Book Of Jim

Microsoft is readying a new low-cost version of Windows Server to give customers a server OS similar to client OSes that run on low-cost PCs.

Microsoft plans to release "something akin to" a netbook version of Windows, but for servers, not PCs, over the next month or two, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said on a call with members of the financial community on Tuesday.

He said that although there is not high demand at the moment for netbook-like server hardware, declining prices in the server market make a low-cost OS an attractive option for customers.

"We don't exactly have a netbook phenomenon, but if somebody can buy a [US]$500 server, they're a little loathe to spend $500 for the server operating system that goes with it," Ballmer said.

He described the software as a "low-cost, low-price, low-functionality Windows Server SKU" called "Foundation Edition," but did not offer more details.

Or you can by IBM/LOTUS "Foundations" server thats a "low-cost, low-price, HIGH-functionality non-Windows server" for less.

sheesh

Here is a preview of the Lotus911 TV commercial Mac vs PC and Lotus911 for all Loti...
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ok, so its been a while, but i have an important message. Attending LoLA - Lotus Leadership Alliance conference is turning out to be a very pleasurable experience.
Seeing all the usual friends, John D, Tim K, Scott G, Mary B R, and many others and having candid, open discussions is excellent.
But meeting new friends such as Katherine H, John W, and Bob Picciano has exceeded my expectations. Bob in particular turns out to be a very intelligent, well informed and passionate individual. Ive spent more quality time with him over the last 2 days than i have EVER even seen past Lotus GM's.
Bob is the perfect Leader for everything yellow and I look forward to the years ahead!

For your approval....

If there is any question how hard the Bracco's have been working over the last couple of years towards furthering the BleedYellow goals common to most of us, I submit the following whilst searching for grub this evening:



Check that date and it tells you it expired on October 19th, 2004!   That means this shit is over 6 years old at least!

(FYI the house we are in is only four years old..for what its worth)

Let me tell you, it makes me step back and ponder how much time I'm actually spending nurturing this yellow nest egg and not paying attention to the world around me.

Please feel free to attach your own pictures, as Im sure I'm not the only one out ther with some refrigerator specialties...

Meet Bob...The new head of Lotus to replace Rhodin....just in case you need to pick him out in the grocery store..
Welcome aboard Bob! You better learn to bleed yellow around here, no more green!

Since last spring, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has been investigating reports that an estimated 5 million email messages from 473 days between 2003 and 2005 allegedly vanished from e-mail servers housed within the president's office.
White House has said it has since reduced the number of days' worth of missing e-mails from 473 to 202 after discovering that those messages had been filed "in the wrong digital drawer" as part of a switch from the Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange e-mail system in 2002. White House Chief Information Officer Theresa Payton assured the committee that her office is working actively on a multi-step restoration process.
When pressed by Davis, Payton also said she felt "very comfortable" that they would be able to reconstruct any remaining lost documents from "disaster recovery backup tapes," although she said that process would be time-consuming and could cost at least $15 million.

$15 Million? WTF? guess who pays for this? When are we going to put a stop to the madness!
JB

The problems for the Bush administration apparently started soon after the White House decided to shift its e-mail system from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange in 2002. It also replaced the automated records storage system devised by the Clinton administration with a system that one of its own experts described as "primitive".

Like we didn't see this coming