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States ask for five more years of antitrust oversight
The battle to keep Microsoft under antitrust oversight is heating up. The California Group, a group of state plaintiffs in the Microsoft antitrust case, is asking for a five-year extension of a large portion of the 2002 judgment against the company, the group’s lawyer said.
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Chris Dalby – The Essential Microsoft Toolkit
Microsoft = Facebook for the Enterprise
“I saw a couple of great articles this morning talking about how the new SharePoint and community integration strategy makes Microsoft the new Facebook for the enterprise. That’s quite a leap forward and I can see why it is happening.”
John Obeto – Notes from a Microsoft fan
Skype: The new worm-delivery system
“A few weeks ago, Skype, IMO, gained eternal notoriety when executives of that firm … tried to convince users/subscribers into believing that a service outage … was Redmond’s fault. Nowhere in the press releases was the fact that Skype just pushed out a software update as well!”
Alex Lewis – Windows into Silicon Valley
Exchange 2007 SP1 enhancements to OCS
“There are a LOT of new features in Exchange 2007 SP1. It seems like more of a feature pack than a service pack.” He gives a rundown of the major new features.
Sue Hanley – Designing collaboration projects
The art and science of information architecture
“I’m often asked to provide advice about building an effective information architecture for a SharePoint solution. It’s really not that easy … however, there are some best practices that you can think about – before you call for consulting help.”
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