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Who would’ve thought — arriving in the airport on Monday in San Diego, I started shaking and could barely walk. We thought a night’s sleep at the hotel would fix it. It didn’t. So, Tuesday morning I was rushed to the hospital for a barrage of tests. Meg and I spent 6 hours at the Mercy Hospital in San Diego, trying to find out what was wrong.
Everything looked good, except for my blood pressure. The doctor has me bed-ridden until Thursday and gave me some blood pressure medicine. I love being here, but MMS simply hasn’t been the same for me. Ron Crumbaker is taking over one of my presentations, while Richard Threlkeld is taking over the other one.
My wife, Megan, is out right now pushing myITforum.com to the EXPO folks. God, I love her!
I’m going to do my best to be at the myITforum.com party tonight. Maybe, I’ll just sit and take my medicine.
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From Ed Aldrich on the SMS list:
Each year we try and establish a common location where Forum folks can congregate the first day or two so that newcomers who don’t know their fellow Forum members by sight can go and mingle, and get introduced… This makes for a much more personal experience for the week, rather than wandering around alone for the week. OTOH, it can ALSO give you an idea of who you really should AVOID all week once you put a face to a name! J
A lot of folks are likely staying at the Marriott Hotel and Marina. I’ve spoken to the hotel, and they recommend using their “Lobby Bar”, located in the North Tower, just off the main lobby. Let’s plan on setting 8pm Sunday and Monday evening as a meeting time if interested. This always proves to be a lot of fun as folks get to place the face to the name.
I will be the old, tall guy with gray hair *not* carrying a red patent leather purse…
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Microsoft Corp. plans to give customers a peek at the next version of its Windows Server Update Services software at the Microsoft Management Summit conference in San Diego next week.
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,110635,00.html
Here’s the part that bugs me about this article:
“WSUS is a free alternative to Microsoft's Systems Management Server (SMS) product that gives customers a way to control the deployment of Microsoft patches and security updates.”
Blogger’s RANT: OK — WSUS is free. BUT, and that’s a BIG BUT, WSUS is NOT SMS. SMS has so many more options than just sending patches and updates. This writer is taking a bit too much liberty with the column without actually knowing the differences between the two products. Thanks, Robert McMillan.