Technogory

Okay, I have to call “technology crap announcement” when I see it announced as a technology breakthrough.  Maybe for Windows, it really is.  The idea of touch screen technology, interactive White-boards running Windows software, and then their big “Touch Wall!”  Quite frankly, it’s ho-hum.  It’s already here, already in use, and touch screens for that matter have been in use by other antiquated O/S technology since 1988!

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I recently was faced with getting some tech support for my DSL I recently purchased from AT&T.  I figure that I have spent about 10 hours of my personal time trying to hook-up the AT&T DSL Modem.  I am admittedly patient, and don’t see where yelling at any person on the phone who is paid to help you gets anything done.  However, in the case of Internet connectivity, the only thing I ask is get me past the “Level One” support!  They are great for the clueless - as in leading the clueless.  During my recent required support by AT&T, I had to take note of the things I was told to do!

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I just came in from a meeting with a potential Web and IT client. The meeting was to discuss their web needs, email, and potential office support needs. While I was there, we were going to do some demo’s of various options using their office PC’s. What happened next was, well, typical of what I see often…

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I read an interesting article that discusses the recent Microsoft proposition to become a player in the sandbox of open source; i.e. - making their software play nice.  In the article, it quickly went on to point out the notion that “you get what you pay for” and if Linux is free, and Vista costs a lot; Vista must give you more!  A real O/S!  But, I have to point out the problem with this simplistic notion - Linux is not “Free” as in “Free Beer.”  If you believe you get what you pay for, look no further than “Enterprise Linux.”  If you are working in an enterprise environment, and have faced the license costs for support and updates to your “not-so-free” enterprise Linux edition, then you know that this is just not true.

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Well, interestingly enough, Microsoft is offering to purchase Yahoo! It’s difficult to take on the biggest search engine of all - Google. So, maybe this is Microsoft’s attempt to actually get their name included in the great search engine giant’s sandbox!

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