Open source may be the winner in the consumerization of IT
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| One thing is clear: the old world of bloated enterprise applications is
| changing. Perhaps the shift away from enterprise software has more to do
| enterprise software companies wasting the time, attention, and intelligence
| of enterprise IT departments with bloated, expensive, and poorly written
| software. Enterprise software does not need to be as bad as it is. It can be
| more like Google. Like Flickr. Like anything except what it is.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9816770-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Day Software Ushers Open Source Devs into the Fold
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| Global CMS and content infrastructure purveyor Day has added a handful of
| major contributors, from the annals of open source, to its senior developer
| team.
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http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/day-software-ushers-open-source-devs-into-the-fold-001976.php
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Microsoft to partners: It's time to change
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| Aiming to rally its partners around the reality of hosted software, Microsoft
| Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner told them it was a matter of financial
| life and death.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6195764.html
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| Microsoft has warned Google to steer clear of corporate search,
| declaring that the market is "our house"....
|
| "Those people are not going to be allowed to take food off our plate,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| because that is what they are intending to do."
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160431/microsoft-warns-google-business
Microsoft ties Windows Live services to OS in updates
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| Microsoft is tying its Windows Live services directly to its Windows OS.
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http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/070905mslivesvcs/index.html
Old:
Ozzie: Vista, Office must adapt to Web era
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| Ozzie said that the transition to integrate online services into Microsoft
| products has been a challenge but that changes within the company are
| happening.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6133895.html
Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
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| Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and
| developer tools also falls under his organization); competition with Google
| and Apple; and why a client-based version of Windows won?t ever completely
| disappear, regardless of how successful Web services become.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=66
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