Archive for May 3rd, 2006
Does Windows Vista have more than just a pretty face?
I’ve written a bit about Windows Vista on this blog previously but generally left the product reviews to people like Paul Thurrott (who has both the time to do a review justice and the readership to make it worthwhile). Yesterday, I saw yet another Windows Vista presentation and (with my corporate mindset) I’m still struggling [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2006 under Windows Vista.
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Looking forward to the 2007 Microsoft Office System
I think I’ve been attending too many Microsoft events recently. Not only do the presenters know me personally, but I’m not hearing much that’s new. To be fair to Microsoft, that’s because two of the biggest product launches this year will be Windows Vista (for which I’m a beta tester) and Exchange Server [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2006 under Office.
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More new product names under the System Center brand
Two more Microsoft products in the management space got a new System Center branding last week. Whilst most of the System Center products have been new offerings, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Operations Manager v3 will be called System Center Operations Manager 2007 and Microsoft Systems Management Server v4 will become System Center Configuration Manager [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2006 under System Center.
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Introducing Exchange Server 2007
Another new product name… bland as ever, but definitely preferable to something like Windows PowerShell is Exchange Server 2007. Actually, that one was pretty obvious back at the Exchange Server “12″ Ignite training last month but as most of the information I was given there was protected by a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) I [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2006 under Exchange Server.
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Introducing Windows PowerShell
I missed this news last week, but it seems that Microsoft has finally named their next-generation command shell (formerly codenamed Monad). I liked Microsoft Script Host (MSH) or Microsoft command shell. They were accurate descriptions of what it does. Unfortunately we seem to be stuck with the name Windows PowerShell. Urghhh.
Posted: May 3rd, 2006 under Windows.
Comments: 3
Forum evangelism
This example forum post history was stolen from James O’Neill. Given the comments I get whenever I write about Macs (like the prospect buying a Mac and installing an operating system that’s not OS X on it), it seemed kind of relevant:
A: I’m thinking of getting a new computer.
B: I’ve got a Mac, you should [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2006 under Humour, Linux, Macintosh, Windows.
Comments: 2
