funny you should mention this... on a recent trip to my recyclable drop off depo I saw a IBM Netvista tower sitting next to the paper bin left by some lazy jerk who didn't want to pay nothing to drop it off at the e-waste facility across town.

@orev: the end results are the same for me and it's cheap, easy to setup, and universally trusted by all compliance certifications such as FERPA, HIPPS, and PCI.

vote: putty

For those of you in a pure exchange environment - you already have this. Just remember YOU have to share your calendar informaion... F1 and read up on it.

Follow ITIL processes and manage your incidents like unplaned projects - methodical documentation and informative meetings after the event has passed. Turn a fuckup into a helpful learning experience. 1. so you can prevent it from repeating. 2. so you can show your customers that you actually care enough to learn from…

@jonwscott: get a managed web appliance from a trusted company. Hit me with an email and I can make a recommendation. They can really cut down on your whack-a-mole game.

I work with a couple of great IT folks on a campus network full of windows workstations. We've recently put a pair of web proxy appliances into full production - filtering and caching web traffic for 1500 workstations.

@binaryspiral: But don't expect privacy if you're working from a computer you don't have 100% control over - web proxies can and do proxy HTTPS traffic using man-in-the-middle SSL encryption.

@IN THE FACE!: Yes, install an SSL certificate on your web server.

I would *love* to put a gateway tablet in my dishwasher. God-forsaken digitizers were craptastically useless.

@delorean: Perhapse Zune is the best for Zune users, but maybe some of us who have tried them both - decided that iTunes is better. Not only because we have iPods, but also because we like it better.

@warsaw_andy: Very true... I'll give you that. But anyone who invests in an Exchange environment wants all the bells and whistles. Frankly Outlook users don't realize how much it takes to make their PIM work... but I'm glad to say it keeps me employed.

@DisposableInterloper: PowerShell... it's the only way I can get anything done in Exchange 2010 (not Exchange 1970). Mutt is a lean mean email client.

@ffejie: can't agree with you more... our phone system's voicemail hasn't changed since 1996, user unfriendly, hard to navigate, and no help whatsoever. My cell carrier's isn't much better. Thank you Google - even if you index my voicemail messages.

@Blueluck: UltraNav (thinkpads) have awesome keyboards and input devices. I can easily type faster on this than on any desktop keyboard.

Voice recognition first, then keyboard. Everything else is due to the device's limitations. (cell phone, blackberry, etc).

Mutt? Come on... someone back me up here!

Outlook (and the rest of the office suite) have suffered for years with a fatal flaw... pile on more crap so that you can sell a new version that has more stuff to break and derail its core functions.

@infmom: We try to stick with things that recharge with usb... except for the obvious exception like laptops. Even our cellphones are USB charging (blackberries with mini usb ports).

@Phoshi: The gun will probably use a capacitor of some kind that will make an audible sound when discharging or recharging... your wish may just come true!