Kid book about why owning a server

Posted: January 31st, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Via, I payed close attention to the screenshot capture of thisincredible book by Microsoft called “Mommy, Why is There a Server in the House? helping understand the Stay-At-Home Server”. The book basically describes how a server “is a funny looking-box” who “makes friend with computers” which are generally in “boring offices” but sometimes can go to your house (“some servers aren’t boring, they don’t go in offices, they go in houses”), especially when “a mommy and a daddy loves each other very much the daddy wants to give the mommy a special gift”.

In essence, it describes the advantage of owning a server: sharing content, accessing it remotely, being regarded as a nerd, looking at blinking lights

Why do I blog this? …

4 Comments on “Kid book about why owning a server”

  1. 1 Andrew J Scott said at 4:12 am on February 1st, 2008:

    If I didnt know any better I’d say it was an April fools joke; but its not April. Fantastic. I’ve gotta link to this!

  2. 2 Mummy, why is there a server in the house? « Urban Horizon said at 4:18 am on February 1st, 2008:

    [...] is. I must confess, I have not read it; but it was worth a post just for the cover. Thanks to Nicolas Nova’s blog for the [...]

  3. 3 Jørn said at 9:09 pm on February 3rd, 2008:

    I hope, and have a feel that is really clever marketing from the Micrsoft guys. Its as if it is designed to end up like in blogs. I actually want a home-server now..

  4. 4 marian stefan said at 8:12 am on February 4th, 2008:

    Interesting subjects

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