VMWare ESX 3.x Software Updates

Can somebody give me remote access to a VMWare ESX 3.x box so I can automate the software update process because it does not appear that VMWare has fixed that up yet? See what I do when I am bored? :-)

Last time I checked there was 50+ patches that had to be installed manually. Fun!

Jason

Linux: What is missing?

I have been thinking quite a bit about Linux recently. I like it. It's great. I installed Slackware on some servers @ Microsoft in 2000, 2001 -- running infrastructure support like DHCP, DNS [BIND], Samba, Apache.

I have been reading a lot about Desktop Linux, and it's eventual take over. But it has not quite happened yet. What could be the problem? What is missing?

Product Management

A combination of identifying what features need to be implemented, and it what order to solidify Linux's market share. It's totally possible.

Hardware compatibility, ease of install, ease of use, UI solidification. There are many things required to make Linux more widespread than it is today. So I thought, maybe I could help with this?

I have recently seen some great UI implementation that are GREAT. Wonderful. The entire picture needs to be looked at, from start to finish.

Install, Configure... adding Appplication, performing updates. It seems that each distribution seems to have their own methodology to perform these things. Microsoft has the luxury of everyone working on the same team [With some poor direction, ahem Vista] -- why can't the Linux team get it together? Who is the Linux team? Is Linus running this show? Oh wait, it's open source so it's several thousand people all around the world contributing.

This is great, but require immense organization -- Product Management -- to get the product off the ground and into mainstream adoption. I think it's entirely possible, and some companies have taken some good steps: RedHat, Novell, IBM. Ubuntu might be my favorite distribution so far, but I still think there is room to make the whole product better: On the Server, and on the Client.

If somebody does not do something quick, Google is going to beat us to the punch. :-)

Jason

SQL 2005 Tools / Management Studio

With Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the tools could be installed by running setup on the SQL Server 2000 CD. In SQL Server 2005, things appear to have changed. At least, they did for me. You can install the tools via the installation on the DVD, but each time I tried it would error out with the following:



After searching google and not finding what I was looking for "Just how the heck am I suppose to install the SQL 2005 Tools?" I found this bit of information after delving deep into Microsoft.com's SQL section: The tools come with SQL 2005 Express w/ Advanced Tools.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/express/bb410792.aspx

Install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services
In addition to the features of SQL Server Express, certain additional capabilities are also available as part of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services (SQL Server Express). SQL Server Express with Advanced Services contains the following features:
SQL Server Management Studio Express, a graphical management tool based on SQL Server Management Studio that makes it easy to manage and administer SQL Server Express databases.

Reporting Services, an integrated report creation and design environment to create reports.
Full-Text Search, a powerful search engine for searching text-intensive data.
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