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Microsoft rolls out new developer toys: Bing#, Gestalt and more

Microsoft rolls out new developer toys: Bing#, Gestalt and moreWonderful! Even more proprietary, nonstandard code and datato further lock customers and developers to their very much closed platform, consciously made that way.I understand why the american states and EU have bitched about IE and WiMP, but an even bigger threat...

Tags: C#, INTERNET, .NET, Bing#, new developer toy, developer toy, Gestalt, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Wither the 'smartphone': Reorganizing the mobile market when all devices get smart

Smartphones as a term is dying a quick death as all phones become smarter with Internet access, email and other capabilities. Meanwhile, the mobile market will be carved up based on whether devices are open, foster consumption or content creation, and utility and entertainment, according to Forrester Research. Simply put,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Mobile, Smart Phone, Openness, Hardware Game, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Ballmer praises openness, attacks iPhone

Ballmer praises openness, attacks iPhoneWow... some attack....notntOpen to Ballmer means open to taking your money oropen to taking your ideas oropen to spreading FUD oropen to being too big to fail or justopen to like a trap ready to close at anytime.Tell Ballmer he can talk about open when MS...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Steve Ballmer, openness, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, attack

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Openness

I've been privileged to be around some amazing people recently, first at Enterprise 2.0 in Boston and now this week at SuperNova, Wharton Business school's conference, which this year explored "how decentralization and pervasive connectivity are changing our world". My take away word of the...

Tags: Talent, Mozilla Firefox, Collaboration, British Telecommunications, Openness, JP Rangaswami, Sam, Web Browsers, Groupware, Workforce Management, Leadership, Security, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?

Could Yahoo's 'openness' be another anti-Microsoft poison pill?Integration issuesThis merger is an integration disaster waiting to happen because of that reason. With Yahoo's reliance on open source, the opening of it's infrastructure and APIs, as well as it's own open source development including Zimbra, it seems any kind of...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Mergers & Acquisitions, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., openness

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

Windows Server 2008's ode to open source

Windows Server 2008's ode to open source..."[B]Many of its features, such as the ability to create UI-free scaled down versions of the operating system using Windows Server Core, are obvious nods to the Unix competition.[/B]"More than a nod, more like acceptance to the fact that the Unix way is the...

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., open source, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, openness, ode, server, Unix

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

Open source values: openness

Open source values: opennessOpen Source value = honestyA most refreshing treat in todays corrupt greedy corporate Government mandated society.Openness should and will win.We should hold openness as an important value. Particularly the openness of ideas and software is just an expression of ideas. If Microsoft could keep Linux...

Tags: openness, Open Source Values, open source

Discussion threads 2007-11-29

Why Microsoft deserved to lose the OOXML standards vote

Microsoft lost its bid to fast track its Office Open XML OOXML file-format specification. (It's next-to-impossible to tell from Microsoft's press release announcing "Strong Global Support for Open XML as It Enters Final Phase of ISO Standards Process," but it did lose.) As readers of this blog...

Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., Standards, OOXML, Openness, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Apple, Microsoft, and openness

If you allow yourself to look at big corporations through the filter of conventional wisdom, all sorts of strange distortions emerge.Case in point: Tim OReilly approvingly quotes this snippet from a post by Michael Arrington about Apples new .mac webmail service:What users want is a rich internet interface for email....

Tags: openness, Apple Computer Inc., Yahoo! Inc.

Blog posts 2006-10-02

Today's Links: SEO your blog, Beer here, OpenCourseWare

INTRODUCING “TODAY’S LINKS”Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Today’s Links,” a new regular feature presented by this Digital Micro-Markets Blog. “Today’s Links” is an eclectic round up pointing to noteworthy news and worthy analysis from all around the World Wide Web.Know of any other noteworthy news or worthy analysis? SHARE:...

Tags: OpenCourseWare, blog

Blog posts 2006-09-07

Arguing about arguing about China

Harry Tsao, co-founder of a comparison shopping Web site with operations in China, says in a ZD Net editorial. "It is hard to see anything constructive that will come out of these public discussions." If companies do start spending time lobbying, rather...

Tags: CHINESE, censorship

Blog posts 2006-02-15

The academy vs. open source

The academy vs. open sourceIn a world......of specialists, the vast majority are uninformed. And Tyranny by the majority is still tyranny. I think the wikipedia issue is most thorny because of a lack of humility. On everyone's side. Wikifanatics and evangalists (a term that SHOULD BE...

Tags: Wiki, Quality, Openness, open source, quality control, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2005-12-14

Public discourse under way over definition of "open"

I've been taking some time to digest the open vs. closed discussion (the context being Microsoft's new XML document format for Word, Excel and PowerPoint) that's taking place in various corners of the blogosphere. IBM's Bob Sutor, whose blog is entitled Open standards, open source, open minds, open opportunities,...

Tags: IBM Corp., blog, Bob Sutor

Blog posts 2005-06-17

Why do we need all this XML stuff?

Why do we need all this XML stuff?Data ExchangeI believe 8 bit bytes was also supposed to eliminate problems with data exchange. Fat lot of good that did.And XML is proprietary? What about those recent MS XML patents? Patents are as proprietary as you get.Very simple answer, we don'tThe fact...

Tags: patent, Openness, XML

Discussion threads 2005-06-06

Additional Resources

LiMo has a second phone

Web appsWeb apps, based on HTML5, SVG, WebGL, etc., really need to be given some priority in the industry. Otherwise, app developers will go crazy trying to develop & support local apps, for all of the different mobile OS platforms out there.RE: LiMo has a second phoneI adore Linux and...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, phone, LiMo Foundation, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

AidScans 4.2 (Windows)

Volume estimation application. The program takes set of object slices provided by a scanner. The software was used for medical imaging purposes, especially for brain tumors obtained from MRI and CT scanners volume calculations. The program is useable for breast, chest, liver and another organs tumor calculations as well as...

Tags: Organ, Medical Imaging, I/O, Microsoft Windows, Tool, AnyIntelli, Scanners, Productivity, Healthcare, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-10-28

Gartner Magic Quadrant lawsuit: Sour grapes or real gripes?

They should join the IIARMichael,Nice post, I agree with your analysis. As a bottom line, I think they should be more professional with their AR programme, maybe join the IIAR [u]http://www.analystrelations.org[/u] to benefit from best practices.See my earlier post on this:http://iiar.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/is-shooting-on-the-referee-productive/Merits of LawsuitWhile Gartner may have its own objectives, I...

Tags: Gartner Inc., IIAR, lawsuit, Sour Grapes, Gartner Magic Quadrant

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Retail distribution may tip e-reader race; Barnes & Noble rolls out Nook

Don't forget about the iPhone The Kindle app for the iPhone is awesome. Thats another advantage for Amazon. With over 20 million iPhones sold, why worry about brick and mortar distribution? Also the new Kindle international reader is going to rock the world. The e-reader race has already been tipped...

Tags: Smart phones, iphone App, Apple iPhone, Nook, e-reader, Barnes & Noble Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Free Silverlight streaming service to be replaced by paid Azure-hosted service

Ought to be interestingSilverlight is the means by which Netflix streams their on-demand content. I cannot help but wonder if MS cut a deal with the new Blockbuster service.Does MS support "open internet", or do they want us to pay for itDoes MS support "open internet", or do they want...

Tags: cloud computing, Strategy, Media Streaming, Microsoft Silverlight, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., open-Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Microsoft breaks Firefox

IE Welded into WindowsIE is welded into the Windows Operating System,that is why Windows is so insecure and proneto viruses/worms.They thought by making IE basically explorer.exein concept they would ruin any competitor likeNetscape well they did in a way.Interesting part of it is, they failed becauseFirefox is the most popular...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19