The auto industry have been doing this for years. [not a dig at joe - honest!] Add some chrome, add some new buttons and dials, add 5 extra BHP and call it a model refresh. Raise the price by 10%, increase sales by 20% and laugh all the way to the bank :)
Sorry, my cynical hat is on today :-^ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Milburn Sent: 21 February 2006 14:50 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Microsoft Announces Vision and Roadmap for Active Directory It's amazing how: "... renaming of several capabilities with the Active Directory brand... " can "... help customers simplify deployment and administration, lower the total cost of ownership, enhance security, and streamline compliance... " What's in a name? well there you go. Who'da thunk it. I'm gonna have a look at some stuff I'm working on, I think if I rename it, I can get a lot more value out of it. (ow, I think my tongue got stuck to my cheek) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rich Milburn MCSE, Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Sr Network Analyst, Field Platform Development Applebee's International, Inc. 4551 W. 107th St Overland Park, KS 66207 913-967-2819 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love the smell of red herrings in the morning" - anonymous -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 6:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Microsoft Announces Vision and Roadmap for Active Directory Blech. It will always be ADAM to me. Marketing people aren't using the products, they need to back off. I do find it funny that we have basically gotten MMS back though which lost its name previously because of marketecturing... -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gil Kirkpatrick Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Microsoft Announces Vision and Roadmap for Active Directory The marketing message is finally catching up with what Stuart has been talking about at DEC the last couple of years. -g -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Almeida Pinto, Jorge de Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ActiveDir] Microsoft Announces Vision and Roadmap for Active Directory Morning all, Microsoft is announcing a roadmap for AD. 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