Microsoft no longer offers a Technology Guarantee on our products. Customers can purchase a SQL 2000 License (L), SQL 2000 License with Software Assurance (LSA) or renewal on Software Assurance (SA) for existing SA on existing products. If the customer purchases just the L, they would not get the next release of the product (in … Continue reading Brief Example of a Software Assurance Purchase
And I’m there!… just off to the right a bit!
Monday’s edition of RocketBoom’s video-blog (vlog?) contained an interview with Robert Scoble, while he was hosting a “geek dinner” in Minneapolis.I arrived to find only two people sitting at an outdoor table – one of them being Robert. Initially, I thought, “Wow.. what a lousy turn-out!”. But as I drew near, fortunately, I noticed the fancy video-camera … Continue reading And I’m there!… just off to the right a bit!
Rockford IL TechNet Briefing Questions (and Answers)
Hi!Wow… I haven’t blogged in awhile. But yesterday at my TechNet Briefing in Rockford, IL I got some great questions and I thought I would share them (and the answers) with you:Q: I want to roll out SQL now, but if I get SQL 2000 installed – what happens when 2005 comes out? Will the … Continue reading Rockford IL TechNet Briefing Questions (and Answers)
Useful Security Videos for Home Computer Users
Very nice. I’m often helping my neighbors get their computers cleaned up after large amounts of spyware and malware have been unwittingly installed.Here are some free videos done by the “at home” people at Microsoft, to help people understand various issues surrounding safe web browsing and keeping your PC clean of those sorts of annoyances.Thanks … Continue reading Useful Security Videos for Home Computer Users
SQL 2000 SP4 is out
Mat Stephens has a good summary of the upate on his blog.(**warning** – his post is in English.)
Geek Dinner Results
…or rather, for me, just geek drinks. I had family obligations which kept me from making it to dinner with Robert Scoble and many local area Geeks and Bloggers. But I had a splended time once I arrived, talking about blogging and podcasting and blogcasting. Of course, in the presence of “the Scobleizer”, I was just “some … Continue reading Geek Dinner Results
Politics aside, I think this is good.
He did, afterall, invent the Internet. Gore to receive Internet lifetime achievement awardSeriously – I had started using E-mail, FTP, NNTP, and even Gopher (from my school!) several years earlier, but I remember that the first time I ever used HTTP, after downloading an early version of a browser; the first page I ever “surfed” … Continue reading Politics aside, I think this is good.
The end is coming! ..and now we know the date!
Eileen Brown posts about some resource for Outlook command lines. And she’s also found out that the world according to the Outlook Calendar ends on August 31st, 4500.(She links to the really fun tips and trivia site where she found this, too.)
On blogging and the Average Joe…
I’m reading a very thought-provoking thread on Scoble’s blog. He is visiting Target’s HQ today, and because it’s based here in my home town, I was curious to see what he has to say about it.He posed some questions for his readers, which have generated a really great discussion on the merits of blogging in … Continue reading On blogging and the Average Joe…
On Blogging…
Okay…Now I’m excited. “Oh Kevin, you’re always excited about something…”Hey.. I love my job. Is that a crime?! I don’t know what the final URL will be (or even if I should be telling you about this yet), but we will soon have a really cool new communication channel opening up for us, and you’re … Continue reading On Blogging…
Absolutely Full of I.T. 