As I've pointed out elsewhere, the deal isn't live yet. A website I linked to previously indicates it will go live at 7:00 AM Pacific. I can't account for why Microsoft's customer service agents are evidently in the dark....
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This game looks interesting and I do like the point in the post - yes a fancy but simple game is the best tour guide for new Windows 8 OS. Compared to its Windows ancestors, Windows 7 do change a lot and provide a fantastic...
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What website ? You obviously knew the sale would start at 7am and managed not to mention that in the article? After all it was mostly an ad piece so why not just get it all out? Sorry Michael, maybe you got duped. Either...
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None of the analogy is perfect and each of them only covers part of the truth of cloud computing. But I don't think we can get rid of it - the analogy provides very good starting point/initial view of a new technology for...
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Not fake. Microsoft put up a website that indicates the deal will go live at 7:00 AM. So if you're on the East Coast and expected that you could flip over to Microsoft's website at midnight, no dice. Wait a few more hours,...
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@anon9094197732, If that's true, the Microsoft customer service rep with whom you spoke is seriously misinformed. A few things: 1) Literally hundreds of articles have been written about this deal. If the deal were bogus,...
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this is FAKE. No shuch deal. thanks for wasting my time!
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Microsoft's customer serivce is saying that the article is bogus and the deal is false. I searched their website and wanted to wait to see if they would change the price at midnight. Any thoughts?
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The game was developed in 1989 by then intern Wes Cherry, who famously received no royalties from his work, like Windows, Gates ripped off as many people as he could to make millions
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The game was developed in 1989 by then intern Wes Cherry, who famously received no royalties from his work, like Windows, Gates ripped off as many people as he could to make millions
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The game was developed in 1989 by then intern Wes Cherry, who famously received no royalties from his work, like Windows, Gates ripped off as many people as he could to make millions
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While it's true that the private sector have large scale failed IT projects, the cause of private vs public sector (and especially the Federal area) have some significant differences, though some are the same. In the Federal...
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While it's true that the private sector has large scale failed IT projects, the cause of private vs public sector (and especially the Federal area) IT project failures have some significant differences, though some are the...
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Your comment is applicable mainly to the enterprise. Most consumers do not rely on Exchange, SharePoint, or even Office. Moreover, few organizations are going to standardize on smartphones, tablets, and PCs; BYOD makes for...
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I agree with the article. Windows 8 needs a game that could be the new solitaire. That game should be fun, educational, addictive and only require a finder. Guess what! There is such a game in the Windows 8 Store. It is...
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It's not a question of seeing it in its proper context. It's a matter of recognizing that it's not the right tool for other contexts. I'm happy to use it in some environments. But I'm not going to replace my PC with a phone...
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Not only that, Windows 7 was only one release earlier and one of the features was a push toward multimedia. Is a user with a home theater PC expected to leave the couch, walk up to the TV and slide his finger across it to...
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The real benefit of cloud for these Enterprises will be that they can use it to fill the holes that come from operational or resource deficiencies. Have issues with maintaining IT assets? Great, outsource it to a cloud...
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So if the key issue with Amazon's services have been related to the shared hypervisors and systems going idle, shouldn't that raise flags that the more customers start using these services, due to the more attractive pricing,...
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It's funny to see the mixed reactions to Microsoft's Win8 strategy. The reality is that unless you actually use the devices in their proper context, there is no way to understand the true benefits of this platform....
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