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- Public policy and open source
- Public policy and open sourceGovernments should tread carefullyBy all means they should use OSS if it is the most cost-effective use of the taxpayers' money. But that's as far as it should go. There shouldn't be any 'affirmative action' for OSS.NoneGovernment should have a policy of using public funds in...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and Move
- Democratic National Convention site requires Silverlight and MoveWow, just wowSo, a party supposed to govern USA can be bought out by Microsoft to support a flash wannabe plugin.I am speechless. Will they make Windows only policy in Govt. agencies too? Perhaps they should use "OOXML" instead of PDF too?What???The liberals...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000termsThe second part of the terms are likely because some universities give their students lifetime access to their .edu email address. As long as they have graduated.Microsoft is going to find it very hard to keep Office Suite prices northof 50 bucks. Enterprises are not...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95
- Weekend Gadget Guidance: Get MS Office Ultimate for $59.95No thanksI wouldn't take a free copy of Office...not with that godawful ribbon bar. You know you've screwed up the user interface of a product when a predominant question on websites seems to be "How do I print?". If you...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these daysOn the outside looking inIt's more like MS is on the outside looking in.Hyper-V is a proprietary lock-in solution. Xen, Citrix XenSource, SUN xVM, VMware all let IT run bare-metal Windows on Linux.It's a whole new ballgame."I am merely...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days
- Novell took a lot of heat from open source backers for executing an interoperability pact with Microsoft in late 2006 but the partnership -- strengthened with a new $100 million investment from Microsoft today -- is probably looking sweeter to mixed IT shops these days. Why? Because of recent...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Office 14: Alpha testing to begin before year-end
- Office 14: Alpha testing to begin before year-endSlowly but surely going 64-bitI heard about the nominations for TAP and I was interested in joining but after reading about the requirements I think I will skip and hold out until the private technical beta. Its good to see Microsoft is moving...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- It's official: OOXML is a standard
- It's official: OOXML is a standardA right decisionYou can only FUD so much.Now......we get to see who's going to implement it and how much of it will be implemented. Note that if multiple vendors are using the same MS-Windows API to support OOXML, they're not creating independent implementations of...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- So what do I do first?
- So what do I do first?RE: So what do I do first?You are pretty much doing the first thing!List everything you think you need to do. Make tentative priorities.Then add whatever everyone else thinks is on your todo list and make sure it's what should be there. Failing to manage...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs
- Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUsIt's not surprising.The increased cost of the premium Office doesn't provide much that corporations need. Also, as linked, Vista Home Basic is not viable either, so they must, if they go Vista, get the premium product.I do think a clarification is needed. [B]He...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?
- If sameness is a recipe for losing, how do you win?OT but relevant: The heavy tread of IT.Quoting from the stern warnings about SharePoint from another Comment:“As many shops are discovering, SharePoint is also a development platform that people both inside and outside of IT use to create intranets,...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Microsoft's online plan: Spend, spend, spend
- Microsoft's online plan: Spend, spend, spendMS understands that the days of their two cash cows are numbered.They understand that we are moving online and the only thing they can do online right now is lose more money.So, not unexpected that they are getting more desperate and throwing more money at...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?
- Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?They are waiting for the right time to pounce. Right now, they want to slowSOA as much as possible, to keep the money rolling in for the twin cash cows, but, there will come a time...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Openoffice vs Microsoft Office
- Openoffice vs Microsoft OfficeOO Reliable for Critical Data?Hi Paul,both at my company and at home we are using both MS Office and OO. In particular at home I consciously decided to primarily use OO since I don't have to worry about any licensing issues.And in order to be able to...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009
- New proof: Office 14 slated for 2009Not a factor in deployment plansMost of my customers are still on XP and Office2003. It will take more than lipstick and sharepoint to get them to move, even with new hardware to replace the old. They don't see the value proposition for anyone...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- A hard lesson in Internet values, and the Internet's value
- A hard lesson in Internet values, and the Internet's valueThe answer is not simple and depends on multiple variables ...If we take all of the information available to us on the internet, and use it wisely (look at multiple resonses to our query, check out validity of those responses,...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
- Do we need two open source office suites?
- Do we need two open source office suites?That Made Me Scratch My Head, TooMethinks Dana needs to go back and double-check his sources. And, by the way, StarOffice's roots actually go back much further than that: Star Division's StarWriter was first developed back in the mid-80's for CP/M. ...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-05
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back downIt lies with the winner?Microsoft didn't win--it did it's usual thing of lying and cheating to steal a result it couldn't earn. E.g.,http://deepakphatak.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-is.htmlNot a standard, yetWith the appeals and the lack of publishing, it's still not a standard.OOXML is largely irrelevant and will "die"ISO...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down
- After Hillary Clinton spoke last night I listened closely for what the loudspeakers would play. It was Tom Petty's hit "I Won't Back Down." (UPDATE: Clinton did back down Wednesday, with the official announcement now expected in two stages Friday and Saturday. OOXML opponents, meanwhile, fight on.)...
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
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