It's hard to not get Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 2:43 PM by jonbox | 2 Comments

Videos: Life At Microsoft, and Hanselman's Home Office

Here's a video (4.5 min's) about some misperceptions about our world inside of Microsoft, thanks to Channel 10 . Sorta funny. I also found another interesting video, Show Us Your Home: Scott Hanselman Edition (20 min's). Well worth the watch as Scott Read More...
Posted Friday, February 15, 2008 9:25 AM by jonbox | 2 Comments

DinnerNow 2.5 - supports .NET 3.5, Vista, Vista SP1, and Windows Server 2008 RTM

James Conard blogged this recently. You can download the source code from CodePlex today. Also, read from the man behind DinnerNow, David Aiken . Also note the issues with x64 (with workarounds). Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:20 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments

What To Make from the ODC Keynote

Today is a culmination of some hard work done across a team of FedEx, Microsoft, and Interknowlogy folks. During the Bill Gates keynote at ODC this morning, David Zanka (SVP, E-commerce, FedEx) announced QuickShip and some other possible FedEx direction. Read More...
Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 7:06 PM by jonbox | 3 Comments

More Info on Hyper-V, and Analyst Thoughts on MSFT BI

Looking at our Analysts Relation reports site , I found a link to a Gartner FAQ on Hyper-V which has some interesting questions and comments on this feature set. Keep an eye on this Analysts Relations site because it should soon mention a Gartner report Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:28 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments

Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1 have RTM'd

Good news on Server and Tools Business News Bytes blog , Redmond Developer News , Windows Server Division blog , Vista Team blog . And on PressPass : Approaching the company’s largest enterprise launch in its history, Microsoft reached another important Read More...
Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:10 PM by jonbox | 1 Comments
 
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