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Discussion rages over failed ISO OOXML vote
Microsoft and Siemens develop automotive ‘infotainment’ systems
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Microsoft vs. Novell over enterprise-class configuration tools
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Chris Dalby – The Essential Microsoft Toolkit
Using Flickr with SharePoint
Dalby has stumbled on a wealth of Codeplex Flickr projects, allowing integration between .Net, Sharepoint and Flickr. He comments on these and shares the links.
John Obeto – Notes from a Microsoft fan
The Foleo is a dud
So declares Obeto. “In looks, functionality, potentiality, vision, everything! A ‘companion device’ for smartphones? Erhhh Dude, what do you call a laptop?”
David Platt – Why Software Sucks
Users are human: stop expecting something else
“Users have difficulty specifying what they really want, and users have unrealistic ideas about what computers can do. Both of these statements are true, but it doesn’t matter. It’s your job and mine to produce good software despite them.”
Alex Lewis – Windows into Silicon Valley
Yahoo buys BlueLithium
“I still don’t see Microsoft buying Yahoo … In fact, Yahoo makes a great pawn to point at and claim there’s ‘competition’ in the marketplace.”
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