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Thoughts and things I care to shareWall Street Analyst Says: Microsoft Likely to Ship Vista On Time! – Hell to freeze over tomorrow.
Will wonders never cease – another idiot analyst on the Street finally thinks that MS will ship Vista on schedule.
This isn’t news – this is obvious.
Cingular Network Integration of AT&T Wireless is Complete
Cingular has finally completed the integration of the AT&T Wireless network. Its been two years since Cingular purchased the aging network, and they have had several challenges in merging the two companies together.
This is ultimately good news for Cingular’s customers, as the company can now focus those energies on other opportunities such as expanding their 3G networks!
Link to: Cingular Finally Completes Network Integration (Phone Scoop)
Microsoft Vista Volume License Key (VLK) Compliance
Here is more information on the Vista Volume Activation – its called Volume License Key Compliance and CRN has a full article on the topic – link below.
Source: Microsoft To Enforce Volume License Key Compliance For Vista, Longhorn
Neowin.net – Volume Activation 2.0: Another Potential Vista Gotcha?
Well, this is one piece of Windows Vista that I had not heard much on. It seems that corporations planning on deploying Vista will require a mechanism to validate or “Authenticate” their Vista installs similar to how retail versions of XP need to be authenticated.
For those who’ve yet to hear about it, Volume Activation is a new digital-license activation technology aimed at businesses. It’s part of the larger “Software Protection Platform” that Microsoft is constructing to combat piracy. In short, Microsoft is not going to allow enterprises to operate on an honor system, when it comes to proving how many copies of Windows they’ve paid to license. Just like it does with individual Windows users, Microsoft is going to start requiring companies to authenticate their new versions of Windows within 30 days of installing.
This will cause more deployment headaches and costs than previous Windows desktop operating systems. It also drives home the concept of centralization again. Instead of all those PCs, move 90% or greater back to the Data Center using Terminal Services/Citrix, and some Virtualization for really unique installs.
Yeah, we can’t get away from Microsoft extracting their full licensing costs, but we can reduce the amount of time and money we spend managing the desktop. Put a dumb terminal on the desktop and move the OS & App’s to the Data Center.
Source: Neowin.net – Volume Activation 2.0: Another Potential Vista Gotcha?
Micro Persuasion: Duh, Of Course Consumers Skip Blogs When Big News Breaks
Steve Rubel has a great answer to the “news” that people turn to “traditional” outlets for breaking news.
Link to Micro Persuasion: Duh, Of Course Consumers Skip Blogs When Big News Breaks
Scobleizer: Why can’t CEO’s use Web sites/blogs to disclose things?
Robert Scoble makes a great point, blogs make for a great PR tool for CEO’s and corporations. Why can’t more CEO’s make public statements using a blog?
In my own employer’s industry, we could make use of a corporate or CEO blog on many levels. We could speak to product questions, to company initiatives in the community, and so on.
The instantaneous and free-form nature of a blog is such a great tool to communicate with customers, partners and clients – wish we could make use of them where I work.
Link to Scobleizer: Why can’t CEO’s use Web sites/blogs to disclose things?
T-Mobile New Tagline, Plans
Looks like my favorite mobile service provider is updating their service offerings and positioning themselves for future service growth. After several years with the same look & feel, they’ve udpated their site, added new calling plans, changed their corporate tagline, and changed their spokesperson.
Link to Phone Scoop: T-Mobile Switches Focus With New Tagline, Plans
Neowin.net – Neowin Six Years Old Today
Congratulations to Neowin.net on their 6th birthday! You can really tell the ‘Net is getting mature. There are several reliable favorites for news and entertainment that have been around since the 1.0 bubble.
Neowin is one of them! To celebrate, Neowin has some significant changes in the works – read more at the link below!
Go to college for free online
Well, maybe I should go finish up and get the degree that I always meant to follow up on! Interesting, and would be fun for subjects a person just wanted to learn more about, even if it doesn’t really count towards a real degree.
You never know what you’ll find online.
Link to Go to college for free online | News.blog | CNET News.com
Windows Vista – Only one test release left
So it’s sounding like the media is starting to believe that Vista will actually ship when Microsoft said it would.
Right on schedule, Microsoft says there is one more beta release for the main Vista beta team. After that, the next build for an external release will be the RTM.
eWeek has a good article that discusses this along with many aspects of what MS has been working towards with the Vista product.
Link to Just One More Release Before Windows Vista Goes Gold
I hope the leadership of the Republican Party will take his word seriously. Because this is exactly right.
This is very simple: only Americans citizens should be allowed to vote in American elections.
The SAVE America Act is common sense, and we need to pass it now!
I don’t recall you complaining when gas was $5.00 under Biden.
Hypocrisy much?
Please RT!
This Middle Ages bullshit is a cancer on the planet👇👇🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸