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Netdocs: (1) The code name for a hosted application suite from Microsoft. Based on its .NET architecture, Netdocs includes e-mail, instant messaging and document creation.; Full Netdocs Definition >>

Former Microsoft NetDocs manager comes back to run search: Former Microsoft NetDocs manager comes back to run searchNetdocs' DemiseNetdocs wasn't killed because it competed with Office, though that didn't make it popular. Netdocs was killed because it was slow, didn't work right, and could not figure out a working revenue model.I should know, I ran the UI test team...; Tags: NetDocs; Discussion threads 2007-05-18
GoogleDocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?: GoogleDocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?Wait and SeeBoth the cost of Office 12 (2007 Office) and the new user interface will cause some experimentation for existing users. Purchasers of new machines are very likely to look for Office 12 alternatives. If these people try office applications as web services,...; Tags: OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., GoogleDocs, NetDocs; Discussion threads 2006-10-11
GoogleDocs: Another Microsoft NetDocs in the making?: On October 11, Google is going to take yet another run at providing hosted applications online in a form that users might find interesting, according to my blogging buddy Steve Bryant. The so-called "GoogleDocs" project will be unveiled at the Office 2.0 conference, Bryant ...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2006-10-10

Microsoft's Core Search VP now findable: After a Microsoft reorg, it's always fun to comb through the official Microsoft bio page and see who and what was added and deleted. One find: As of this week, Microsoft has finally put Brian MacDonald on the page. MacDonald, corporate vice president of Core Search Program Management,...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, Team Management, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-02-15
News to know: Google and Salesforce.com; Microsoft speaks on patents; HTC Vox: Notable headlines:Google, Salesforce.com reportedly in alliance. Dan Farber: Salesforce.com adds ability to consume Web services in Apex.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and patent claims: 'Business as usual'? Pat Helland 2.0 rejoins Microsoft.George Ou: Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSD.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Popfly: Yahoo Pipes for the rest of us....; Tags: News to know, General; Blog posts 2007-05-21

Pat Helland 2.0 rejoins Microsoft: Looks like former NetDocs leader Brian MacDonald isn't the only former Softie to come back to the fold.Former Platform Architect Pat Helland -- who spent the past couple of years over at Amazon.com helping the company with its service-oriented-architecture SOA strategy -- quietly rejoined Microsoft in early March.On May 14,...; Tags: Development tools, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-05-20
Former Microsoft NetDocs manager comes back to run search: Brian MacDonald, the former Microsoft manager in charge of the company's stealth Web-based productivity-suite project at the end of the 1990s, is coming back to help run the search group, according to sources close to the company.Microsoft veteran MacDonald led the NetDocs project back in 1999. NetDocs was to be...; Tags: Search, Google, Corporate strategy; Blog posts 2007-05-18