ThinApp Starter Edition

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Have you wanted to take a look at ThinApp? VMware has a new product: ThinApp Starter Edition. Until April 30, 2011 it’ll be a free download for new Workstation customers. It’s missing the AppSync and Permitted Groups functionality, but if you like what you see and want to upgrade to the Enterprise versions you can roll your work forward. Successfully predicting a wave of people wondering if they can get in with their existing Workstation 7 license keys, VMware has set up a site where you can get a license key for Starter Edition: http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/thinapp-starter-edition-form.html Remember to remove the dashes/hyphens from your key. This will only work for a week or so in honor of the VMware Communities Podcast, so …

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links for 2010-11-16

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did I just kill my server witht this command ?!? – Web Hosting Talk Hat tip to @standalone_sa (Matt Simmons) for this — funny because it didn't happen to me, but a great example of why you don't run commands you don't understand completely. Windows 7 Logon Background Changer – Customize your Windows 7 welcome screen wallpaper Why can't you just do this in Windows?

It isn’t so much that Oracle now supports VMware…

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I’ve been seeing a lot of commentary on the Oracle support policy change that happened last week, and I think some people are missing a big distinction here: It isn’t so much that Oracle now supports VMware, but that Oracle no longer doesn’t support VMware, if that makes sense. They aren’t supporting VMware, but they aren’t not supporting it, either.[0] Article 249212.1 in Oracle’s Metalink states: Oracle has not certified any of its products on VMware virtualized environments. Oracle Support will assist customers running Oracle products on VMware in the following manner: Oracle will only provide support for issues that either are known to occur on the native OS, or can be demonstrated not to be as a result of …

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links for 2010-11-11

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Cindy's Take on Tech» Blog Archive » An Open Letter to Wired Magazine [del.icio.us] Excellent post on how Wired treats women. I can't disagree. In fact, Greg Ferro and I were commenting on this at VMworld in Copenhagen, the general crappy way the tech industry treats women. Never more evident than on a show floor, though there were a couple of booths at both VMworlds where the booth babes were smart, regular company employees. Probably why I have three Compellent t-shirts…  S4 – Super Simple Storage Service Definitely a cloud storage option worth checking out. And cheap! AirPigz – blog – Video: Blue Angels F-18 Refueling… In The Clouds! "This video from 2009 would be cool enough if it was just …

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links for 2010-11-09

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Why does the Win32 Time service require the date to be correct before it will set the time? – The Old New Thing – Site Home – MSDN Blogs "The Kerberos authentication protocol relies heavily on all participants agreeing on what time it is (with some slop tolerance). If somebody manages to fool the client into synchronizing its time against a rogue server (for example, by using a DNS poisoning attack), the attacker can use that invalid date (typically a backdate) as a foothold for the next level of attacks." Vinography Images: Mendoza Sunset – Vinography: A Wine Blog Nice photo. Some days I wish I lived in a place with mountains. jwz – Ever notice that the size of …

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Avoiding Windows Live Writer Temporary Theme Detection Posts

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I’ve started using Microsoft Windows Live Writer 2011 to author my blog posts, and I love it so far. In fact, one of the best features of it is that it’ll automatically detect the blog theme and keep a copy of it stored so you can see what your post looks like. Normally I don’t need to care too much about formatting, but when I’m including a graphic it’s really handy to be able to resize it quickly to the full width of the column. The native image sizing in WordPress is a real crapshoot sometimes. One problem with letting Live Writer detect your theme is that it posts a temporary article, usually with the title of “Temporary Post Used …

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If You Ever Needed Convincing About VAAI…

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If you needed any convincing about the benefits of VAAI, here’s a graph of what happened when I took our new VAAI-capable HDS AMS 2500, copied a 25 GB template VM to it, then cloned three more VMs from that template. I did the cloning one at a time, rather than in parallel, mainly because I was in shock that it took about 30 seconds for each one to complete and in my giddiness I didn’t think to do any other testing. I have only the Hitachi write rate highlighted, but that tells the story: So far, the only drawback I can see to the new VAAI offloads are just that you’ll need to rely more heavily on your array’s …

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links for 2010-11-07

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A Sandwich, A Wallet, and Elizabeth Taylor's Cousin A great parable and message, one that I need to do better with on the business side but I try very hard to follow on the customer side.

links for 2010-11-06

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A Sandwich, A Wallet, and Elizabeth Taylor's Cousin A great parable, one that I need to do better with on the business side but I try very hard to follow on the customer side. Coyote Tracks – Geek Luddites Excellent post on why devices like the iPad, and the direction of Mac OS towards iOS, are good. I tend to agree – people want devices that work, and not have to worry about filesystems and viruses and all that crap. Sixty Minutes. No Alibis. No Regrets.: Minnesota… Is Less Than Optimal "But what I will do, is use my knowledge of gopher fans for the greater good. I won't be making the trek across the St. Croix to see this …

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