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Microsoft: PDF yes, ODF no

Microsoft: PDF yes, ODF noDan, your not being honest.Mass. did NOT ask for ODF, they asked that an open standard be used and in fact PDF was one they suggested.Point takenMS says no one asking for ODF...but they are asking for open format like ODF...not for a license to MS...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, ESPN, Mr Sinofsky

Discussion threads 2005-10-03

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MSDN, TechNet users to get Windows 7 tomorrow

MSDN, TechNet users to get Windows 7 tomorrowPosting to MSDN: Time of day?Knowing that the download servers will melt down into slag, does MSDN post at a particular time of day?Any idea on MSDNAA?if/when will it be available on MSDNAA, and what version??? any idea?Houston: We have a problemfyi,http://infoworld.com/d/windows/critical-windows-7-bug-risks-derailing-product-launch-330(Don't shoot...

Tags: Chipsets, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., TechNet user, Windows 7 tomorrow, time of day, chipset, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?

Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?Define "making money"If a unit in and of itself loses $1 billion a year, but another unit benefits by $$3 billion a year as a result of that unit's existence, do you close it? And how do you make such measures reliably?Example: Internet Explorer.If...

Tags: Workforce management, He/She/It, Microsoft Corp., layoff, future layoff

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy

Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozyWindows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozyMicrosoft Windows 7 which is still in testing phase has a bug. Bug is reported and fixed. So the testing phase/system worked. No big deal.Oh for crying...

Tags: Operating systems, first bug, Microsoft Windows 7, doozy, Windows 7 RC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7

Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7E7 blog is up and runningIt's up:http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/14/welcome.aspxFreudian slip ;-)"The fact that he's wiling to speak ..." ;-)Yes, wily types those M$oftie$!Much as I've criticised VISTA and M$ I do hope they get it right this time.Glad to see some progress here,.I'm hoping for MS to release...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, blog

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?

Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?Could be for Pocket PC sized UMPCsThese features are probably being implemented for the Ultra Mobile PC type devices and will be useful in pocket-sized Windows enabled mobile phones as speculated here: http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5390I love my tx2000z Tablet PC especially for the Wacom enabled...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Tablets, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test

Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance testYes Microsoft said this months agoThey have not yet changed Office to keep up with spec changes negotiated during the ISO standardization process. They have long ago made announcements regarding this and their plans for bringing it into compliance.I can't decide which was more...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, ISO, software, Microsoft Office 2007

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

Regime change at Microsoft

Various news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal (subscribers-only link) and News.com, are reporting that Microsoft is about to split its Windows division into eight groups and bring in a replacement for the retiring Jim Allchin, who is currently in charge of all things Windows. The most important of the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Steven Sinofsky

Blog posts 2006-03-23

Microsoft gives Sinofsky reins to Windows

Microsoft gives Sinofsky reins to Windowspatching the sinking shipNobody can save M$ or windoze anylonger.The momentum behind Linux is unstopable!It's not Microsoft that sinkingI'd hardly say Microsoft is sinking. It isn't Microsoft that is existing with less than 5% of itself out of the water.Calling all MBA's!Here we read:"Microsoft has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Rep, Sinofsky, Microsoft Corp., rep, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

Vista delay - a look into the abyss

Vista delay - a look into the abyssRome wasn't burned in a dayThe one thing you can be sure of is that anything you see happening at Microsoft today has been there for years, building below the surface.How to run a profitable business.Disappointment and recriminations come from people who expected...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web 2.0, Incremental Change, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Steve Sinofsky, MSFT

Discussion threads 2006-03-22

Office Dead

Office DeadSagacious hipster? Not.Two things: 1. You ain't that k3wl. 2. English would be easier to read.Office Dead English missing.I clicked on this story to see if I could learn something about Office Live. What I learned was that it is not necessary to make any...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office Dead, Steve Gillmor

Discussion threads 2006-02-07

Office beta coming in November

Office beta coming in NovemberMicrosoft Office to support PDFI'm waiting for the master beta to be offered. I'd be more interested if Office let me save PDF in Word format and vice versa.pumpkineaterWow, he's good!Talk about staying "on message" and basically saying nothing. This guy is good. ...

Tags: Word processors, Corel Office, tool, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word

Discussion threads 2005-10-03

Microsoft announces work flow, graphics tools

Microsoft announces work flow, graphics toolsSinovsky is the man...My rep arranged for me to meet Mr. Sinovsky because I have committed to installing Office 12 in the alpha stage. My MCSD's have already built workflow applications based on Office 2003 and SharePoint, but I have labeled these applications legacy and...

Tags: tool, Now IT, Sinovsky, rep, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Office, graphics

Discussion threads 2005-09-14

Attention Metaphor

The idea behind good technology is calm. GooChat is good and calm. Even as pinheads roam the GooglePlex issuing blacklists against news organizations, engineers create smooth ponds of application space, clean rooms where clarity emerges like a a cupped hand from a mountain brook.You don't agree? Fine. But try GooChat...

Tags: Portals, Desktops, E-mail providers, Web technology, Instant messaging, GooChat, Skype Technologies S.A., Apple Macintosh, portal, Google Gmail

Blog posts 2005-08-24