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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://iwug.net/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>RoudyBob's IWUG Blog</title><link>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/default.aspx</link><description>Where I'll share my thoughts, interesting links, etc. which other IWUGers might find useful.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Microsofot Launch Event 2007</title><link>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/archive/2007/01/10/microsfot-launch-event-2007.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">97fed6f9-c042-4839-8059-6bb3b993f3bf:354</guid><dc:creator>RoudyBob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/comments/354.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/commentrss.aspx?PostID=354</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;Apparently, Microsoft is launching some new products this month and they're very anxious to get the word out to geeks everywhere.&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://iwug.net/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Below is some information on the Indianapolis launch for Office and Windows.&amp;nbsp; You can register and get more information by visiting &lt;A href="http://www.microsoft.com/business/launch2007/signup/default.mspx"&gt;http://www.microsoft.com/business/launch2007/signup/default.mspx&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 12pt;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:9pt;COLOR:white;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;As your Account Manager, I wanted to let you know about the Microsoft Across America Launch Event.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:11.5pt;COLOR:white;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;Three breakthrough solutions. One great launch event.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:9pt;COLOR:white;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The launch you’ve been waiting for is finally here: Windows Vista™ operating system, the 2007 Microsoft® Office system, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. We're coming to Indianapolis to give you in-depth insights into all three new releases and how they can help you simplify the challenges of today’s workplace.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:11.5pt;COLOR:#c56c2f;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;IT Professional Track&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:9pt;COLOR:white;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;The morning track, hosted by TechNet Events, offers great information that will help you deploy and manage these three releases and save money on IT operations. You’ll also learn about your options for upgrading to Exchange Server 2007, and the best tools for protecting your computing infrastructure against the latest threats. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:9pt;COLOR:#c56c2f;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;A href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&amp;amp;EventID=1032316153" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR:#c56c2f;"&gt;Register now to attend the IT Professional track.*&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:11.5pt;COLOR:#c56c2f;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;Developer Track&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:9pt;COLOR:white;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;The afternoon track, hosted by MSDN Events, explores the capabilities of these releases that will let you create more powerful communication and information-sharing applications than ever before. Microsoft will also cover the broad tool set available across both the Windows Vista and Microsoft Office system platforms, which allows you to make more efficient use of your development time.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:9pt;COLOR:#c56c2f;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt; &lt;A href="http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&amp;amp;EventID=1032315991" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR:#c56c2f;"&gt;Register now to attend the Developer track.*&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 12pt;"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:11.5pt;COLOR:white;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;Make a full day of it!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:9pt;COLOR:white;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;The Microsoft Across America Launch Event includes separate tracks* for partners, small businesses, and IT executives. For more information, visit the &lt;A href="http://www.acrossamericalaunch.com/events" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR:white;"&gt;Launch Event home page&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;, or download the full &lt;A href="http://www.acrossamericalaunch.com/reminders/agenda.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="COLOR:white;"&gt;agenda&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR style="mso-special-character:line-break;"&gt;&lt;BR style="mso-special-character:line-break;"&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;SPAN style="DISPLAY:none;FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:navy;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-hide:all;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;img src="http://iwug.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=354" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Top Ten Geek Quotes</title><link>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/archive/2006/12/26/top-ten-geek-quotes.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">97fed6f9-c042-4839-8059-6bb3b993f3bf:347</guid><dc:creator>RoudyBob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/comments/347.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/commentrss.aspx?PostID=347</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boardofwisdom.com/default.asp?topic=1005&amp;amp;listname=Geek" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.boardofwisdom.com/default.asp?topic=1005&amp;amp;listname=Geek&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Via &lt;a href="http://www.digg.com/tech_news/Top_Ten_Geek_Quotes_plus_more/blog" target="_blank"&gt;Digg&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://iwug.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=347" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>IWUG.NET Forums - Subscriptions</title><link>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/archive/2006/12/10/iwug-net-forums-subscriptions.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 22:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">97fed6f9-c042-4839-8059-6bb3b993f3bf:323</guid><dc:creator>RoudyBob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/comments/323.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/commentrss.aspx?PostID=323</wfw:commentRss><description>Are you like me and forget to keep up with the forums?&amp;nbsp; In case you didn't know, Community Server has the ability to provide subscriptions to forums.&amp;nbsp; Go to &lt;a href="http://iwug.net/forums/ForumSubscriptions.aspx"&gt;http://iwug.net/forums/ForumSubscriptions.aspx&lt;/a&gt; and get signed up to receive updates on the forum topics you care about...&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="http://iwug.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=323" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Welcome to my IWUG blog!</title><link>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/archive/2006/12/10/welcome-to-my-iwug-blog.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 21:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">97fed6f9-c042-4839-8059-6bb3b993f3bf:304</guid><dc:creator>RoudyBob</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/comments/304.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://iwug.net/blogs/roudybob/commentrss.aspx?PostID=304</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Your standard 1st blog post.&amp;nbsp; Stay tuned for more info.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, you can check out my personal blog at &lt;a href="http://www.roudybob.net"&gt;http://www.roudybob.net&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://iwug.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=304" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>