It appears that there has been some activity around my original SMP clusters and virtualization post. I just noticed that there was a link back from jtroyer on the VMTN. I thought that I should make everyone aware of a follow-up post that further elaborates on the topic.
-RJB
On September 6th, 2006 I posted a response to a blog post on http://vi411.org entitled “Change“. I have run across a great video that I thought I would share.
View the video, funny and relevant! Also read the blog explaining the video. Long live Sniff and Scurry! In the event that you have not read “Who Moved My Cheese?” you should!
-RJB
So tonight I logged onto http://jimcarroll.com, for those of you who don’t know who Jim Carroll is, he is a highly regarded futurist. I was amazed by the relevancy of this particular blog post to some of my previous posts. Overall the post was insightful, thought provoking and I enjoyed it so much that I felt compelled to share it.
-RJB
I had the need to load a MSSQL 2000 instance on a Windows 2003 box when I encountered the following error “Unable to validate product key”. This was the MSDN SQL 2000 CD that I had used on numerous W2K and WXP boxes so I had no idea what was going on. After some researching I found the fix.
A simple registry change. The hack can be found here.
I hope this helps someone else out.
-RJB
On September 14, 2006 aweeks on VI411.org responded to my SMP clusters and virtualization post by stating that Don Becker’s statement is “ignorant”, a word I intentionally avoided in my original post due to the harsh tone. Let me further clarify my original post by stating that I believe most pioneers like Don Becker need to be arrogant! They are blazing the trail and in my opinion arrogance begets fortitude. Don Becker’s idealism causes him to ignore the fact that Microsoft owns a large portion of the market and x86 virtualization solves inadequacies in the Micro$haft Windows operating system. Again his ability to disregard this truth can only be viewed as an attribute when trying to develop a superior emerging technology. There is a place for x86 virtualization today but who knows what the future will hold. After reading aweeks’ post I realized that I was the “ignorant” one to not understand and commend Don Becker’s hard line aggressive view. In a world of David and Goliath where marketing spin suppresses innovation and stifles technological advances, I am glad there are people like Don Becker.
-RJB
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