May 1, 2008
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MCPmag.com: XP SP3 Postponed; Microsoft's Flat 3Q; SaaS
Trends Upward; More
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- MCPmag News: XP SP3 Release Postponed; Microsoft's Flat
3Q; More
- From RMG Group: Active Directory Cleanup; Vista-Capable
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MCPMAG NEWS:
- Ballmer Has 'Nothing To Say' on Yahoo Deal
Leaks from unnamed sources to The Wall Street Journal
constitute
the only "news" so far this week about Microsoft's
unsolicited
takeover bid for Yahoo. By Kurt Mackie
http://mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=1535
- Glitch Postpones Windows XP SP3 Availability
One of Microsoft's retail point-of-sale applications has an
incompatibility with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows
Vista
Service Pack 1. By Kurt Mackie
http://mcpmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=1534
- Microsoft's Revenues Flat in 3Q 2008 Report
Microsoft's statement showed revenues of $14.45 billion for
the
third quarter compared with last year's third-quarter
revenue figure
of $14.39 billion. By Kurt Mackie
http://mcpmag.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=1530
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stories
that made headlines at the other RMG Web sites:
- Spring Cleaning for AD
Spring is here, and it's time to clean up some of the dark
corners of
your Active Directory forest. By Ashley McGlone
http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorial
sid=2466
- MiSinformation
Internal Microsoft e-mails made public by the "Vista
Capable"
class-action lawsuit against the company reveal infighting,
partner favoritism and a general sense of confusion -- none
of
which, it turns out, is all that unusual in the software
industry. By Lee Pender
http://rcpmag.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=24
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- Web 2.0 Event Draws the Bleeding-Edge Cloud Crowd
Eight notable commercial releases stood out in the
bleeding-edge
cloud crowd at this year's show. By John K. Waters
http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=98
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- Numbers Don't Lie, But...
Digging deep into the certification numbers. Plus, what
ethics
policies may mean for cert holders, Book of the Week and
more.
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asp?EditorialsID=294
- Study: SaaS Most Important Enterprise Software Trend
Research firm says SaaS, SOA continue to be the most
important
technologies for "enterprise software customers."
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