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color=#0000ff size=2>Sun's had this working for about 6 months. <A
href="http://www.sun.com/emrkt/blackbox/index.jsp?cid=250103">http://www.sun.com/emrkt/blackbox/index.jsp?cid=250103</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> calug-bounces@unknownlamer.org
[mailto:calug-bounces@unknownlamer.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jason C.
Miller<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 06, 2007 12:34 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
john773@verizon.net<BR><B>Cc:</B> CALUG@unknownlamer.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[CALUG] A swift kick from redmond<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Sounds like something the military would like.<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 4/6/07, <B class=gmail_sendername><A
href="mailto:john773@verizon.net">john773@verizon.net</A></B> <<A
href="mailto:john773@verizon.net"> john773@verizon.net</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Here's
a kick in the pants for you.<BR><BR>If you are in IT, and you have been
recommending Microsoft server solutions - you may just be putting yourself out
of a job. <BR><BR>How so?<BR><BR>Microsoft is now working on "Containerized"
server farms. These would do away with data centers. They would be mounted on
trucks, parked in parking lots, and be turn-key appliances requiring no human
support <BR><BR>This is not a joke.<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/05/microsoft_mulling_portable_data_centers.html">http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/05/microsoft_mulling_portable_data_centers.html
</A><BR><BR>It isn't real yet, but... if you are in IT, you may need to head
for trucking school, the next hot MS certification may just be a MCTD -
Microsoft Certified Truck Driver
;-)<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________ <BR>CALUG
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