Another Good Reason To Quit Feeding Microsoft's Favorite Cash Cow
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| Linux is very likely to save your company both money and time in the long
| run, but it also requires a significant up-front effort to get it working and
| to migrate your Windows-based systems. Many smaller companies, however, can
| get up and running on OpenOffice.org (or its commercial cousin StarOffice) in
| a matter of days, if not hours.
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http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/another_good_re.html
Google and Microsoft: competing for the document collaboration space
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| Recent weeks have seen both Google and Microsoft launch new 'in the cloud'
| offerings that are designed to aid collaboration and communication beyond the
| constricting boundaries of the corporate intranet. This model of interaction
| is undoubtedly going to become more prevalent as organisations seek to
| collaborate more effectively with partners, customers, and suppliers.
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| [...]
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| It has been two years since Google entered the office productivity
| applications and collaboration arena with the acquisition of Writely, a
| web-hosted word processor. Since then, the company has added spreadsheets and
| presentations to its portfolio, and has launched the Google Apps service: an
| offering comprised of Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk (a Windows-based
| application for voice over IP and instant messaging), Google Docs, Google
| Page Creator (a Web site creation and hosting service), and Google Sites (a
| facility for building team-oriented, information sharing web sites).
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http://www.cbronline.com/article_feature.asp?guid=DC434F6B-0E68-4174-AB1B-C9DAA6752C05
Without Office, Microsoft seems doomed (just a matter of time). See below.
Recent:
Raikes Steps Aside
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| Microsoft is shuffling its executive ranks, with today's surprise
| announcement that Jeff Raikes, president of the Business division, will leave
| the company. Uh-oh. He's not the only executive on the way out the door.
|
| Raikes departure will have huge impact on Microsoft as it completes its 2008
| fiscal year on June 30. His division is one of two responsible for nearly all
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| Microsoft's profits.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/raikes_steps_aside.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/34mq2a
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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