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Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promise

As any fan of Mary Poppins knows, a pie crust promise is easily made, and easily broken. (Picture from Therapy and Movies.) The Software Freedom Law Center has a paper out today making this charge regarding Microsoft's Open Specification Promise. It was easily made and can be...

Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., Delegation, Microsoft OSP, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-14

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HelpDesk OSP for Outlook and SharePoint 2.0.0378 (Windows)

HelpDesk OSP connects Outlook to SharePoint/Office Live. HelpDesk OSP can be used for many kinds of issue tracking and user support. The software is safe for the future, since it builds on SharePoint, an environment that Microsoft is favoring strongly. HelpDesk OSP supports SSL and NTLM and works with MOSS...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows, Kalmstrom Business Solutions, HelpDesk OSP, Help Desk, Call Centers, Content Management, Groupware, Collaboration, E-mail, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Software, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-11-25

Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?

Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?Threat assessmentYour point on the ever-shifting sands of Microsoft intentions simply underscores one of the basic rules of threat assessments: "assess enemy capabilities, not enemy intentions."In the present instance, that means that the only things that others should count on from Microsoft are the enforceable...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Office to support ODF, PDF as 'first-class citizens'

Office to support ODF, PDF as 'first-class citizens'I applaud the embracingBut I'll reserve judgment until we have an idea as to whether they plan on extending.Details, devil, all thatBesides being unable to set ODF support as the default (a deal-breaker for a lot of governments) I wonder what else Microsoft...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Adobe PDF, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., first-class citizen, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Google playing politics with open source

Google playing politics with open sourceWell SaidI agree with this, Google has the same back office meetings that any other company does, and the main focus is selling more product and bringing the bling through the door. Both companies have their ups and downs and for us to act...

Tags: subject line, Even Microsoft, open source, F/OSS, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promise

Microsoft OSP is a pie crust promiseMS only has our best interest in mind.NOT!Keep it simple stupid is a good standard, MS standard is anything but simple.Let's see if I get this straightThe main gist of the paper is that OSP is not GPL and this, therefore, proves that...

Tags: MS Only, Microsoft Corp., GPL, OOXML

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source move

EU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveEU regulators cool on Microsoft open-source moveOh jeez, is there anything that will please the EU? Despite Microsoft even going as far as offering source code these regulators still can't accept it. Money laundering is what its really turning out to be....

Tags: Regulations, Money Laundering, Todd Bishop, ECIS, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft open-source, Microsoft open-source move, regulator, interoperability

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

Healthvault asks the questions while Google goes beta

Microsoft is way ahead of Google in asking the questions which need answering before either company can demand everyone's health records. Over the last week Microsoft has put out specific promises on privacy and interoperability for the community to review. (The picture is from the blog of...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Healthvault, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Microsoft bends over backwards to prove there's an 'open' in OOXML

Microsoft bends over backwards to prove there's an 'open' in OOXMLEU and OOML[i]For the record, I requested more information from the European Commission regarding exactly how OOXML fits into its latest investigation and got no response.[/i]I emailed the ECIS about their complaint too. Also no responce. However, their web site...

Tags: Open Specification Promise, plug-in, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, Microsoft Office, XML

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

GPLv3 the impetus for Microsoft's latest Linux attack campaign

With one stroke, Microsoft has ended any illusion that it planned to try to build bridges with the open-source community. And it appears the primary reason for Microsofts decision to go back on the public attack against Linux and other open-source software is the looming Version 3 of the Free...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Legal, Linux, Novell

Blog posts 2007-05-14

Hats-off to Microsoft for finally freeing Sender ID! Spammers, take cover

Although it didn't open source the technology and there's no word on whether the open community will embrace it after originally turning tail and running from it years ago, Microsoft has taken a bold and welcome step by changing the terms of availability for its Sender ID anti-spam technology to...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Sender ID

Blog posts 2006-10-23

Patents are not property

Microsoft's Jason Matusow is proud to note that Microsoft corporate attorney David Rudin (also part of the company's Corporate Standards Strategy Team) has joined the blogosphere, and points to his first post, about the company's Open Specification Promise.While the OSP is welcome, maybe Rudin should have stayed offline. (Rant alert.)...

Tags: RAND Corp.

Blog posts 2006-09-14

Microsoft patent non-assertion covenant is remarkable

Microsoft has issued a declaration -- something it calls the Open Specification Promise -- that it won't assert certain Web services patents it holds or may hold in the future. Martin Lamonica reports:Microsoft is pledging not to assert its patents pertaining to nearly three dozen Web services specifications--a move designed...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source

Blog posts 2006-09-13