Archive for April, 2009

Taking exam 70-642 …

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Thanks to Andrew Coates, I’ve just registered to take Microsoft exam 70-642 on Windows Server 2008 networking, next week.

I’m also interested in doing 70-640 but for some reason the Prometric web site didn’t list English as a language choice … !

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MIS magazine on getting projects past the CFO …

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I was interviewed for a brief story in MIS magazine on how CIOs can get project funding past the CFO in these modern times.

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Linux beware: Microsoft acquire Novell, become UNIX owner

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

In a shock announcement, Microsoft has today taken majority ownership of software house Novell. This immediately gives the Redmond giant control of Novell’s intellectual property assets including the legal copyright over UNIX. Already Red Hat and Canonical (Ubuntu) have expressed their expectation Microsoft will aggressively seek to eradicate all distributions save for Microsoft Linux Vista, formerly SUSE.

Read the full story here!

Posted in Linux, Windows | 2 Comments »