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Microsoft Ignite 2020 in September
Microsoft has announced the dates for its Ignite conference in September 2020. The MSIgnite 2020 will start on September 21, 2020, in New Orleans (USA) and will continue until September 25, 2020.
Maintenance on Jan. 15 – 16 2020
FYI: today 10 p.m. (CET) to Jan. 15, 2020 6 a.m. (CET) and from Jan. 15, 2020 10 p.m. (CET) to Jan. 16, 2020 6 a.m. (CET) my provider provides maintenance. During the above periodes the blogs at borncity may … Continue reading
Modified Microsoft Online Services Terms (OST)
[German]Microsoft has changed its privacy terms that apply to its customers in the Microsoft Cloud with immediate effect. This now implements an announcement made in November 2019.
Python 2.7 has reached end of life
Python 2.7, first introduced on November 3, 2008, reached its long planned support end on January 1, 2020. On pythonclock.org all counters are now set to 0, as the following tweet shows.
Happy new year 2020
That's what I wish all blog readers that and also health and happiness – and of course no New Year's hangover.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
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Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, died
Randy Suess, a computer hobbyist, co-created with a friend in 1978 the first online bulletin board. He died on Dec. , 2019 in Chicago at the age of 74. The New York Times had a story about him here.
Merry Christmas …
for all my blog readers. And always remember: In 266 days it will be Christmas again.
Ups, it’s Christmas Eve again …
Forgot the time about blogging all day long – but it seem that whe have reached Christmas Eve for 2019 …
Donate for the Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
The Internet Archive (Wayback-Machine) archives websites – and digitizes books. Currently, 384 billion websites (60 petabytes) have been archived before being forgotten (because websites are deleted). 150 employees worldwide keep the project going. Currently, donations are being collected to keep … Continue reading
MSDN Magazine available from Microsoft Archive
Microsoft will discontinue its MSDN magazine in November 2019 (see my German blog post MSDN-Magazin wird eingestellt). If you are interested in the contents of the previous editions, you can now download them from the Microsoft archive.