That list feels like it is way, way too centered around ERP and CRM systems. Are those really the stand outs in the open source realm? It seems unlikely.

@scottalanmiller said:

InfoWorld reports on OpenDaylight Helium's status.

OpenDaylight is a really important but not well understood project. Interesting stuff, though.

It's going to take virtualization to a whole new level and redefine how we approach traditional networking. Pertino is a trailblazer with this tech. Can't wait to see what else this project has in store.

Yeah - it's when I'm switched to another app that it shows, but it is still annoying 🙂

iOS 8.0.2 seems to be good. Several of us have tested it.

@thecreativeone91 said:

Will they please take the integration out of Youtube now... It has made comments on Youtube hard to follow.

Huh? are you implying that comments were ever able to be followed?

@Dashrender said:

@Bill-Kindle said:

@JaredBusch said:

This is a huge benefit. Also a good portal into lifetime subscriptions.. We'll see how it plays out once people start graduating.

I still have my community college email, and I just used it for this offer and it worked. I've attended off and on since 2006 though.

Does it give a personal O365 account, or a business style one ? I'm guessing the business style, with an email address of the school?

As far as I can tell, it appears to be business style. There's a Sharepoint page too.

So true. Elastix is now only on two gen old CentOS. Argh.

@nadnerB said:

I wonder if the discovery of this has anything to do with the bank robbers (the mainstream media called them hackers) that were finally caught after 12 years of stealth operation.

Good call, my gears are a'turnin' now.

@Joyfano said:

@nadnerB said:

Looks like a mix of Windows 7, 8 and Linux.

I hope they rename it in Australia to Windows Mongrel.

Hmm why Mongrel Sir?

Mongrel
A mongrel or mutt is a dog that is not the result of breeding and belongs to no breed. Wikipedia

Well, windows can be a bit of a dog. Windows 9 is from such a mixed background, it going to have an identity crisis. It seems to be random parts of other OS's slapped together. However, in saying that, no one will really know until the official announcement event comes around when there will be better information.

It may lose mongrel status but Microsoft have to be 100% sure of their direction AND stick to it

"We're Sorry" = Don't sue us!

Hard to really be easier than the SysV system. All that was was running through a list of commands alphabetically. About as basic as it gets.

that is cool!

GroupWise is still around but now free, I believe. Novell also makes Filr, iPrint, ZENworks, Vibe, Service Desk and OES still exists. It was OES that directly replaced Netware.

@thecreativeone91 said:

@Hubtech Why no POE? I think that's probably so if you buy a switch it's easier to sell you APs and Phones latter. I love POE but if you aren't using it the switch will be slightly less power efficient. Probably not to much though since there is no actual load using the power rails for it.

I wish that they were not PoE too. Makes them unnecessarily expensive and draw too much power.

@Carnival-Boy a little secret...iOS beta will be announced for October.
@JaredBusch Your explanation is perfect. Pricing is fine for small business today and your customers aren't using the apps so you don't want to pay for them. That's exactly what we're doing. Increasing pricing for businesses that consume apps.

When we launched the original pricing we were solving entirely different challenges than we are today. Anything "more advanced" required some creative minds (like SAM with the original AD integration). Now we're providing those for businesses that need them.

Hope that helps and looking forward to seeing you guys next week!

The App Store is actually great. It is the poor alternative on windows and android that I found to be the turnoff.