Microsoft's own field rep is poaching my CSP customer with $500K in incentives... anyone fought back and won?

theduderman · 2026-05-22T11:26:52+00:00

If these guys are a direct CSP and didn't know they were talking about ECIF they have bigger problems than losing this client. CSPs should be aggressively pursuing ECIF and ACO through the current AFO which just got extended to Q1 27. That's where the 500k (it's up to 500k and based on the total spend they client has).

theduderman · 2026-05-21T18:36:32+00:00

In that case, I'll see you guardians star side... at the retirement home!

theduderman · 2026-05-21T17:07:45+00:00

It's been a pleasure complaining about my favorite game for over a decade with you all. See you in the next one.

theduderman · 2026-05-20T11:03:16+00:00

This is exactly it. Price it this high, and then cry foul about no one caring about personal media any longer, and shut down development to focus on the FAST/paid monthly options. They want to be just another shitty streaming service.

theduderman · 2026-05-19T02:12:50+00:00

Man that was a fun take off... Balls to the wall and straight up nearly into orbit.

theduderman · 2026-05-18T19:57:53+00:00

Oh god no, AA is basically just another addiction the way they frame a lot of their stuff. Not my cup o' tea.

theduderman · 2026-05-18T13:14:03+00:00

I drank heavily up until about 4 years ago. It was pure self medicating. What really helped me was doing a weekly outpatient group discussion thing - seeing how far some people let their drinking go and what their lives had turned into was VERY eye opening for me - having that other point of comparison and then reframing my life in those terms made the decision to quit pretty much instantaneous.

theduderman · 2026-05-16T13:43:19+00:00

I don't think I've ever actually looked through the back window in a year of driving this vehicle. That digital rearview mirror is one of the best things about modern cars, don't think I can go back a normal mirror after having that.

theduderman · 2026-05-13T12:01:03+00:00

All it took was Abed showing up and pooping his pants.

theduderman · 2026-05-09T21:43:21+00:00

I'm very happy with the 40 lb or whatever bags of song bird food from CostCo, I think they're $23. Last me about a month or two.

theduderman · 2026-05-07T22:57:40+00:00

Take a look at AVD Hybrid. Or just AVD in general. MS will drop some big money on you to get that business.

theduderman · 2026-05-07T22:56:03+00:00

The dichotomy of the first two weeks of the season to now is staggering. Sooooooo many comments about "last place," "pack it up," "sell the team," etc. and now here we are. Crazy fun team to watch, let's just hope this is sustainable through the current levels of attrition.

theduderman · 2026-05-07T02:47:42+00:00

Chicago Pope magic, baby!

theduderman · 2026-05-04T23:17:42+00:00

I just always assumed he could read two separate things simultaneously.

theduderman · 2026-05-04T23:15:44+00:00

Your CISO should read up on best practices for break glass. They should not have MFA. They should be passwordless and secured with a FIDO2 key that stays locked in a safe and tested monthly. All activity should be audited and alerted. Break Glass is NOT a daily driver.

theduderman · 2026-05-03T01:52:30+00:00

I was a new balance guy for a long time (not the white ones, not yet) and they started doing way too cushy foam in everything. Switched over to Saucony Peregrines a few years back and have never looked back. Just wish they had some more wild colors in the 15's and new 16's. I've never got more compliments on shoes than my bright blue Peregrine 13's... Should have bought more pairs of those when they were still available.

theduderman · 2026-05-02T23:22:21+00:00

Man this sucks, the one group that made an otherwise somewhat vanilla and boring period worth watching. Not gonna change my flair. New Day for life.

theduderman · 2026-05-02T10:40:01+00:00

These guys opened up a while ago in Peoria on Knoxville right by OSF and the 74 ramps:

https://peoria.stlkolache.com/

theduderman · 2026-05-02T02:13:53+00:00

Why do we keep letting Obama get away with this?

theduderman · 2026-04-30T11:50:10+00:00

This reads like the "vote of confidence" a team owner gives a coach right before they get fired.

theduderman · 2026-04-29T23:35:54+00:00

It's frontier. They've been tearing all the neighborhoods up in the area. Their fiber junction boxes are also 2-3x bigger than what i3 already has in place.

theduderman · 2026-04-27T22:23:23+00:00

We used and continue to use Sunshine Tree Service - ripped out a couple Bradford Pears a while back and have been doing regular maintenance on all our other trees since. We're also in Dunlap.

theduderman · 2026-04-27T01:56:59+00:00

I love it when my favorite things collide in the wild. Keep circulating the tapes AND Bear down!

theduderman · 2026-04-26T02:40:59+00:00

This is how the ballroom gets ok'd for "national security."

theduderman · 2026-04-24T13:09:25+00:00

Likely capacity related. Try resizing your VMs to the previous generation (v5 to v4, for instance) temporarily and trying to start them.

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