February 2004 - Posts

• Migrating to Linux is far more expensive than expected

  Just read an article about the experience the City of Munich is having in migrating from Windows to Linux. Apparently, the migration project has run into some serious snags and cost overruns in the areas of secuity, compatibility, and stability. They're Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 18, 2004 3:42 PM by jdzions | 9 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• An end to stupidity - the solution to the Crimson Room puzzle

  I have been enlightened. Herewith is the solution to the Crimson Room puzzle , but it's been “rot13”ized. (What's that, you say? rot-13? That means each letter has been replaced with the letter 13 characters later in the alphabet. A is replaced Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 5:43 PM by jdzions | 130 Comments Filed under: Other

• How to feel stupider than everyone else, part 2

  So I posted a pointer to a really cool flash-based puzzle which had stumped me for an hour. An hour later (admittedly, only intermittent attention paid to puzzle), four people have already commented that they've solved it. I like to think I'm a smart Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 4:58 PM by jdzions | 13 Comments Filed under: Other

• "Essentials of Windows for UNIX developers" on-line course goes live!

  When discussing with CIOs and IT directors the idea of adding Windows to the set of platforms for which they develop custom line-of-business apps, one of the most common questions I hear is this: “I've got a team of 50 (or 150, or...) UNIX developers Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 4:11 PM by jdzions | 1 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• How do you keep a web surfer busy for hours?

  Send them here . Don't blame me if their weekend disappears. Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 3:25 PM by jdzions | 86 Comments Filed under: Other

• Four new UNIX Solution guides released

  Last Friday my team released the last of four guides planned to release by the end of 2003. (Hey, only a one-month slip isn't bad!) That brings the total number of guides in the area of UNIX migration and interop to 8. See the set of links at the left Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 5:24 PM by jdzions | 2 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Microsoft releases Solution Guide for integrating Unix systems with Windows for Authentication and Authorization

  As promised two weeks back, we finally got this out the door last week. Sorry I'm so late in letting everyone know; it's been a week of getting myself dug out from a sudden, unexpected trip to Boston and then to New York for LinuxWorld. Solution Guide Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 5:02 PM by jdzions | 2 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Solutions for Unix

• Verbal vs. written style

  Betsy Aoki , the manager of this community site (amongst others), writes that people are surprised that her verbal style is different from the written style of her blog . Oddly enough, I am often told that my conversational style and written style are Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 4:55 PM by jdzions | 3 Comments Filed under: Other

• Microsoft Research releases source code to "Allegiance" MORPG game

  A couple of years back, Microsoft Research built a game called “Allegiance”. It was a multiplayer on-line RPG set in a rather complex space/colonies/races milieu. Pretty cool, but never really caught on. A hard-core user base evolved, but Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 12:12 PM by jdzions | 8 Comments Filed under: Other