Well, using the words "recession-proof" might be stretching a point,
but apparently the channel has already weathered a downturn in the services
industry.
RCP
Editor in Chief Scott Bekker
explains
.
Posted by Lee Pender on February 07, 20080 comments
You know the story: Microsoft says that Vista's raking in the dough, and lots
of users still say that they don't like it and won't touch it. That pretty much
sums up Vista's first year.
So, into that fractured atmosphere stumbles (or will stumble, in March, anyway)
Vista
Service Pack 1, the possible savior of -- or possibly irrelevant follow-up
to -- the embattled operating system. Apparently, from a technical perspective,
SP1 is no small deal; there will be some fairly serious changes, including a
revised
kernel. There might also be some sneaky
fixes that Microsoft doesn't bother to document.
More
Posted by Lee Pender on February 07, 20084 comments
3K Computers is a computer manufacturer, not just 3,000 random computers that
suddenly and shockingly got to together to start a VAR program. Anyway, read
more
here
.
Posted by Lee Pender on February 07, 20080 comments
You folks in health care might be interested in
this
.
Posted by Lee Pender on February 07, 20080 comments
Let's not even pretend that there's going to be a bigger story this week (or
maybe this year). Let's just get right to some links:
Microsoft's earnings per share would -- get this -- break
even for the next couple of years if the Yahoo deal goes through.
More
Posted by Lee Pender on February 06, 20080 comments
This
is one of those press releases that tried to make a new technology offering
sound like a dramatic tale of love and deceit set during the Crimean War. If
you can figure it out, let us know what it's about.
Seriously, dig this: "If data is the lifeblood of an organization, the
applications are its heart."
More
Posted by Lee Pender on February 06, 20080 comments
We love how software vendors
call
their products "robust,"
as if they're describing a bold wine
with a heady palate. Robust, but not arrogant...
Posted by Lee Pender on February 06, 20080 comments
"I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down"
-- from "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King
We've had a little bit of both the last few days -- moving earth and tumbling
sky. (And, yes, RCPU apologizes to our more macho readers for quoting an artist
as...uh, sensitive as Carole King two days after the Super Bowl. Hey, we're
feeling introspective.) First, the earth moved on Friday, as Microsoft (finally)
proposed a $44.6
billion buyout of Yahoo. Hey, that much money in that many briefcases hitting
a boardroom table would make anybody's floor shake.
More
Posted by Lee Pender on February 05, 20080 comments
Some of the things that Microsoft has been promising for a while are coming
to fruition. This week, Redmond
released
to manufacturing
Windows Server 2008 (formerly "Longhorn") and
the first Vista service pack.
Posted by Lee Pender on February 05, 20080 comments
Call it a hat trick, as Bekker serves up a tidbit on how the Southeaster...
uh, sorry, not that SEC...the Securities and Exchange Commission
might
be able to help you
, partner.
Posted by Lee Pender on January 31, 20080 comments