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The Sad End to a Suite of Unattained Potential
03-05-2010 11:24 AM
I was so excited about the product from the minute I heard of it. In January, 2007 Kevin Beares took me into his office and showed me the three servers running a VERY early alpha (read: dogfood) build of what would eventually be called Microsoft Essential Business Server 2008 . As he explained the technology I was thrilled… it was what I always hoped...
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A Rebuttal to Windows 7: Seven points of imperfection
12-07-2009 3:24 PM
In her recent article ‘ Windows 7: Seven points of imperfection ’ (posted on IT World Canada, and written for PC World US) Jacqueline Emigh calls out seven deficiencies in Microsoft’s new client operating system. While I understand that columnists have to find a hook to please their editors, I am beginning to find it boring with how far some people are...
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Wild for Windows 7!
11-26-2009 11:23 AM
I have seen a lot of contests recently… some promise cash, others cool prizes. This contest will actually help you to grow your business! Microsoft Canada has a great contest for IT professionals and implementers. Do you have a story about how Windows 7 is helping you to expand your customer base? Have you developed an innovative Windows 7 application...
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Meadow Green Academy: A Case Study of a Modern OS Deployment, Part 1
10-15-2009 1:23 PM
If a tool is cumbersome, unwieldy, inefficient, and difficult to use, would you use it? Would you look forward to the experience? Neither would I; so when at the end of last year my son’s Grade 5 homeroom teacher told me that the computers in the school were unreasonably slow, extremely cluttered, and that the students did not look forward to using them, I wanted...
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How do YOU want to be supported?
06-03-2009 12:54 PM
Over the past six years I have had the honour of leading and participating in two major Canadian IT Pro user groups; I have spoken at scores of user groups across the country and around the world, and have been in touch with so many of the user group leaders from around the world, both as a speaker, and MVP, and a council member. I have heard a lot of the same...
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