http://www.infoworld.com InfoWorld - Information Technology News, Computer Networking & Security http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.info.rss/logo;pos=rssfeed_infologo;sz=214x54;ord=? http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/12/37OPenterwin-eight-great-microsoft-reviews_1.html Oliver Rist is gone, but his memory will live on, both in our hearts and in the databases of InfoWorld.com. While you may very well have read each and every Enterprise Windows column he wrote over the years, it's possible that you missed some of the great Windows-oriented product reviews and analyses the InfoWorld Test Center has done, many penned by Oliver. Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/12/37OPenterwin-eight-great-microsoft-reviews_1.html 2007-09-12T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/05/36OPenterwin-windows-sharepoint-longhorn-microsoft-linux_1.html Back in the saddle again? Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/05/36OPenterwin-windows-sharepoint-longhorn-microsoft-linux_1.html 2007-09-05T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/29/does-mac-os-suck-35OPenterwin_1.html Paul Venezia bamboozled me into buying a MacBook Pro back in January, and I've been on it semi-daily ever since. And yeah, overall, I've been pretty happy. Of course, the only reason I was willing to buy one at all was because Parallels made it so easy to run Windows. But while my initial usage ratio was 85 percent Parallels, 15 percent OS X, over the last six months, that's changed dramatically to 45 percent Parallels, 55 percent OS X. Yup, the Orchard does slowly assimilate you. Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/29/does-mac-os-suck-35OPenterwin_1.html 2007-08-29T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/22/34OPenterwin_1.html Does Vista suck? The word on the Web is that it sucks badly enough that we should all don iSheep caps and adopt Macs or Penguins. I usually don't get into those kinds of arguments because they amount to OS holy wars. My inbox fills with angry anti-Microsoft zealotry from folks who've made up their minds to hate one and love another no matter what. I just don't look at it that way -- and I don't think most systems admins, consultants, and integrators do either. To us, it's a toolbox. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/22/34OPenterwin_1.html 2007-08-22T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/15/33OPenterwin_1.html This is what happens when your friends have kids. The kids get sick; your friend gets sick. He comes over to help with rebuilding your deck. You get sick. Or, rather, I get sick. As a dog ? which is an expression I've never fully understood. But does that dissuade editors from asking for a column? Heck no. I could have been tagged in a drive-by and they'd still be looking for copy. So despite a head that feels like a beach ball stuffed with sand, I've managed to put together some details on Exchange 2007 Service Pack 1, which officially popped out from behind the secret beta earlier this week. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/15/33OPenterwin_1.html 2007-08-15T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/08/32OPenterwin_1.html It's been a bit of a roller-coaster week. Fake Steve Jobs peels off his "Mission: Impossible" mask and it's (sad sigh) Dan Lyons. Maybe Webster's can use the incident as the new definition for anticlimactic. Then again, he made me laugh a few times, so I can't complain (would've been better had it been Gary Coleman or Lisa Nowak, though). Then Michelle Madigan from "Dateline NBC" tries to one-up Chris Hansen with a predatory hackers-type undercover story at Defcon and instead wound up doing a shame walk all the way to the parking lot. A week of thrills, chills, and social spills -- I figure I'll calm things down a bit, take a big yoga cleansing breath, and concentrate on the mundane. Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/08/32OPenterwin_1.html 2007-08-08T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/01/31OPenterwin_1.html The night is so dark, it sticks to your skin. The young geek wanders lost through thick foliage, branches grabbing his sleeves, the glow from his pitiful penlight only serving to accentuate the crushing blackness all around. Suddenly branches snap under mysterious feet somewhere ahead, his heart base jumps into his mouth, and he nearly swallows his penlight in a vain attempt to stay hidden. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/01/31OPenterwin_1.html 2007-08-01T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/25/30OPenterwin_1.html This was a depressing weekend. Not only am I getting older, I seem to be doing it faster than the rest of my friends. I spent the weekend tearing up the shoddily built original deck so that I can replace it with something remotely attractive. But after only two days of hammer and crowbar work, I'm wheezing like John Goodman climbing stairs and can barely lift my hammer. Dave ? who is three months older ? is still bright eyed and bushy tailed. Makes me mad. It also makes me want to crawl into my easy chair with a scotch, half a pound of Advil, and some good reading. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/25/30OPenterwin_1.html 2007-07-25T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/18/29OPenterwin_1.html Last week's big Redmond stories were the release of Dynamics Live CRM and the announcement that Windows Server 2008 would come out in February of next year along with the next revs of SQL Server and Visual Studio. The week prior it was how Apple iPhone seemed a little worm-ridden when compared even to Windows Mobile. And naturally, at the time, I agreed. No one's open-mouthed with surprise, but even so, I feel it's important to point out that I don't think the iPhone is total bullocks. And nothing has served to bring that out more than Microsoft's release of Dynamics Live. Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/18/29OPenterwin_1.html 2007-07-18T10:00:00Z http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/redirect?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/11/28OPenterwin_1.html So I'm watching a new Subway commercial (the sandwich store, not the New York commuting purgatory), and the company has a new sandwich. The descriptive term is "overstuffed." Other call-outs I remember include "feast" and "satisfying." Unfortunately for Subway, these words don't take away from the visual impact. These things make the actors look like they're trying to stuff a football into their faces. One girl was eating a 'wich that was literally bigger than her head. In Normalville, we call that biting off more than you can chew. And when that happens in real life, you should take smaller bites ? or outsource. Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/11/28OPenterwin_1.html 2007-07-11T10:00:00Z