XBOX DAD

Recommendation for the Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer

In my family, we have a surprisingly well-aligned Fantastic Four team:

• My seven-year-old is a bruiser of a gamer, always in the thick of the action—The Thing—he just runs in and pounds on stuff.
• My nine-year-old is learning the finer points of special powers and abilities within gaming and is often just outside of the center of the fray—Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards.
• I am a Human Torch … and I play him in the game, too. :-)
• And the Invisible Woman is played by either the Xbox 360® or my wife (with daughter "helping").  Get it? Our fourth player isn't always visible?

Jason's Personal Space

I used to be prejudiced ... against sorcerers and witchcraft

Yes, I admit it. I had pre-judged something, based on hearsay and fragments of information – specifically, the unsuitability of Harry Potter for children.

Not that many years ago, when the Harry Potter series was reaching fervor, I had conjectured and decided that it would never be suitable for my kids to be exposed to that. As I write the words, I know how boneheaded they must appear – and I agree. Most pre-judging and assuming, when looked at in hindsight, is boneheaded.

And then I read the book ...

Today, DPM 2007 was awarded silver in the Storage Management category for this year's awards.

The winners were chosen by a select group of solution providers, and their picks reveal what the channel values most. Value. Support. Profit potential. The winner's list-- broken into five categories: Business Software, Security, Utility Software and Systems, Clients and Peripherals, Networking and Storage--serves as a roadmap for products that should be on every VAR’s roster.  

I love this product -- and our sincere thanks for all of the Microsoft Partners who voted for DPM.