Cloud Delusions

Had a client email me a few days ago, panicked that their web site was down. It wasn’t. Instead, their registrar’s domain name servers (a.k.a., DNS) were down. Despite the fact the registrar had four domain name servers, spread across diverse geography,...

Windows 10 is coming and it’s … free?

Well, maybe. On July 29th, Microsoft will launch their latest version of Windows, known as “Windows 10.” What happened to Windows 9? It’s a bit of a mystery. Reality is, actual software version numbers used to track technical changes by...