Notes from the field: Bobby and Rose give two thumbs down
Notes from the field: Bobby and Rose give two thumbs down
Notes from the field: Bobby and Rose give two thumbs down
Notes from the field: Bobby nixes New Year's resolutions
Notes from the field: Enough, IT or me
Notes from the field Bobby isn't sure the AOL/Netscape story holds up
Notes from the field Bobby threatens to raise the roof
Notes from the field: Getting an education
Notes from the field: Hell hath no fury . . .
Well, I'm glad I ignored the advice given to me by many readers to not go near vodka-swilling, chain-smoking Rose: I spent a very pleasant evening knocking back the shots and puffing on a cigar with her last Wednesday.
Well, NetWorld+Interop is out of the way (I'm writing this from my plush hotel room at the Atlanta Ritz) and I'm taking time out to consider the future. Of course, one burning question is how much longer will Microsoft's dominance of the OS market continue? In the past few years we've seen challenges from Novell (failed), Sun's Java (failed?) and, most recently Linux (too early to say).
I'm starting to hate the information age. I'm trying to plan which vendors to visit at NetWorld+Interop. Rose is with me, and on her suggestion we're playing the "buzzword" game. For every press release that contains marketing-speak (such as "turnkey solution", "seamless migration", and now - heaven forbid - "zero latency") we have to take a slug from the martini glass.
Notes from the field It's not shows that are driving Bobby crazy
Recently I've been bombarded with information about vendors' plans for the coming show season. My primary impulse is to stick my head in the sand and wait for things to quiet down around holiday time.
Well, it's that time again when vendors are gearing up for the next round of technology launches.
I'll bet the Microsoft product manager at the recent Large Installation Systems Administration for NT show, in Seattle, wishes he had had a hypnotist at his disposal to keep the audience quiet.
Rose was spitting bullets recently. Three months and three days ago she bought one of those combined TV/VCR sets from a salesman who assured her that if either component went wrong, it could be replaced without throwing out the whole thing. Well, guess what: the screen blew last week - right after her warranty expired - and it's unfixable.