Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine
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| One current limitation is a requirement that applications be written in
| Python, a popular scripting language for building modern web apps (Ruby and
| PHP are among others widely used). Google says that Python is just the first
| supported language, and that the entire infrastructure is designed to be
| language neutral.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/07/google-jumps-head-first-into-web-services-with-google-app-engine/
Python Fans Take Aim at the Enterprise
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| After years in the shadows, the open source Python programming language is
| becoming increasingly mainstream. There are more users and more tools.
| Backers of Python now argue that Python is ready for the enterprise.
|
| [...]
|
| "Many businesses see the software development world in terms of Visual Basic,
| Java, and C/C++/C#. Some simply aren't aware of Python, yet, " Goodger
| argued. "Any competent programmer can easily learn Python and be productive
| within a few hours or days at most."
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3738856/Python+Fans+Take+Aim+at+the+Enterprise.htm
Recent:
Don't use Emacs, says Java's father
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| Known in the development world as the father of Java, Sun Microsystems' vice
| president and fellow James Gosling has urged coders to stop using the
| antiquated Emacs text editor and move to a more modern IDE like Sun's own
| open source NetBeans.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;170166942;fp;4;fpid;1968336438
Sun hires two key Python developers
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| Sun Microsystems Inc. is looking to bolster its position in the Python
| programming realm through the hiring of two prominent developers.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=development&articleId=9066359&taxonomyId=11&intsrc=kc_top
Of relevance:
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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."
`----
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2160431/microsoft-warns-google-business
,----[ Quote ]
| Besides the fact that all of the Microsoft employees I have ever encountered
| must have been brainwashed. I don’t know where they dig these people up.
|
| [...]
|
| And if they AREN’T brainwashing them, then they are just hiring incompetant,
| pompous dumbasses. And if either is the case, why should anyone support their
| company?
`----
http://www.camp-site.org/blog/?p=21
Recent:
Google Apps' challenge to Microsoft Office
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| "Blended or intermittent access to the network is going to make Google Docs
| more feasible for IT managers than it was before," said David Mitchell,
| senior vice-president of IT Research at Ovum.
`----
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/03/230119/google-apps-challenge-to-microsoft-office.htm
Is the ride getting bumpy for Microsoft Office?
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| Life in the world of Office Suites is getting into the fast lane with speed
| that is simply overwhelming. With newer players flirting with newer
| technologies and the Open Source getting collaborative like never before the
| world of Office Suites is seeing many changes. The undisputable market
| leader is Microsoft Office with almost 85% share but noteworthy is Sun
| Microsystems like yesteryears isn't the only challenger. Google Docs,
| ThinkFree.com, Zoho.com recently launched InstaColl.com's Live-Documents.com
| are just few of the suites challenging Microsoft's cash cow Microsoft Office.
`----
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=16cae1d6-b699-480b-89fd-05d609238d19&ParentID=d08c09e8-1181-41a3-9e60-5cfeef8cd5fb&MatchID1=4674&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1177&PrimaryID=4674&Headline=Is+the+ride+getting+bumpy+for+Microsoft+Office%3f
http://tinyurl.com/6rdp2n
Google Docs offline illustrates open source maturity
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| Zoho has also sought to differentiate itself by quickly releasing a mobile
| edition of its software. But rather than focusing on Zoho’s efforts, Vembu
| wanted to emphasize what Google’s open source decision means to the
| development process.
|
| “It is sometimes hard to believe that the entire space is just over 2 years
| old, considering how far things have come. This pace will continue, even
| intensify, over the next few months.”
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2230
Google mounts fresh assault on Microsoft Word
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| The new offline capability of Google's word processor brings it into direct
| competition with Microsoft Word
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3660445.ece
Google Docs Neutralizes Microsoft Office With Offline Access
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| Google Docs' new offline access feature neutralizes a big advantage of
| Microsoft's Office old school desktop centric productivity suite, according
| to solution providers.
|
| By taking a page out of the Microsoft playbook and offering offline acess,
| Google has in one fell swoop opened the door for Google Docs to be embraced
| by a new group of office productivity workers, said Tyler Dikman, the CEO of
| Cooltronics, a Tampa, Fla. solution provider.
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http://www.crn.com/software/207001111
Google brings offline access to Docs and Apps
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| Gears is currently supported in Internet Explorer 6 and above and Firefox 1.5
| and above for Windows XP and Vista, according to Google. Firefox 1.5 and
| above is also supported on Mac OS X 10.2 and above and Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=211699424&rid=-50
Google hopes Apps will help against Microsoft
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| "A lot of the market has been lulled into thinking that Microsoft was the
| only product for most anything," Girouard said. "In reality, I think our
| products make a lot more sense, especially when you're working in a team
| environment."
|
| [...]
|
| Genentech, Cardinal Health and Proctor & Gamble are among the large companies
| testing the service.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/29/BUNVVK3BR.DTL&type=tech
CIA enlists Google's help for spy work
,----[ Quote ]
| US intelligence agencies are using Google's technology to help its agents
| share information about their suspects
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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3652494.ece
Microsoft caves, in part, to online computing
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| So it is with great pleasure that the following observation...
|
| "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you
| win," attributed to Mahatma Gandi is also true about high tech vendors and
| how they react to upstart competition.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/realitycheck/archives/2008/03/microsoft_caves.html?source=rss
Related:
Google manager: Google Apps replaced Microsoft Office at 100,000 businesses
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| Google's newly released online productivity suite Google Apps has
| already replaced Microsoft Office at more than 100,000 small to
| medium enterprises and has been deployed at two of the largest
| companies in the world, according to the search leader's
| enterprise product boss.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9889/53/
Dumping Office for Google Apps
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| Google has a friend in Disney, and that could leave Microsoft screaming
| like a jilted lover.
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http://videos.webpronews.com/2007/02/07/dumping-office-for-google-apps/
FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista And Office For Google And Linux Combo
,----[ Quote ]
| Bowen said he's in talks with the aviation safety agency's main
| hardware supplier, Dell Computer, to determine if it could
| deliver Linux-based computers capable of accessing Google
| Apps through a non-Microsoft browser once the FAA's XP-based
| computers pass their shelf life.
`----
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800480
Can Google and Linux Topple Microsoft?
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| The story had a certain flair. In early March, the chief information
| officer of the Federal Aviation Administration, David Bowen, was
| reportedly considering forsaking Microsoft Windows and Office in
| favor of the Linux operating system and the Web-based Google Apps
| Premium office suite.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/57534.html
Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death
,----[ Quote ]
| What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of
| survival.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo
Apps vs. Office: Google Ups the Ante
,----[ Quote ]
| So apparently do some 100,000 small businesses and organizations that use
| Google's productivity and communications software. Even larger corporations,
| such as General Electric and Procter & Gamble , are becoming adherents.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2007/tc20070716_231231.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
Three Minutes With Google's Apps Manager
,----[ Quote ]
| This move, which puts it in direct competition with software
| heavyweights like Microsoft, builds on Google's first steps as
| an enterprise vendor years ago when it launched its firs
| enterprise search product.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070526/tc_pcworld/132241
Google Apps Catches Flak
,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft is launching an anti-Google propaganda campaign.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2007/09/11/google-apps-catches-flak/?mod=yahoo_hs
Microsoft Retaliates With 10 Reasons Not To Use Google Apps
,----[ Quote ]
| This, of course, brought Google even closer to rivaling Microsoft's Office
| suite, which has now spurred a reaction from the Redmond software giant.
|
| No, its not new software or updates for the popular productivity suite, but
| rather Microsoft's own reasoning on why businesses should NOT use Google
| Apps.
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http://www.profy.com/2007/09/11/microsoft-retaliates-with-10-reasons-not-to-use-google-apps/
Will Google Loosen Microsoft's Grip on Large Enterprise?
,----[ Quote ]
| It’s got to be frustrating to sit in Redmond today and watch the world go by
| without having much of a grip on it anymore.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070910/46884_id.html?.v=1
Out of the office
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| Nobody's better at defending its turf than Microsoft of course, so this will
| not be a quick or easy war.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/commentary-watch-out-microsoft-google/story.aspx?guid=%7BD0EF1345-0BC4-459A-A780-8F861CEEAE40%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/2lxuct
Python upgrades readied for 2008
,----[ Quote ]
| Developers of the Python programming language are working concurrently on two
| upgrades to the core platform, both to arrive in 2008, representatives of
| Python said Wednesday.
`----
http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1060483239&rid=-50
Python Magazine Lives
,----[ Quote ]
| There are columnists, there are tech editors, there are authors. Articles
| have been commissioned. Logos and trademarks are in place. The design team is
| rocking, the contract team is rolling, and the emails are flying. In the
| background, the sound of constant typewriter activity can be heard, just like
| on those old newscasts from the old Cronkite days. Exciting times!
`----
http://m0j0.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/python-magazine-lives/
Python Enters KDE SVN with Guidance
,----[ Quote ]
| Guidance was originally developed for Mandrake Linux and is now
| used by default in Kubuntu. It is hoped that moving it to KDE
| Extragear will encourage testing and development on other
| distributions. Guidance requires PyKDE Extensions as well
| as the PyKDE bindings themselves.
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http://dot.kde.org/1176941846/
One Laptop Per Child kicks off PyCON 2007
,----[ Quote ]
| Krstic himself mentioned only a little bit about the impact of 100
| million children being exposed to laptop computers and the internet,
| let alone a view source key inviting them to learn one of the most
| powerful free software oriented programming languages in one of the
| most powerful free software operating systems.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/2088
Python slithers to 'significant' release
,----[ Quote ]
| The open source community this week hailed the most significant update
| to Python in five years.
|
| Python 2.5 contains major improvements in reliability, performance
| and efficiency, according to release manager Anthony Baxter.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/09/22/python_upgrade/
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