Debunking 15 Myths About Microsoft
From ChannelWeb
http://www.crn.com/it-channel/207501463
Debunking 15 Myths About Microsoft
1) Windows Vista Is A Bird That Can't Fly.
2) Microsoft Licensing Is A Nightmare.
3) Anyone Can Make Money Selling SharePoint.
4) Steve Ballmer Is A Wild Man.
5) Vista-To-XP Downgrades Are Embarrassing To Microsoft.
6) Microsoft and Cisco Will Play Nice In Unified Communications.
7) Microsoft Is The Virtualization Turtle To VMware's Hare.
8) Microsoft Isn't Innovative.
9) Microsoft Is Clueless About Security.
10) Microsoft's Online Services Will Erode Partner Business.
11) Silverlight Is Designed To Lock People Into Microsoft Products.
12) Microsoft Doesn't Care About My Business.
13) Microsoft's Products Aren't Ready For The Enterprise.
14) Microsoft Doesn't Discount Its Software.
15) Windows Home Server Isn't Reliable For Data Storage.
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From the IIS team...
The IIS Process Model Features
On-Demand Activation, Idle-timeout, Health Monitoring, Startup Limit, Shutdown Limit, CPU affinity, User Profile, etc.
http://blogs.iis.net/thomad/archive/2008/05/07/the-iis-process-model-features.aspx
I'm currently creating IIS7 videos and discovered a lot of confusion exists over this:
Clarifying the Confusion: IIS 7 Manager vs. IIS 7 Web Server
http://blogs.iis.net/rlucero/archive/2008/04/30/clarifying-the-confusion-iis-7-manager-vs-iis-7-web-server.aspx
And yes, even on Windows XP. 
Remote Manager for Windows 2003, XP and Vista SP1
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/390/remote-manager-for-windows-2003-xp-and-vista-sp1/
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