Windows 8 Developer Preview Installation

So Windows 8 developer preview is installed. Go Me

I only had a single issue installing it (miracle I know) and it was with VMWare... It seems that both on my mac and PC that the versions of VMWare I was using 3.1.x and 7.something respectively drops an error. After I paid to update my VMWare, Windows 8 installed like a champ.

So first impressions I like the new 'Start' page... lots of people have said this so nothing new.

I'm not so thrilled about Uncle Bill wanting me to use a Hotmail account to set up an account on the machine. I don't have a Hotmail account so I just went and selected 'set up a local user account' and Bam! I'm cooking with gas.

I think I may have lied about the 'Start' page... but that may be because of my Mac's keyboard...

I've got a some work to do over the next few days so I can dig into VS11 but even on a machine with only 2 gig of RAM seems responsive.

So

Stuxnet who done it

Wired has a great article on the evolution of the research into Stuxnet and how it works.

Splunk Rules

It's been a while but I'm a big fan of giving credit where credit is due.

I came across a somewhat entertaining / frustrating bug in Splunk (I wasn't the first, credit goes to I-Man on Splunk Base) that was eating up my FREE license. I posted on Splunk Base and then sent an email to Anna Tant in the sales department at 3PM on Friday afternoon to see if there was anything that could be done. I was honestly expecting to have to reinstall which would have been a 20 - 40 hour ordeal.

At 7 PM I received 4 emails which immediately resolved the issue.

Here is the thanks I sent Anna and the support staff:

Thank you so very much!

I can't begin to tell you how truly impressed I am with the level of support that Splunk provides!

I wasn't really expecting you to be able / willing to do anything until our license purchase order went through. Perhaps too much time working with government-centric vendors that promise the world and deliver far less (and then only months after the check has been cashed) has made me a little jaded.

Your above and beyond assistance (after hours on a Friday afternoon none the less) has turned me into customer for life. I will never hesitate to advocate the use of Splunk as a superior product with unquestionable support.

Thank you once again,

~Richard Hoska