We couldn't make this up. Not only is the
release
date for Vista's SP1
still a mystery, and not only is Microsoft already
starting to drop hints about the
next
version of Windows
after Vista, but it now appears as though Microsoft at
some point posted the bulk of SP1 online...and then
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Posted by Lee Pender on August 01, 20074 comments
Note the asterisk -- because Works isn't just free,
it's
ad-supported
. Then again, this is the first time anybody has had a reason
to write about Microsoft Works in about 10 years. It had joined Corel in the
"dead or alive" (or, in Corel's case, "dead, alive or Canadian")
category.
Posted by Lee Pender on August 01, 20071 comments
Perhaps (although probably not) rattled by RCPU's indictment of Microsoft's
coolness (or lack thereof), Ray Ozzie has been
defending
Redmond's forays
into the consumer world. The three(!) guys who write
this
blog
have a pretty good take on Ozzie's comments. We'd have written something
similar here at RCPU already, but we have only one writer; we're simply outnumbered.
Posted by Lee Pender on August 01, 20070 comments
Yes, we're doing another one, this time on everything from working with Microsoft
to SaaS strategies to competitive threats. Want to know what your colleagues
are thinking? They're curious about what you think, too. Be a part of it all
here
.
Posted by Lee Pender on July 31, 20070 comments
Microsoft revealed last week the lighter side of its Jekyll-and-Hyde approach
to open source software, unveiling a
glowing
new Web site
designed to attract the open source community (as if open source
types don't see the mousetrap underneath that hunk of cheese).
Microsoft has also submitted its shared-source software licenses
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Posted by Lee Pender on July 31, 20070 comments
For those of you wondering just what Microsoft's software as a service -- or
even Software Plus Services -- strategy might involve, Ray Ozzie
spelled
things out
in fairly good detail last week.
This is one of those times when we'd like for you to take a look at what Ozzie
said (yes, that means clicking
the link) and tell us how you, as a partner, think you can fit into this
strategy. We're reading over this carefully ourselves, but we're going to hold
off on any commentary until we hear from you. So step up and let us know how
SaaS-y you plan to get with Redmond in the months and years to come.
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Posted by Lee Pender on July 31, 20070 comments
So, who came out the big winner in the first of Microsoft's Linux patent deals?
If we're to believe a recent study, it was
le
Chapeau Rouge
, monsieur!
Posted by Lee Pender on July 26, 20070 comments
Remember the good ol' days of November 2006? When Microsoft blasted Vista out
the door to eager enterprise customers, and partners awaited the windfall that
the new operating system was sure to bring? Well, just like Chicago Cubs fans
wondering when their loyalty will pay off with a World Series title after nearly
a century of frustration, partners are waiting for Vista to start making the
cash registers ring. It isn't happening yet.
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Posted by Lee Pender on July 26, 20072 comments