I once tried to figure out why my office outlook suddenly took like 3 minutes to start up.
Eventually I found out it was trying to connect to "exchangeserver", which is on the lan and not at home.
Really nice of the opendns people to forward all these request to their search pages I eventually found out.
After I changed the dns servers back to my isp's it outlook fails to resolve and I get to work in offline mode after a few moments of loading.
I was at a Microsoft/HP sponsored event this monday where Windows 2008 was introduced.
Some responses from the attendees when the MS presenter was looking for audience interaction:
- "Who is using HP servers" : 50 out of 100 hands
- "Who is using MS clusters" : 15 out of 100 hands
- "Who is using Terminal Services" : 30 out of 100 hands
- "Who is using Citrix" : 20 out of 100 hands
and then, when comparing Vista security features with Windows 2008 security features
- "Who is using Vista" : *5* out of 100 hands !
That was one very awkward moment for the Microsoft guys in the room.
In the audience there was a sense of relief that they weren't the only company that hadn't implemented Vista yet over a year after launch, despite all marketing efforts...
And everyone knew those inflated numbers came from OEM installs on new hardware.
Maybe MS is cutting their losses and coming to terms with the fact that Vista will never amount to much in the real world. Atypical though...
working as a contractor / detachee / consultant (or whatever you call it) this is a clause that I see in all my contracts.
problem for the companies is that, in Belgium, or Europe for that matter, it is only enforcable when the employer or client keeps paying your wage.
so : if they don't continue to pay your wage, even after you left the company, they have no argument.
As a Belgian - To give more weight to this suit:
Belgian watchdog organisations don't "settle" cases.
As opposed to what you're used to seeing in the US in many class action suits and state-x versus Microsoft, Belgian courts and consumer suits like these don't settle in court for cold cash. It's fought out to the bitter end and the result is enforced.
Traditionally, it might take a decennium or so to get trough all 3 layers of justice but eventually there will be a conclusion even a multinational mogul will have take into account.
I await the days where Belgium and maybe even europe (third layer of jurisdiction, above national appeals court) is scrapped from distribution of these crippled goods!
shock and awe that:)
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I once tried to figure out why my office outlook suddenly took like 3 minutes to start up. Eventually I found out it was trying to connect to "exchangeserver", which is on the lan and not at home. Really nice of the opendns people to forward all these request to their search pages I eventually found out. After I changed the dns servers back to my isp's it outlook fails to resolve and I get to work in offline mode after a few moments of loading.
I was at a Microsoft/HP sponsored event this monday where Windows 2008 was introduced. Some responses from the attendees when the MS presenter was looking for audience interaction: - "Who is using HP servers" : 50 out of 100 hands - "Who is using MS clusters" : 15 out of 100 hands - "Who is using Terminal Services" : 30 out of 100 hands - "Who is using Citrix" : 20 out of 100 hands and then, when comparing Vista security features with Windows 2008 security features - "Who is using Vista" : *5* out of 100 hands ! That was one very awkward moment for the Microsoft guys in the room. In the audience there was a sense of relief that they weren't the only company that hadn't implemented Vista yet over a year after launch, despite all marketing efforts... And everyone knew those inflated numbers came from OEM installs on new hardware. Maybe MS is cutting their losses and coming to terms with the fact that Vista will never amount to much in the real world. Atypical though...
working as a contractor / detachee / consultant (or whatever you call it) this is a clause that I see in all my contracts. problem for the companies is that, in Belgium, or Europe for that matter, it is only enforcable when the employer or client keeps paying your wage. so : if they don't continue to pay your wage, even after you left the company, they have no argument.
As a Belgian - To give more weight to this suit: Belgian watchdog organisations don't "settle" cases. As opposed to what you're used to seeing in the US in many class action suits and state-x versus Microsoft, Belgian courts and consumer suits like these don't settle in court for cold cash. It's fought out to the bitter end and the result is enforced. Traditionally, it might take a decennium or so to get trough all 3 layers of justice but eventually there will be a conclusion even a multinational mogul will have take into account. I await the days where Belgium and maybe even europe (third layer of jurisdiction, above national appeals court) is scrapped from distribution of these crippled goods! shock and awe that :)