Archives: 2008 February

I noted my reaction to Microsoft’s new license subscription model a few weeks ago. In anticipation of the program’s March 3 launch, Redmond Channel Partner magazine has published a story in which yours truly is quoted. They were even kind enough to put a link to The Schlog in the “More Information” section. Have I [...]

Did you hear a huge commotion at about 3:25 pm EST today? That was the sound of millions of BlackBerry users screaming “oh [expletive], not again!”
Yes, it seems that BlackBerry service is down across North America. I found out when I got blitzed by alerts coming from the four BlackBerry Enterprise Servers that I have [...]

Microsoft is now packaging Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager as a stand-alone product. I’m not smart enough to know or explain all the reasons behind this. I imagine this is in response to competitive pressure from salesforce.com, Google Apps, and other on-line products.
I thought that I would be using Outlook with BCM on a [...]

The accidental severing of three undersea cables has led to a massive Internet slowdown in India. What do you think?

More answers at http://www.theonion.com/content/node/73678.