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The absolute last word on Microsoft Application Analyzer for Lotus Domino 2006

For ten weeks now, we've covered the sagaof the new Microsoft Application Analyzer for Lotus Notes Domino 2006. People like PaulMooney and DavidDeWell have dissected thetool's logic and found that it does very little in terms of analyzing Notesapps...and is subjectto manipulation. Lastweek, we...

Tags: Microsoft Application Analyzer, IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-30

Forbes: Microsoft Vista: Not "People Ready"

Forbes' Daniel Lyons was at the Microsoft"People Ready" event in New York last week. He has a veryinteresting take.... No one mentioned the fact that in1997, Microsoft held a similar event in New York City to declare that IBM's"big iron" was dead, because Windows...

Tags: People Ready, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-22

IBM Watch: In the Crosshairs-IBM Is Target of Microsoft Marketing Blitz

Why the computer industry is sometimesjust plain weird,It's pretty ironic. Steve Ballmer isgoing after a company that develops billions of dollars worth of applicationsand middleware for Windows platforms. What's more, IBM Global Servicesprobably deploys and maintains more Windows systems than anyone else inthe world.In return,...

Tags: Microsoft marketing blitz, IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-22

BusinessWeek: Microsoft´s Enterprising Endeavor

US$500 million for a marketing campaign. It had to come from somewhere....IBM, with a $90billion-a-year business of selling technology to businesses, doesn't intimidateeasily. Ken [B]isconti, vice-president for IBM Lotus Workplace products,calls Ballmer's speech a "thinly-veiled promotion" for the upcomingWindows and Office launches. "Windows and Office...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-22

Why doesn´t this surprise me

Over at Paul Mooney's blog, he's sharedthe contents of an e-mail from a Notes customer. The customer describestheir experience with Microsoft and the Application Analzyer for LotusNotes: hadto setup a workstation to run the analyser and before Microsoft came inI ran the analyser on...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-16

Computer Sweden: IBM mer aggressivt mot Microsoft

In preparation for my day here at LotusphereComes to You - Stockholm, I was given a translation of a post-Lotuspherearticle in Computer Sweden.IBM säger sig vara trött påMicrosofts utspel riktade mot Lotus Software-gruppen. Det här märktes tydligtunder användarkonferensen Lotusphere, där tonen var mer aggressiv än...

Tags: Lotusphere, Ed Brill, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., computer

Blog posts 2006-03-14

Paul Mooney takes on the released "red bull"

Now that Microsoft has released the ApplicationAnalyzer 2006 for Notes, Paul Mooney has reprised his examinationof the beta code, code-named "Red Bull". No longer can Microsoft claim that this is beta...so here are theresults of Paul's sought-aftertest drive. In part1, Paul examines the premise and...

Tags: Paul, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-07

Microsoft: "Presenting intelligent opportunities" based on flawed, irrelevant website polls

Via TomDuff, this one is irritating enoughthat I lost sleep over it.Microsoft has announced a new roadshowfor partners: "TS2-- Competitive Tools and Resources Event Series". Why am I pissed? Because the seminar copy says this:Today'sorganizations that own Lotus Domino or Novell Netware have reached...

Tags: IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2006-03-07

Tom Duff called it

Several weeks ago, I linkedto Tom Duff's comments regarding Microsoft's non-presencein the Lotusphere 2006 product showcase. At the time, we had lotsof voices from Redmond tell me that Lotus wasn't doing the right thingfor mutual customers, that the mission was around coexistence and interoperability,not...

Tags: Tom Duff, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-02-13

Now that´s about as "Red Bull" of a Microsoft spin as I´ve ever seen

Microsoftprogram manager Erik Ashby attempts to spin out of a hole:Oneof those tools we announced was the Microsoft Application Analyzer 2006for Lotus Domino. We said this tool would be available in the firstquarter of 2006. The tool is currently in a private beta...

Tags: beta

Blog posts 2006-02-02

Microsoft Watch: Microsoft´s ´Red Bull´ Explanation: A Lot of Bull?

Mary Jo Foley picks up the story...WhileMicrosoft officials claim thetool was pulled because its beta test period has ended,others aren't buying it. (Make sure to read the comments under the linkedpost.) Sounds like this isn'tthe first time Microsoft has removed Notes-related content from its sitein...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bull

Blog posts 2006-02-02

DominoPower: Migration to Microsoft: Look before you leap

Nigel Cheshire sums up the folly of Microsoft'smigration efforts in one simple paragraph:If you areconsidering a migration from Lotus Notes/Domino to Microsoft, I want youto think about a few things before making the leap. The development languagesdon't mesh, the document store is different, and the...

Tags: IBM Lotus Notes/Domino, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-01-24

Infoworld: Study: Microsoft still leads in e-mail

Infoworld reports on a new Radicati study:Thestudy found that Exchange, Microsoft's e-mail platform, currently has 23million more seats than Lotus Domino, IBM's e-mail platform.Thisis great news! Why? Because in a reportpublished in July, 2005, Radicatiindicated that Microsoft Exchange had 30 million more mailboxes...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2006-01-05

Last Microsoft-related post for ´05, I promise

I've received several comments this week,directly or indirectly, that I've let the Lotus vs. Microsoft theme gettoo out of control, too petty, too whatever. That edbrill.com readerswould like to see me spend more time on my own turf, discuss other generalthemes in the industry,...

Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2005-12-20

Tom Duff´s not buying it

TomDuff wonders why Microsoft seems surprised to not be exhibiting at Lotusphere...Isaw that Microsoft was not granted a booth for Lotusphere this year, andto that I say... way to go, IBM! I have a hard time with thefact that Microsoft wants to have...

Tags: Lotusphere, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2005-12-14

A wake for Exchange 5.5

In the category of "I'm not makingthis up", The Inquirer reports on a wake which Microsoft held forExchange 5.5:Nothing wrong with wakes, but this timeMicrosoft is celebrating the death of Exchange Server 5.5, an eight yearold product which the executives described as a "she".Gee,where was...

Tags: Exchange

Blog posts 2005-12-02

Microsoft Watch: Exchange 12 slipping?

Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft isagain describing Exchange "12" as a "late 2006/early 2007"deliverable.Microsoft execs announced earlier this yearthat Exchange 12 would ship in 2006. Now Microsoft is back to saying toexpect Exchange 12 in late 2006 or early 2007.That willmake more than three...

Tags: Exchange 12, Exchange

Blog posts 2005-11-15

Manila Bulletin Online: More users migrate from Microsoft Exchange to new Lotus Notes

Surjit Chana, Lotus VP of Marketing, was in Asia recently for ND7 launches and had this to say...As a result, IBM's clear product roadmap and consistent delivery of new Lotus Notes and Domino technology has resulted in more than 90 percent of customers working on...

Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp.

Blog posts 2005-10-28

Additional Resources

Microsoft hires former Yahoo exec to run online services

Microsoft has hired former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its online services business. Lu will start on January 5 and report directly to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to a CNET report. The company also announced that Brian McAndrews, the former CEO of Aquantive and a...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Former Yahoo exec to head Microsoft Online Services; Former aQuantive chief quits

Microsoft's search for a leader for its beleaguered Online Systems business is over and at least one of its top execs seemingly is none too happy with the results. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Exec, Lu, Research & Development, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-04