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BoomerApp Promotion On A Brand New Product. 100% Rebate. Klik n’ Mix

by Scott Kane on 23. Nov, 2009 in .Net 2, .net, 30Dayers, 30days, Audio Software, BizSpark, C#, Featured Articles, General ISV Issues, ISV Marketing, ISV Software Design, Microsoft, Starting an mISV, Uncategorized, User Interface Design, VB.Net, VisualStudio, Windows, Windows 7, bootstrap isv

A few weeks ago however a new service was launched from the people who brought the world Bits du Jour. That service is BoomerApp. While Bits du Jour hands our full licences daily BoomerApp is instead a rebate system where-by the customer purchases in the normal way and recieves a rebate form which they return to FastSpring Ecommerce or a local representive who…

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Why I have bothered with the Windows 7 logo program

by Scott Kane on 08. Nov, 2009 in .Net 2, .net, 30Dayers, 30days, Audio Software, BizSpark, C#, General ISV Issues, Google, ISV Marketing, ISV Software Design, Starting an mISV, Uncategorized, User Interface Design, VB.Net, VisualStudio, Windows, Windows 7, bootstrap isv

Across on his blog Andy Bryce has written some very good reasons for why he won’t be bothering with the round of Windows 7 logos marketing Microsoft has launched. First I should point out that there is a difference between the “Compatible with Windows 7 logo” and associated marketing materials and the “Certified For” program run by Microsoft. The latter, I’m in full agreement with Andy. I saw no benefit in the Vista version and see no beneift in the Windows 7 version.
Rather we’re talking about the logo to the left of this article.

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Copyright Law – An Australian Political Perspective

by Scott Kane on 07. Sep, 2009 in 30Dayers, 30days, Anti-Piracy, Featured Articles, General ISV Issues, ISV Marketing, ISV Software Design, Micro ISV, Starting an mISV, bootstrap isv

Ordinarily I keep my political activities seperate to this blog. However I published an article today, on copyright, that may be of interest to developers and Micro ISV’s, particularly those residing in Australia.It doesn’t state anything we haven’t heard many times before, as developers, but it is an opening gambit, in the public political sense, of mine on this issue. The objective is to raise awareness overtime and hopefully nip in the bud certain subversive influences I’m aware of, in the political scene here in Australia, in relation to this issue.

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Delphi DCU Virus – SysConst.pas Library Source Injection. Athena Virus?

Delphi DCU Virus – SysConst.pas Library Source Injection. Athena Virus?

by Scott Kane on 06. Sep, 2009 in 30Dayers, 30days, Featured Articles, General ISV Issues, ISV Software Design, Micro ISV, Starting an mISV

OK. I’ve not had a chance to confirm this myself, but at least one anti malware company is supporting the claim it seems – Bit Defender.
Allegedly this piece of malware does the following:

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Yahoo And Download Sites – Looks Like A Pogrom – But Is It? Micro ISV's Beware.

Yahoo And Download Sites – Looks Like A Pogrom – But Is It? Micro ISV's Beware.

by Scott Kane on 07. Aug, 2009 in 30Dayers, 30days, Download Sites Are Spam, Featured Articles, General ISV Issues, ISV Marketing, ISV Software Design, Micro ISV, Starting an mISV

magine my delight today when I see the search term from Yahoo for “free live sound mixing software” and got the following result, page after page, for the download sites:

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