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1. 
   Review - VMware Workstation

   2.0.3 Beta (Oct 24, 2000)

   Very nice program. Although it would be nice if they made a 9x/Me compatible version.

2. 
   Review - AOL Instant Messenger for Windows

   4.0.2000 (Jun 7, 2000)

   Have they managed to make it tell you ON-SCREEN when people enter AND leave? Like MSN Messenger puts a big yellow message in the bottom right corner.

3. 
   Review - Netscape Navigator for Windows

   6.0 Preview Release 1 (Apr 6, 2000)

   Not bad for a _BETA_

4. Comment - Windows Messenger Tweaked for XP Launch

   6.0 Preview Release 1 (Oct 13, 2001 - 6:16 AM)

   There is an official Mac client for MSN Messenger.
   
   FYI, the only platforms AOL and ICQ officially support are Mac and Windows. Unix versions are not authorised by AOL, except for an ancient beta of AIM.

5. Comment - Microsoft Answers Questions Regarding .NET Services

   6.0 Preview Release 1 (Oct 13, 2001 - 6:05 AM)

   Yeah, IBM (under Apache), Sun and others have web services stuff coming up.
   
   The beauty of SOAP is that it's all interoperable. My .Net apps can talk to your IBM web services with no problems, and vice versa.

6. Comment - Sun Attacks Release of Java.NET

   6.0 Preview Release 1 (Oct 13, 2001 - 6:03 AM)

   You're kidding, right? Easier to maintain a J2EE app than a .Net CLR app?
   
   J2EE requires all kinds of XML deployment bulls***, as well as three different types of packages. Plus you can't just copy in the packages, you have to fart about with a deployment tool, which is different on EVERY implementation of J2EE.
   
   Contrast to .Net. Copy .asmx and .aspx files to web root. Copy .dll's to bin under web root. Done.
   
   I don't mind the Java language, but J2EE is horrible.
   
   WRT to this J#, it compiles Java programs written for the 1.1.8 JVM and compiles them to a standalone .Net .exe. It supports most standards in the 1.1.8 VM.
   
   Finally, there are .Net implementations coming along for BSD and Mac OS X (MS are involved in these), as well as other Unices like Linux (check http://go-mono.com/ - it can run basic .Net .exe's now!)

7. Comment - Dell: Linux Not Cutting It on Desktops

   6.0 Preview Release 1 (Aug 5, 2001 - 7:54 AM)

   I agree. Notice all the "crash course" MCSE's out there, walk into the training centre computer illiterate, memorise all the MCSE answers, and walk out a "systems administrator".
   
   Certification is a joke.

8. Comment - Internet Explorer 6 in Final Stretches

   6.0 Preview Release 1 (Aug 5, 2001 - 7:46 AM)

   I think Quicktime and Real are better products.
   Windows media does not support.
   
   1. Smil
   
   WRONG.
   
   2. No indexing of content.
   
   WRONG.
   
   3. no event streaming support.
   
   WRONG.
   
   WMP has very lousy codec to compress video.
   
   WRONG.
   
   I just found out by a letter from microsoft , That our content if to be streamed on WMP8, We need to upgrade our servers to .net and that will set us back about 1 million dollars.
   
   WRONG.
   
   Also from my IT guys WMP8 indexes your audio mp3's and sends it to good old microsoft.
   
   WRONG.
   
   who is the good guy now.
   
   Certainly not you, troll.