Microsoft to release out-of-band security update 11/23 that impacts Windows. Exploit code must either be out there or close to it. *gulp*

This is a "drinking the Kool-Aid" type of email. If Microsoft's virtualization announcement today lives up to statements, it could end up having huge implications for many companies - enterprise and mid-sized.

Summary:
System Center Virtual Machine Manager went RTM today

General availability in October 2008

New license (System Center Management Suite Enterprise license)

Priced at $860 per physical host

The license is on the physical host and includes unlimited VMs running on that host

Includes the following licenses

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007
System Center Configuration Manager 2007
System Center Operations Manager 2007
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Workgroup edition available January 2008

Manages up to five physical host servers and an unlimited number of virtual machines

Priced at $499

Future release (with Viridian)

In our next set of releases will be adding support for non-Windows virtualization environments – specifically VMWare and Xen

From a single console and a single command-line you will be able manage Virtual Server, Viridian, VMWare and Xen.

Yes right city, but not near us.

http://www.knbc.com/news/13438907/detail.html?dl=mainclick
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_155141656.html
http://www.knx1070.com/pages/540556.php?contentType=4&contentId=574209

EDIT: Note the time of this post before trying to refute that it's not official...

MSNBC and CNN are reporting on their websites that it's done, all from a source of "Iraqi TV". No official statement, no independent confirmation. Interesting that MSNBC has now, as of 7:15 PT, changed their site to say he has been executed, though there still citing only Iraqi media reports from al-Hurra TV and al-Arabiya. Not sure that's good journalism. CNN, Fox, ABC, and CBS are still stating that those two sources are stating that Hussein was executed and can not confirming it.

The BBC is also stating that this was filmed.

BTW, the show that was supposed to be on CNN right now according to my TiVo -- "Happiness".