Michael MacMillan

Canada has a knack for squeezing lemons from lemonade.

Still bruised by its Y2K purchases and recovering from this year's SARS crisis, the CIO of several London hospitals says the current outlook for her IT recovery plan is bright.

When Microsoft released Windows Server 2003 last March, not long after Redmond announced that support for NT 4.0 would soon come to an end, the message sent to those same users was clear - namely, that it was high time to migrate.

How you view Microsoft's recent decision to resume support for Windows 98 and ME through to June 2006 will likely speak volumes about how you view computing.

It's been said that life is what happens while we're distracted with our everyday concerns. It's a fitting analogy for the IT industry, in...

I'm writing this on a Friday afternoon, but it's a gloomy, rainy one. It's a perfect backdrop for a quick look at what's wrong with the IT industry.

I'm kicking-off a two-part column here. After all, it's nearing the end of 2003, and at this time of the year one naturally begins to look back, to take stock. Since many people more famous and wiser than I have correctly pointed out that it's easier to criticize than to compliment, I'm going to start with the more difficult task.

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