Monthly Archives: August 2004

Told you so: SP2 on campus

By sindy | Published: August 23, 2004
Looks like college campuses are facing serious problems with the horrible timing of SP2: Windows XP SP2 Upgrade Causing Campus Headaches This is exactly the problem I started to predict over a week ago: Desperately Seeking SP2 Microsoft redeems itself…a little While I can say “told you so,” it’s still going to suck for university [...]
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Microsoft redeems itself… a little

By sindy | Published: August 20, 2004
Interestingly enough, especially after my recent rant about the timing of SP2 for Windows XP and my long-time rants about simple services Microsoft could provide to help out universities, it looks like Microsoft has finally listened. I heard through the grapevine that Microsoft is going to help Stanford out in the coming weeks as we [...]
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Bridging the Digital Divide: right intentions, wrong solution, Part 2

By sindy | Published: August 19, 2004
I just wanted to respond to a comment on my previous post on the PCtvt. I don’t mean any ill will towards the PCtvt people, including Raj Reddy, but the way the NY Times article reported on the device is really what set me off on my rant. Commenter Prasanna (and btw, thank you for [...]
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