Steve Ballmer may have said something interesting; we couldn't possibly
comment...
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| A non-report from the third and final day of Microsoft's BI
| conference
|
| [...]
|
| Then you start to muse on the meaning of secret. Would you share a secret
| with 2,590 strangers? Indeed, if you share a secret with 2,590 strangers,
| is it still a secret? What is the sound of one hand sharing a secret in a
| wood?
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/05/12/microsoft_bi_three/
Microsoft Outlines BI Strategy, Platform
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| "We have a very strong interoperability in terms of taking reporting
| services and exporting that to Word, or to Excel, but [SoftArtisans]
| gives you the capability to start in Word or start in Excel to
| access information, and author reports from there," said Chris
| Caren, general manager of Office Business Applications at Microsoft.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2128104,00.asp
"Interoperability"? How about saying "cross platform" again if something also
runs on XBox?
Related:
Talks with the RIAA....
Cyberthreat experts to meet at secretive conference
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| Botnets are networks of hijacked computers, popularly called
| zombies. Cybcercrooks use these networks to relay spam, bring
| down Web sites, distribute spyware and perform other nefarious
| acts. Microsoft has fingered zombies as a top threat to
| Windows PCs.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6151860.html
Music industry meeting could change the Zune
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| Bryan Lee, corporate vice present for Microsoft's entertainment
| business, told me today that the meeting was set up as part of the
| deal struck between Microsoft and music business honchos, who are
| always wary of piracy... The meeting was supposed to take place "some
| time after the holidays," he said. It also talks about the future
| of the zune.
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http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2007/01/music_industry_meeting_could_change_the_zune.html
http://tinyurl.com/y7z5wl
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