* Tom Shelton peremptorily fired off this memo:
> On 2008-01-24, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> * Mark Kent peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>>> The desktop is changing, though. Mobility is the biggest driver for
>>> many of today's "office" workers. ...
>>>
>>> The market for PCs in the environment is not going to grow, instead,
>>> it'll shrink, ...
>>>
>>> People work in all kinds of remote locations and places. Simple
>>> applications and easy connectivity are *far* more important than
>>> office suites with a billion options and a heavyweight back-end and
>>> gui.
>>
>> It is my belief that Microsoft understands this, but has not gotten
>> their heads quite wrapped around it yet.
>
> That is the purpose of MS Office Services and SharePoint...
Nah, the purpose of those is to get you used to accessing only Microsoft
servers.
Google for: Sharepoint trap
http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/while_you_were.html
For instance, features in the latest version of SharePoint will work
only with Microsoft's Office 2007, the newest version of the business
software suite. That could be a beneficial connection for Office, as
Microsoft struggles to convince some business to upgrade to Office
2007 when their current Office setup works fine.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1701
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If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have
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