Comments for Partner Otaku http://cdspartners.wordpress.com Musings of a Microsoft Partner Evangelist Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:35:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers by wesy http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/windows-7-rc-training-kit-for-developers/#comment-137 wesy Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:35:50 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/windows-7-rc-training-kit-for-developers/#comment-137 First of all my appologies for the slow reply, I clearly missed this comment. I quoted Ed Bott's blog below from Sept. 19, 2009. There findings are in line with above (generally speaking) but as the article notes, it depends on the hardware, etc. (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1299) "...A clean Windows 7 upgrade, over a new or restored Vista installation, should take 30-45 minutes. That matches up perfectly with the data reported in Chris’s blog post. With 50GB or so of user data, you can expect the upgrade to complete in 90 minutes or less. Again, that finding is consistent with the Microsoft data. On reasonably modern hardware, most upgrades will take less than two hours. (I talked to one professional videographer today who reported that he had upgraded a system containing nearly a terabyte of video files in roughly an hour.) Factors that can slow down upgrades include slow hard disks (such as the 4200RPM models found in some ultraportable PCs) and excessively full disks..." Several months ago I installed via USB stick and it was really really fast - I didn't time it thought. This was based on the beta so I'm not sure if it's valid today, but see the article below. http://pingdennis.com/windows/installing-windows-7-using-a-usb-stick/ First of all my appologies for the slow reply, I clearly missed this comment. I quoted Ed Bott’s blog below from Sept. 19, 2009. There findings are in line with above (generally speaking) but as the article notes, it depends on the hardware, etc. (http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1299)

“…A clean Windows 7 upgrade, over a new or restored Vista installation, should take 30-45 minutes. That matches up perfectly with the data reported in Chris’s blog post.
With 50GB or so of user data, you can expect the upgrade to complete in 90 minutes or less. Again, that finding is consistent with the Microsoft data.
On reasonably modern hardware, most upgrades will take less than two hours. (I talked to one professional videographer today who reported that he had upgraded a system containing nearly a terabyte of video files in roughly an hour.) Factors that can slow down upgrades include slow hard disks (such as the 4200RPM models found in some ultraportable PCs) and excessively full disks…”

Several months ago I installed via USB stick and it was really really fast – I didn’t time it thought. This was based on the beta so I’m not sure if it’s valid today, but see the article below.

http://pingdennis.com/windows/installing-windows-7-using-a-usb-stick/

]]> Comment on Cal Evans Session at Codeworks Five Things I Wished They Told Me by wesy http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/cal-evans-session-at-codeworks-five-things-i-wished-they-told-me/#comment-134 wesy Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:16:26 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/cal-evans-session-at-codeworks-five-things-i-wished-they-told-me/#comment-134 Thanks Cal, I really enjoyed your presentation. Very helpful! Thanks Cal, I really enjoyed your presentation. Very helpful!

]]> Comment on Cal Evans Session at Codeworks Five Things I Wished They Told Me by Cal Evans http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/cal-evans-session-at-codeworks-five-things-i-wished-they-told-me/#comment-133 Cal Evans Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:49:38 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/cal-evans-session-at-codeworks-five-things-i-wished-they-told-me/#comment-133 Thanks for attending the session, I'm glad you liked it. I'll post the slides on my blog after CodeWorks is over but in the meantime, if you will drop me an email, I'll send you a copy so you can make sure you got everything. :) =C= Thanks for attending the session, I’m glad you liked it. I’ll post the slides on my blog after CodeWorks is over but in the meantime, if you will drop me an email, I’ll send you a copy so you can make sure you got everything. :)

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]]> Comment on Windows 7 RC Training Kit for Developers by Windows 7 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/windows-7-rc-training-kit-for-developers/#comment-90 Windows 7 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:40:32 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/windows-7-rc-training-kit-for-developers/#comment-90 I've read on many blogs that the install process of win 7 would have been faster, but I didn't really noticed any improvement on it; especially if compared to vista. It takes 35minutes on fast machines and 1hour in slow ones. I’ve read on many blogs that the install process of win 7 would have been faster, but I didn’t really noticed any improvement on it; especially if compared to vista. It takes 35minutes on fast machines and 1hour in slow ones.

]]> Comment on Bing the New Decision Engine by wesy http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/bing-the-new-decision-engine/#comment-80 wesy Fri, 29 May 2009 19:52:41 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/bing-the-new-decision-engine/#comment-80 I've been using it in some flavor over the past few months and it certainly much more helpful. Is it perfect, no, but a signficant step in the right direction I’ve been using it in some flavor over the past few months and it certainly much more helpful. Is it perfect, no, but a signficant step in the right direction

]]> Comment on Bing the New Decision Engine by Harsh Agrawal http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/bing-the-new-decision-engine/#comment-79 Harsh Agrawal Thu, 28 May 2009 21:06:29 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/bing-the-new-decision-engine/#comment-79 Another new release from Microsoft, I hope this time they will manage to keep the hype they are creating Another new release from Microsoft, I hope this time they will manage to keep the hype they are creating

]]> Comment on PHP SDK for Windows Azure by U.S. Dev Partners Blog : PHP SDK for Windows Azure « Partner Otaku http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/php-sdk-for-windows-azure/#comment-77 U.S. Dev Partners Blog : PHP SDK for Windows Azure « Partner Otaku Fri, 15 May 2009 14:49:51 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/php-sdk-for-windows-azure/#comment-77 [...] more here: PHP SDK for Windows Azure « Partner Otaku Technorati Tags: PHP,Azure,Cloud Computing Published Friday, May 15, 2009 10:49 AM by johnmcc [...] [...] more here: PHP SDK for Windows Azure « Partner Otaku Technorati Tags: PHP,Azure,Cloud Computing Published Friday, May 15, 2009 10:49 AM by johnmcc [...]

]]> Comment on Do You Wish IE6 Would Go Away? by brainwreckedtech http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/do-you-wish-ie6-would-go-away/#comment-63 brainwreckedtech Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:02:08 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/?p=429#comment-63 This is what happens when you go 100% with Microsoft. I'm sure a lot of these supposed organizations would love to upgrade from IE6. Problem is, Windows 2000 works just fine for them. Windows XP offers nothing of significance over Windows 2000 to corporate users. Windows Vista is actually a deterrent. But Microsoft refuses to release IE7 or IE8 for Windows 2000. So they're stuck with IE6. They could move to Firefox or any other browser, but for some bone-headed reason they either rely too extensively on ActiveX (thus tying them to the Microsoft platform) or only ever tested their internet and intranet sites in IE6 and thus completely break in any other browser and completely buy into the crap that the non-IE browser is broken. I can't even whole-heartedly recommend letting people stuck in IE6-land die in their own cruft. Some might be so entrenched with Microsoft that it's impossible (read: not cost-effective enough to convince the bean counters) to get out, no matter how desperately they want to. I would like to think that more than handful of these corporation have learned their lessons. Hopefully Windows 7 proves to be worth the while, inevitably forcing people to start redesigning things with the stuck-with-IE6 memories firmly in place. This is what happens when you go 100% with Microsoft.

I’m sure a lot of these supposed organizations would love to upgrade from IE6. Problem is, Windows 2000 works just fine for them. Windows XP offers nothing of significance over Windows 2000 to corporate users. Windows Vista is actually a deterrent. But Microsoft refuses to release IE7 or IE8 for Windows 2000. So they’re stuck with IE6.

They could move to Firefox or any other browser, but for some bone-headed reason they either rely too extensively on ActiveX (thus tying them to the Microsoft platform) or only ever tested their internet and intranet sites in IE6 and thus completely break in any other browser and completely buy into the crap that the non-IE browser is broken.

I can’t even whole-heartedly recommend letting people stuck in IE6-land die in their own cruft. Some might be so entrenched with Microsoft that it’s impossible (read: not cost-effective enough to convince the bean counters) to get out, no matter how desperately they want to. I would like to think that more than handful of these corporation have learned their lessons. Hopefully Windows 7 proves to be worth the while, inevitably forcing people to start redesigning things with the stuck-with-IE6 memories firmly in place.

]]> Comment on IE8 Compatibility View by 7kittens http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/ie8-compatibility-view/#comment-60 7kittens Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:38:34 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-60 Its both a good thing, and a bad thing. Its both a good thing, and a bad thing.

]]> Comment on First GM…now SGI by bosunbilly http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/first-gmnow-sgi/#comment-59 bosunbilly Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:02:22 +0000 http://cdspartners.wordpress.com/?p=414#comment-59 I used to work for SGI. This is indeed sad news. I used to work for SGI. This is indeed sad news.

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