Updated WAIK documentation

Hey Deploymentfolk -
Getcher red-hot documentation updates for the WAIK. The following site links to Microsoft downloads, and provides replacement documentation for the RTM version.
Download details: Windows AIK User’s Guide and Unattended Setup Reference (Documentation Update 1)
The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), system builders, and corporate IT [...]

[Tools] Hyper-V RAM Calculator

A neat little Excel worksheet for calculating the total amount of RAM you’ll want for a deployment of Hyper-V. Could use some polishing, but would make a great start for your documentation.
TONYSO : Hyper-V RAM Calculator
Joeelway’s blog links to a handy Hyper-V RAM Calculator you can use to plan your Hyper-V deployment. Easy to use:
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Death of the Browser-Based Application?

There’s a new buzz buzzing in the SaaS world: the death of browser-based applications. I’m seeing more and more of this kind of thing. Exciting times!
What do you think?
SaaS vendor quits browser to boost sales | Software as Services | ZDNet.com
Any SaaS CEOs who are feeling bruised after reading Sarah Lacy’s Business Week article today [...]

Watch out world!

There’s now a WordPress client for the iPhone! I’m posting from it now. Some might say this could lead to shorter, more concise articles. Or, carpal thumbal disease.

Windows 3.11 is dead

Say it ain’t so…
SOURCE: John Coyne’s Embedded Blog : It’s the End for 3.11!!
It’s the End for 3.11!!
for those that were not aware, we recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM’s will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in the embedded channel. Now we all know that it’s been long [...]

Application Virtualization Comparison Chart

One of the things I do on a weekly, if not more frequent basis, is talk about Application Virtualization, and even for someone who breathes this stuff, it’s getting pretty confusing out there, as new products are springing to market all the time.
There isn’t a good place that compares all the major players, and none [...]

New MDOP Blog

Those of you following MS’s excellent MDOP suite of applications should subscribe to this one in your favorite feed reader:
http://blogs.technet.com/mdop/
Not much there yet, but it just started. We’ll keep an eye on it!