The supposed new pricing scheme Microsoft is considering is ridiculous. A Slashdot article today reports that they are thinking about putting a 3 application limit on the Home Basic version of Windows 7. This is based on research findings that show that basic users usually only run two applications at a time. This is the [...]
The other day in Part I of this series I said I was going to write up some more articles about automating code review tools in your build process. Today I spent some time looking over CAT.NET and figuring out how it fits into my build process. CAT.NET is a static code analysis tools that [...]
TechRepublic’s Sanity check blog recently posted an article titled “Is Microsoft for grown-ups and Google for kids?” I posted a reply this entry because I think there is value in both. Go read the original and then read my reply reposted below: I would choose to work at either given the chance. I think they [...]
I have a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 that I absolutely love. I do a LOT of typing in my job, and sometimes with normal keyboards I would get carpul tunnel symptoms (pain in the wrists, etc). After putting up with that for long enough, I switched to an ergonomic keyboard, and the difference was [...]
I was watching my daughter today and decided to use my laptop in the kitchen to keep a better eye on her. I thought I would just enable Remote Desktop Access on my new desktop running Vista Home Premium and remote in. That’s when the shock began. The only thing available in Vista Basic is [...]
