Sheesh. What an utter lack of originality:
Late last month, the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant released to a select group of partners and OEMs a Customer Technology Preview of Cougar, the next version of Small Business Server based on the “Longhorn” edition of the Windows Server, which is slated to ship by the end of this year.
I am looking forward to Microsoft OS codename Jaguar.
The usually upbeat Guardian turns its nose up at upgrading to Vista:
There has been no real reason to upgrade a Windows operating system since Windows 2000 came out, nearly seven years ago. Windows XP is just windows 2000 with lipstick. Vista is not just XP tarted up. It comes with a rapacious heart. The real core changes in the operating system seem to be there to make life more difficult for consumers, to the benefit of producers.
BW less Office 2007 looks cool, but its not worthy of upgrading:
You’ll have to decide if ribbons and other improvements are worth the learning curve—and the money.
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If you are happy with your current version of Office, there’s no compelling reason to rush out and buy Office 2007.
Meanwhile, Microsoft tightens the screws:
Exchange 2007 was released last month, but it does not include Outlook 2007 in its Client-Access License (CAL).
Previous versions of Exchange saw customers given a free copy of Outlook with each Exchange CAL. For instance, with Exchange 2003, if a firm installed the platform along with 150 CALs, they would also be given 150 copies of Outlook 2003.
But the new licence restricts free Outlook 2007 software to those firms with Software Assurance in place as of 30 November.
Will Scoble come to the rescue against this wicked press coverage?
Consider these morons who have lost hope for increasing their subscriber base with unique services and instead are opting to annoy their users with ads (albeit in a portal no one will use):
Since Verizon Wireless and Sprint have both jumped on the mobile ad band wagon, agreeing to put ads on their decks, Cingular wants to join the party as well. Ed Whitacre, chief executive of AT&T, which also owns the largest wireless carrier told the WSJ that it too will look to incorporate mobile ads later this year.
Most times Robert Scoble has some thoughtful and insightful posts. His posts regarding his family are endearing and warm. Unfortunately, sometimes he morphs into a whiny-ass titty baby and writes insane posts that warrant a quick bitch-slap. Usually his posts about Apple come across as being filled with envy, false outrage, and one of convenience. His rant about his son’s MBP problems certainly falls into that category. The whining reminds me of a now dead Dead 2.0 post about how Scoble seems a little too full of himself with his Internet fame and needs to settle down (Sidenote: I miss Dead 2.0).
This recent Scoble brouhaha appears to be nothing but a little assertion of his loud voice and represents the dangers of getting too big for your own good. Basically, his claim is that he alone knows what is best for firms (all good companies blog – Apple doesn’t), his (and son’s) problems take priority over others because he is a technorati (why hasn’t Jobs emailed me?), and only the products he endorses can be popular (UMPC, Zune, and Tablet PC rule).
Seriously now, Robert, STFU.
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