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We have decided to create a podcast (netcast): It’s called “Simple Solutions.” We will spend each episode either talking about simple way to solve a business problem with technology or interviewing someone who has created something to solve a business problem.With this announcement we are releasing two episodes. Episode one is an interview with Jim Frasca of SheerDev. He has created a brilliant piece of software to manage a website, simply. Episode two is an interview with John Wu of Kerio Technologies. Kerio mail server isn’t exactly simple but its SO much better then exchange that we can forgive some of the complexity.If you are interested, look to the right and click on one of the buttons that allows you to subscribe (under the “podcast” menu).

It appears Microsoft has rededicated itself to the destruction of the beloved Windows 2000 Professional operating system. For those not familiar, Windows 2000 is a highly efficient version of Windows XP. It doesn’t have all of the fancy graphics or a lot of the interface rework, but the underlying core was stable and efficient. As a result 2000 became a favorite among IT professionals because of how much faster it ran compared to Windows XP.

Well it seems with the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft has decided that 2000’s time of reckoning has come. Microsoft Office 2007 will not run on 2000.

Now, no Office update is a minor detail in the IT world, but 2007 is even more critical. It now includes standards compliance with the iCalendar format and RSS in Outlook. A faster and (in my opinion) easier to use interface and a new file format that is not downwards compatible.

What is so sad about this is that there is no reason to stop Windows 2000 users from using the new version of Office. In fact all you have to do to get Office 2007 to install is to trick the installer by using an install editor. No, this is about Microsoft wanting Windows 2000 users to buy Vista.

It seems that MySQL has dropped support for Debian Linux. For those of not familiar with Debian, it is an entirely open source platform that has no corporate connection of financial backing of any kind. It is open source and community based in the truest sense.

Now, I’m not someone who believes that no one should make money on Linux. After all I make money by selling products that are dependent on Linux. But I also believe that diversity in the open source community is not only important but vital. Debian is unique in many wonderful ways, and by losing support for the most important database server in the open source community (MySQL), this in some way diminishes Debian’s importance.