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June 2006 - Posts
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09:01 PM Monday, June 26, 2006
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The NY Times says " Microsoft Plans to Blend Phones with Computers ". Great headline, but Microsoft had all the pieces (email, IM, Live Meeting, VoIP) for a long time. Now the Unified Communications Product Roadmap ties them all together seamlessly. There Read More...
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08:44 AM Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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Adesso Systems restarts around file synching , says C/Net. The truth is Adesso has always been about synchronization of files and application logic, across all platforms including wireless devices. The big change is in the business model and sales approach. Read More...
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02:42 PM Saturday, June 17, 2006
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Kleiner Perkins has 7 rules for start-ups they consider funding. I was on a "future of software" panel at TiECon East yesterday with Ajit Nazre , partner at Kleiner Perkins. Several interesting trends emerged from the panel discussion, but KP's 7 rules Read More...
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11:59 PM Thursday, June 15, 2006
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Bill Gates announced that starting in July 2008 he will be devoting full time attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation . I wrote about this and Ray Ozzie's promotion in my previous post. So, what is the Gates Foundation all about? Guided by Read More...
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07:44 AM Thursday, June 15, 2006
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Computer software technology evolves in cycles of 5 to 10 years. Stay in the business long enough and you will see it come full circle...several times. Dan Bricklin invented the first client based (Apple) spreadsheet called VisiCalc and has now built Read More...
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08:44 AM Monday, June 12, 2006
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Microsoft's TechEd conference opened in Boston on Sunday night. Ray Ozzie was a keynote speaker and described several web based services for business such as single sign-on and network management. Microsoft also announced Windows Live Dev , a site for Read More...
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08:00 AM Friday, June 09, 2006
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What is Net Neutrality all about? The US House rejected the Net Neutrality bill yesterday. Whenever politicians get involved the truth gets twisted. So what are the facts? I am no expert on this issue, but here is what I have learned. What is Net Neutrality? Read More...
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01:10 PM Thursday, June 08, 2006
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Is Microsoft trying to do too many things? David Morgenstern at eWeek says "Watch Microsoft's Shift". The editorial basically claims that Microsoft is moving away from enterprise software and into SaaS, Software as a Service, consumer content, and Internet Read More...
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07:30 AM Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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Google Spreadsheets will be announced today . Google also recently acquired Writely, and On-line word processing company. All the pieces are coming together for Google to compete directly with free open source offerings such as OpenOffice and Sun's StarOffice Read More...
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09:37 AM Thursday, June 01, 2006
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Microsoft and IBM have groups looking for top start-ups to work with, or possibly acquire, according to a story today in the Wall Street Journal . (subscription required) The story profiles Dan'l Lewin who heads Microsoft's Emerging Business Team, and Read More...
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