Shadow Copies actually are snapshots. Where they really come in handy is integrated self service file restores from within windows. And they are the underlying technology for nearly all windows backup systems today.

@Dominica is there still almond bread to go with it?

It is actually not horrible here today in NY. Cold but clear. Winter storm Titan never appeared.

It's what's called a platform. The most basic layer that allows you to deploy something to it. It is purely part of your infrastructure. Sharepoint is an application itself that, in theory, could be installed onto a PaaS. PaaS sits between IaaS and SaaS.

@ajstringham said:

@Hubtech Agreed. At the moment, EVERYTHING new shows up. That's going to get annoying QUICK!

Quickly [GN]

That is how I have always used SW. One feed with all updates in it. It's not as bad as it seems.

@bsouder said:

OpenShift

Have not played with it yet. What specific applications can you use it for?

Python, ruby, node.js - the usual suspects. Java maybe now too.

@ajstringham said:

@hubtech Ah, ok. Got it. Very nice! So, in a way, is it RHEL's version of Sharepoint?

No. Not related to RHEL and nothing like Sharepaint.

@kweenkmatt said:

So the conversation in here is intended to be that like which you'd have in the power room?

Power? Scary thought.

And THAT folks is the first video posted here!

OpenShift is Red Hat's PaaS solution. @ajstringham So competing with Heroku and ElasticBeanstalk.

I love that site. We used it a ton in one of my graduate classes at RIT.

RSS feeds should be working at least, though.

@Nic said:

Is there a way to turn on email subscriptions for topics?

Sadly not yet. I hear that @steve is working on that though as a top priority.

If people were not confused as to what is Java and what is JavaScript before....

Http://www.infoworld.com/t/javascript/nodejs-arrives-the-jvm-237435

I have been just starting to try it out on a project over the weekend. So far OpenShift looks pretty cool and the price is great. Takes a bit to get used to and I am running into library support issues but I am finding it very interesting.

Anyone playing with it yet?

I'm using the site from an iPhone now. Very impressive interface.

So far it is looking pretty good. The interface is working great and I can see emoticons are working already.