Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread James Rankin
I wouldn't say that's necessarily a competitor to XenApp. More like http://spoon.net The problem is, they're not really going to attack Citrix much by reinventing VDI (again). People aren't avoiding VDI because it's hard to do and complicated, people are avoiding it because it's actually not such

Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Rankin, James R
Apparently, they aren't Windows 7 desktops at all Amazon Workspaces is not based on Windows VDA. Amazon provides the Windows 7 experience to end-users, delivered by Windows Server 2008 R2. So that's how they avoid Microsoft's ridiculous licensing for VDI Win7 - they use RDSH like everyone else

Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Manuel Santos
This reminds me of a music from REM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY and I don't feel fine with it... 2013/11/14 J- P jnat...@hotmail.com And who will answer the telephone when user-x has an issue? and more importantly- who else will have access to the VPC- NSA/CIA/DHS? still

Re: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Richard Stovall
Maybe he meant FLACs. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:10 AM, Ben Scott mailvor...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:01 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I have .MP3's of Apple ][ cassettes that will work in an emu! Interesting. I actually would have expected the

Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Jon D
Makes me second guess bothering with getting a masters degree in IT, or more certifications. Sounds like IT might not be around very much in 10 years. If the users Desktop is in the cloud, and their data is in the cloud, what's left to do? You're not going to have a few servers on-site and a few

Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Rankin, James R
When has anything in IT ever been that straightforward? You will see private cloud, public cloud and hybrid cloud that combines the other two. Then we will maybe see a shift back to on-premise, who knows? Remember thinking everything would get outsourced? How did that work out? I think its

[NTSysADM] OT - this so cool

2013-11-14 Thread Rankin, James R
I'm going to have to do this to my cynical 5-year olds... https://t.co/K5EHqAL5kp (apologies for weird link - copied from Twitter app as I can't get to GMail on work PC) Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-)

Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Jonathan Link
Well, when Skynet happens, I think it's safe to say that IT will be completely replaced. On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Rankin, James R kz2...@googlemail.comwrote: When has anything in IT ever been that straightforward? You will see private cloud, public cloud and hybrid cloud that

Re: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Rankin, James R
Given the unreliability of devices in my house, I would say anything like SkyNet is way off :-) when it does happen, I'm willing to wager it won't be running Windows, unless you want your Terminators stopping at configuring updates just as they're about to kill their enemies Incidentally, my

RE: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Maglinger, Paul
http://energy.gov/articles/tiny-terminators-new-micro-robots-assemble-repair-themselves-and-are-surprisingly-strong From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:03 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I have .MP3's of Apple ][ cassettes that will work in an emu! Interesting. I actually would have expected the MP3 compression to screw up the encoding. Right you are... I lied... they are .wav files: Hah! I

RE: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Steven M. Caesare
I just find the idea of using the interwebz with blazing amounts of bandwidth and a PC with a gazillion time more horsepower than an Apple II to simply feed audio files at some snails-pace baud rate in to a _CASSETTE_ interface on a 35 yr old 8-bit computer rather awesome. -sc -Original

RE: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Dan Rod
I'll trade you your Novell software for an unopened package of OS/2 Warp v4.01. :) Still sealed in it's original plastic erap. Daniel Daniel Rodriguez drod...@gmail.com On Nov 14, 2013 10:44 AM, Steven M. Caesare scaes...@caesare.com wrote: I just find the idea of using the interwebz with

RE: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Woody Blackman
Plastic e-wrap is for digitial downloads... From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jonathan Link Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:33 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

RE: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Crawford, Scott
Could have been lossless MP3. Also, I'm curious what the fidelity requirements would have been for the tapes. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Ben Scott Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:38 AM To:

RE: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Rene de Haas
I still have one of those myself. Thinking of throwing away the old though. Still have some good books on NT 3.5 and 4.0 that I am finding hard to let go of. :-( Op 14 nov. 2013 16:51 schreef Dan Rod drod...@gmail.com het volgende: I'll trade you your Novell software for an unopened package of

RE: [NTSysADM] Some scary reading

2013-11-14 Thread Rene de Haas
Lol Op 14 nov. 2013 16:17 schreef John Cook john.c...@pfsf.org het volgende: How do you think the Chinese get their info? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: James Rankin Date:11/14/2013 10:13 AM (GMT-05:00) To:

RE: [NTSysADM] I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Crawford, Scott
Good point. I'd basically forgotten about the dropped frequencies. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Steven M. Caesare Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:59 AM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE:

RE: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife
Everything comes in waves. Contraction and expansion, centralizing, decentralizing, cloud, on-prem. Plus, there are tons of organizations that are so far behind the curve that there will be plenty of stuff to do out there, anyway. Joe Heaton Enterprise Server Support CA Department of Fish and

RE: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Ziots, Edward
Its probably scarier than that. A lot of phishing and other attacks are in the cloud, and imagine malicious actors buying up time and space in the cloud and hacking other tenets in the cloud and causing internal cloud disruption or DOS DDOS within the cloud. Just food for thought, EZ Edward

[NTSysADM] Free Windows 8.1 overview eBook

2013-11-14 Thread Art DeKneef
For those who are interested in Windows 8.1. Art DeKneef Avanti Computers Mesa, AZ 480-649-4430 Office 480-529-4430 Mobile

RE: [NTSysADM] Free Windows 8.1 overview eBook

2013-11-14 Thread John Cook
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RE: [NTSysADM] Free Windows 8.1 overview eBook

2013-11-14 Thread Maglinger, Paul
...there is an eBook somewhere that talks about it... -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Art DeKneef Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:22 PM To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [NTSysADM] Free Windows 8.1

RE: [NTSysADM] Free Windows 8.1 overview eBook

2013-11-14 Thread Terry Dickson
Try this http://mseref.safaribooksonline.com/book/operating-systems/9780735684652 -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:39 PM To:

RE: [NTSysADM] Free Windows 8.1 overview eBook

2013-11-14 Thread Terry Dickson
Or better yet here http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2013/10/14/free-ebook-introducing-windows-8-1-for-it-professionals.aspx -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Terry Dickson Sent: Thursday,

RE: [NTSysADM] Free Windows 8.1 overview eBook

2013-11-14 Thread Art DeKneef
Thanks for fixing my umm.. error in leaving out the all-important link. -Original Message- From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Terry Dickson Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 2:04 PM To: 'ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE:

RE: [NTSysADM] Bye Citrix

2013-11-14 Thread Ken Schaefer
A couple of thoughts: A 10 man team will be replaced with a 1 man team. And that 1 person will probably be 18 making $15/hour. Isn't that what has been happening for 30+ years? We used to have lots of people assembling PCs, help desk staff going out to add peripherals, or swap a NIC or

[NTSysADM] Re: I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 13 Nov 2013 at 23:03, J- P wrote: i have windows 95 floppies :) I have DOS 6.22 floppies and maybe even some 5.25 DOS floppies somewhere. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/

Re: [NTSysADM] Re: I wonder if I should put this up on ebay...

2013-11-14 Thread Matthew W. Ross
I used to have some Dos 2.11 floppies for my dad's Epson Equity II, which I played Sopwith on as a kid... Those and the Window 1.0 floppies... I wonder where they went. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Message - From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:an...@geoapps.com] To: