What do you think about Microsofts engaegment in social software?
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Well thats rich, no one told me they where getting married.
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Microsoft had *never* invented anything since only B.Gates has rights to think in that company. He is not a programmer, he is not an engineer, he is just a businessman.\nBusiness requires some new things now and forever. But where to get ideas? The simplest way is to get something existing, to wrap it in bright paper and to shout loudly that it is revolutional "methodology" :-)\nI am in doubt: is there in MS at least one person that knows what "methodology" means? :-)
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Yes, in our company we WebEx regularly for Project Review and Transition, We use the browser to condut this meeting ... it is really very easy to use. They have a quick launch option also. They have an India office, check their website
857187
why dont u create a IM and chat client if you are into software engineering
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It is currently in BETA-1 and CTP (Community Technology Preview).  There is another CTP planned for this week, then BETA-2 is set to be released about the April/May timeframe.  BETA-2 is exciting because MS is putting in all the "features".\n\nRTM is scheduled for holiday season 2006.\n\nAnd to answer your question, I have it.
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I can't say for sure if it is as good as Microsoft Office 2003, but it is probably good enough for most users and it is free.\nI believe it is developed and supported by the same folks who build the LINUX system software
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Neat idea, but slender it down for a professional look!\n\nIt does look professional enough to be credible, but there's a lot of faffing around and way too many Google ads! Keep it simple and free from cr4p if you want to keep the professional look!\n\nThe privacy statement and the user agreement could do without any ads at all and could do with some revamping. What are those caplocks for?
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This is a simple software I develpoed.\nPlease tell me what you think of it.\nIt is totally free for anyone\n\nDownload it from here
471941
i think it's bcoz the look of the messenger, better thn yahoo. also msn messenger has lots of stuffs & options. and yah, file transfer is another thing.
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It seams to me, that this is an excellent idea. \nthough I am of the idea that is our responsibility as a service user to embrace the diversity of the staff, not the other way around. Staff, that to my perception are the ones trying to create and develop a better product, perhaps this can be use as promotion.\nAs well than a good example to what I have seeing around the town in which I resided, been a user, of yahoo, I am not the one they need to embrace .I need to embrace then because they are so diverse in many way's. I will support then, in any way. \n\nMore details about, why I don't which to promote the kind of embracing that one specific group its asking for to achieved, in my town, some how it has delicate details for my self to address in an open letter, though I will be willing to address then in an open forum. That should show how much I trust yahoo Staff.---And, because this involved some of my ethics, due, ethnic groups and perhaps also different religious groups.--- Which in other words they are asking others to embrace their differences.\nThough to my knowledge its easier and save to embrace yahoo staff in their effort's and effort, to achieved some better service for our self the users. I will embrace them. and anyone else who which to do the same. Because I can easily see the good behind yahoo intentions, intentions which I don't see in what is going on in, well you know my town. So let do it. I think YAHOO has, once again, some more, to offert.
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The media share starter kit (MSDN) off the Microsoft website has one that you compile yourself.  Kind of like msn messenger but it allows you the freedom the alter, omit, change and add code as you please.  It would also give you a good reference to go by if you want to build from the ground up.
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It's basically an invetory of clients or contact, i have developed one using c#, asp.net and sql server db :) let me know what you've go so far
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Hi you are referring to the concept of e-groupware. See link below. This is an open source project (GPL) so you can do whatever you want with it.\n\nWe are in the middle of creating an online office service to provide exactly what you are referring to. It's our belief that one can totally mobilize an office now.\n\nhope that helps, there are a few paid options but they are quite pricey.  The link below has an online demo.
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i don't think so.. It takes a lot of convincing to show managers and non-tech people why open source is so much better.. So the more the buzz the better off everyone is.. Programmers can finally start to forget the daily troubles of dealing with crappy Microsoft products... Managers can save money and finally have their IT staff focus on doing things other then 'securing the network' and running anti-virus software...
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I'd argue microsoft have never been a particularly creative force. Although everything in the software industry is pretty much derivative, their products are more so than most. What Microsoft had, to start with, was the marketing energy and 'killer instinct', if you will. The products, while useful, have never been that innovative. \n\nApple are pretty much niche, and I don't see that changing at any point in the future. They appeal to style-centric urbanites and professional multimedia editors - given the lack of compatibility with many mainstream programmes (and until recently the necessity for painful windows emulation), I don't see them challenging microsoft's dominance. That goes double unless corporate environments begin to say Macs as a networkable box, which isn't likely. \n\nAs for the Vista/Leopard launches, given that they are system-specific, I doubt either will change the market share for that particular company. \n\nAway from the strictly PC market, Apple will continue to dominate, I think. They have set the standard in portable music, and the Zune is not going to get anywhere near overcoming the iPod's dominance. Too much was promised (WiFi that works) and too little delivered, and the threat of draconian DRM technologies still linger. \n\nThe problem is, their business models are hardly competing anymore. Microsoft is established on the desktop and in the network, and apple can't really mount a challenge there. Apple are established in multimedia and entertainment, and I'm fairly sure Microsoft's attempted challenge is going to crash and burn pretty damn quick. \n\nConclusion: they're moving away from being competitors. Microsoft is a behemoth that is starting to rely far too much on its de facto monopoly, and installed customer base. Bad for us. \nApple isn't going to make much impression on the home computing market, but will absolute cane the competition in portable music. Alright for us.
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Firefox is becoming more and more widely used. It des just the same thing as Internet Explorer from a high level point of view, allows ou to browse the net.\n\nMany people are going to try and tell you there are no cons to using firefox, especially the firefox fanatics. However, I'll try and represent a fair view for both parties DESPITE my distaste for MS products.\n\nLet's first have a look at how the two are developed. Firefox is open source. That means any programmer, anywhere in the world, finds a way to make it better, submits it to the team, which they must do in accordance with the license, the team tests and implements in a new release.\n\nMS has a lab of architects working away on their software, if they can't do it, they find a way to do it, but it may not neccesarily be the best way. It's the old two heads are better than one saying on a much grander scale.\n\nHowever, that's the design process, and no one cares about that except us geeks anyway. So the pro's and con's of using firefox. \n\nFirefox has some little tiny incompatibilities. You may find a certain brand new whiz bang HTML tag isn't supported. You may find certain CSS styles aren't supported. This changes on a day to day basis, and there is nothing that isn't supported that is critical to everyday internet use. A recently fixed, and the only example I can think of was a transparency support, which is now 100% whiz bang supported, and annoys me because bad web designers use it to make content less readable in the quest for cutting edge aesthetics on their site.\n\nThe good is there are very few and far between when it comes to exploits for the Firfox browser, it is extemely secure and comes with a great set of tools. It's resource light, this comes back to the design process, where MS get's it to work and it's done, those actively participating in the firefox project will look at the code and go, hrmms, this might be more efficient if I, then banh, you have an uber efficient, secure, fast web browser. \n\nIt used to have tabbed browsing to trump, but then MS included it in their browser, however, firefox do tabbed browsing MUCH MUCH better.\n\nHope this helps\n\nCheers\nJuzzyDee
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it is a nice tool. But, I think VC++ is more widely used.