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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded product]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=604]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft's next version of its small-business/home productivity suite, due imminently, will be free and ad-funded.Microsoft Works 9.0 -- which will be the new product's name, if Microsoft opts to stick with its current nomenclature -- might also debut at some point as Microsoft-hosted low-end productivity service, as many have been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:07:03 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft recruits vendors to integrate Office into business apps]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=566]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to get more independent software vendors to integrate Office front-ends with their own business applications.There already exist a number of these Office-front-ended applications -- which Microsoft has christened Office Business Applications, or OBAs. Some are commercial applications, like the jointly developed Microsoft-SAP Duet. Others...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:07:28 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft to its hosting partners: Get ready. Here we come]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=565]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver this week, Microsoft officials are trying to walk the tightrope when it comes to explaining Microsoft's plan to get into the managed services business in a major way.Microsoft officials have made no bones about the fact that Microsoft is planning to offer a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:54:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft headed for a services show-down with its hosting partners]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=518]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is on a collision course with its hosting partners.During the past couple of weeks, Microsoft officials have started touting publicly the handful of hosted managed services that Microsoft is selling directly to customers. This week at the NXTcomm 2007 show in Chicago, Microsoft was out hawking its"Microsoft Solution for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:28:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft readies updated version of its Live Meeting conference service]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=491]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Some time this fall, Microsoft plans to roll out the third version of its Office Live Meeting conferencing service, company officials announced at TechEd 2007 on June 5.Expected to be dubbed Office Live Meeting 2007, the new release will include a redesigned and simpler user interface; improved training and event...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:13:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft and Google seek partners for hosted productivity apps]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=461]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are more similarities than differences in Microsoft's and Google's approaches to building out their partner ecosystems for their respective hosted productivity suites.Google Apps and Office Live are not head-to-head competitors. Google Apps includes hosted mail, calendar, document and spreadsheets. Office Live includes hosted mail, small-business accounting, workspace and (with...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 09:16:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Could Microsoft take a community lesson from Sun?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=429]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft talks a lot about community and wanting to foster/tap into it. But there really is no single, cohesive "Microsoft community," akin to the Linux community.  The reasons for this are many and varied. A dominant market player-- vs. an up-and-coming underdog -- seems to inspire less vocal customer/developer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 14:40:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Is Microsoft still worthy of the 'Evil Empire' crown?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=374]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Forget programmer Paul Grahams "Microsoft is dead" headline. It got the desired effect: Hes gotten links on TechMeme, Slashdot and a lots of other news-starved sites this weekend.  But dont dismiss Grahams question as to who if anyone is afraid of Microsoft any more.  It wasnt that long...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:05:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ex-Softie weighs in on how to avoid the dancing Microsoft elephant]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=371]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of Microsofts unified-communications strategy, former Softie Alec Saunders has an interesting post on how to "avoid becoming Microsoft roadkill" in the converging VOIP/conferencing/phone market.  (Saunders spent nine years at Microsoft in a variety of product management and marketing roles, including the initial launch of Microsoft Internet Explorer. He...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:57:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cisco's Chambers claims a three-year lead on Microsoft]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=370]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cisco CEO John Chambers has thrown down the gauntlet.   At Ciscos Partner Summit in Las Vegas this week, Chambers told the press corps in attendance that he believes Cisco has a three-year lead on Microsoft in the unified communications space. And, according to TechIQ Magazines "VAR Guy," who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:06:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Not all Microsoft 'Lives' are created equal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=324]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is another branding rant. But Im not going to belabor Microsofts indecision regarding which services to designate  "Windows Live and which to brand "MSN."  Instead, its just "Live" thats got me -- and, Id wager, customers and partners -- confused. Consider the myriad ways that Microsoft is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:10:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Arun Nayar for Microsoft Dynamics partner of the year]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=300]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ With my ZDNet blogging colleagues finding ways to mention everyone from Anna Nicole Smith, to porn star Stormy Daniels, in recent blog posts, I figured it was time to find some way to bring some star firepower to "All About Microsoft."  Lucky me: I stumbled onto a great...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:37:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Local PC retailers prep Vista system give-aways]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=216]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Not all of the new PCs preloaded with Windows Vista are going to come from major PC makers like Dell and Hewlett-Packard. Microsoft is trying to make sure local system builders have something new to offer customers, too.  The latest iteration of the Microsoft-backed "Buy Local" campaign will kick...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:56:54 -0800</pubDate>
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