From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Within days of its release, Leo makes waves on PCs

October 30, 2007

Within days of its release, Apple’s new Leopard OS is running on PCs – the non-Apple kind. The OSx86.com forums are buzzing with posts on how to make it run on different motherboards with different chipsets and graphic cards. It should come as no surprise if we see threats of lawsuits flying, in a typical [...]

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Notes v/s Exchange: Networking’s 50 greatest arguments

October 29, 2007

Network World has an article on Networking’s 50 Greatest Arguments. Interestingly (and as expected…), Microsoft is the subject of many arguments in the list, including Netware v/s Microsoft networking, Windows v/s OS/2, Microsoft v/s U.S. Justice Dept., IE v/s Netscape Navigator, Windows v/s Unix, Mac v/s PC, and the inevitable Lotus Notes v/s Microsoft Exchange. [...]

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 Update Rollup 5

October 25, 2007

Exchange Server 2007 Update Rollup 5 is now publicly available. Description of the rollup can be found in KB 941421. In addition to all the fixes included in Update Rollups 1 thru 4 (remember, the Exchange Server 2007 patching model? All updates are cumulative.), this new rollup includes 2 additional fixes: – Recipient email addresses [...]

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Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 requires OCS 2007

October 22, 2007

Microsoft released Office Communications Server 2007 (OCS 2007), its much-awaited next-generation telephony/Unified Communications product, with much fanfare in San Francisco earlier last week. This is a major update to its predecessor – Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS 2005). The new client, Microsoft Office Communictor 2007, requires OCS 2007 at the server end. It does not [...]

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Dvorak on Rethinking Microsoft

October 15, 2007

John Dvorak says there’s plenty of upside for Microsoft and it’s time to rethink our attitudes towards the company’s stock. More in Rethinking Microsoft on TheStreet.com.

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Released: Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

October 12, 2007

Microsoft has released Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 (i.e. Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007). The Management Pack can be downloaded from here.

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Interesting snippet from Bob Woodward’s ‘State of Denial’

October 11, 2007

On the way back from vacation last week, I decided to finish reading Bob Woodward’s excellent book ‘State of Denial: Bush At War, Part III‘. Interesting snippet, and not completely off-topic. Time of the incident: July 2003. As the public face of the American declaration before the United Nations that Saddam had WMD, Powell had [...]

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Managed Folders: How to apply different Managed Content Settings to Default Folders

October 3, 2007

Exchange Server 2007′s Managed Folders come in two flavors: 1) Managed Default Folders 2) Managed Custom Folders. Default folders are the ones created by default in user mailboxes, such as Inbox, Sent Items, and Deleted Items. Custom Folders are the result of a much-requested feature by Exchange folks over the years: Can I create a [...]

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