Author: Vince Kimball

Group Policy Inventory Tool.  Here's a new tool for you to play with this week. it's not Exchange related as such, but I thought it would still be worth a mention. it's called Group Policy Inventory… here's the overview: “Group Policy Inventory (GPInventory.exe) allows administrators to collect Group Policy and other information from any number… Continue reading Group Policy Inventory Tool

Royale? Flex!. The initiative formerly known as Royale is now known as Macromedia Flex. The announcement of the new product comes with its own developer center where you can learn all about the MXML programming language and a new blog, from Christophe Coenraets, that will focus on Flex related issues. There's lots of new material… Continue reading Royale? Flex!

New Atlanta's BlueDragon Follows ColdFusion MX. New Atlanta now have a beta version of BlueDragon 6.1 available that not only follows CFMX's version numbering but also adds some of the MX-specific features like CFCs, web services and XML processing. I think this is a good indication that the CF community really do like these features (New… Continue reading New Atlanta's BlueDragon Follows ColdFusion MX

New Take on Free Hotspots: NewburyOpen.net. Michael Oh may have one of the most unique versions of a free Wi-Fi network anywhere. Oh wanted to extend Wi-Fi around his office, located on a tony stretch of Newbury Street in Boston, and to the shops on the street. He quickly concluded that he would have to… Continue reading New Take on Free Hotspots: NewburyOpen.net

Loren Heiny challenges me (and Microsoft) to do more in the “give and take” of Corporate Relationships by contrasting the recent PDC with an Intel marketing event. Loren: the PDC was just the start of a multi-year process where we'll equip you with tools to build a vibrant ISV business. Here's one program: I've been… Continue reading Loren Heiny challenges me (and Microsoft)

“Idea Practitioners” – This Sounds Like Me. “Idea practitioners” help put ideas into action. I like to think that's one of the things I do well. Here's an important article on the subject. [DennisKennedy.blog]

640KB ought to be enough for anyone.  Last year about this time I had a big travel-related gap in blogging; this year it's the same.  I had few minutes today, so here's a stream-of-consciousness largely about WinFS, based on some recent conversations.  Fire away. [Ray Ozzie's Weblog]

Time for the next Book of the Month. Almost any argument about managing the software development process inevitably deteriorates into anecdote-ping-pong. “We did wawa and everyone quit.” “Oh yeah? Then how do you explain Company X? They wawa regularly and their stock is up 20%!” If you have even the slightest bit of common sense,… Continue reading Time for the next Book of the Month.

Kudos to VMware.  A few months ago I bought a copy of VMware, and now I can't imagine how I tested my software without it. Previously, I'd create separate partitions for each version of Windows, which required rebooting into the desired OS in order to test – a tedious way to do things. As this… Continue reading Kudos to VMware

The Geography of Scotch Whisky. Here's a new, 1,000-word cloudtravel essay on the enjoyment of Scotch whisky intersecting with the enjoyment of travel…. [cloudtravel]