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Microsoft whittles away at Oslo; now plans to fold it into SQL Server
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| Tomas Restrepo: Cynical thought of the day: Oslo ==
| Longhorn. OK, couldâve been worse (i.e. Cairo).
|
| James Hart: Any expectations anybody had for what
| Oslo might turn out to be came from their own
| imagination. Disappointment was inevitable.
|
| Ryan Rinaldi: The Oslo story just got more
| confusing.
|
| Steve Bohlen: good lord; Oslo follows in the
| footsteps of WinFS; big (if nebulous) idea
| degenerates into dull implementation w dubious
| value
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=4499
Recent:
Microsoft Axes Office Accounting Software
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| Microsoft quietly announced Friday that it
| plans to kill off its Office Accounting
| products, beginning Nov. 16.
|
| "After evaluating the product over the past
| few years, we have determined that other
| Microsoft offerings, such as free templates in
| the Office system used with Excel and the
| Dynamics product, are able to meet our
| customers' needs," a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
| spokesperson said in an e-mailed statement.
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http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3846426/Microsoft+Axes+Office+Accounting+Software.htm
Microsoft Office Accounting dies on November 16, 2009
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| Microsoft is killing off its whole Office
| Accounting product line on November 16, 2009.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/10/microsoft-office-accounting-dies-on-november-16-2009.ars
Microsoft Kills Dynamics Mobile
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| Microsoft on Thursday said it has discontinued the mobile
| versions of its Dynamics ERP (enterprise resource planning)
| products.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/172648/microsoft_kills_dynamics_mobile.html
Microsoft kills Dynamics Mobile
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/180292.asp?from=blog_last3
Risk in office blogs
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| Mini Microsoft, the anonymous blogger widely believed to be
| a well-informed employee working at the software companyâs
| Redmond headquarters, heavily criticised this yearâs
| Microsoft annual employee meeting. He gave a two-zero
| rating to Steve Ballmer, Microsoftâs chief executive, and
| described Stephen Elop, head of Microsoftâs business
| division, as âsuck[ing] the life out of the entire
| stadiumâ.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/942fc036-7589-11db-aea1-0000779e2340.html
Microsoft to halt Live Framework CTP on Sept. 8
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| Microsoft on Sept. 8 plans to discontinue its Live Framework Community
| Technology Preview for developers, instead integrating the framework into the
| next release of the company's Windows Live online services.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137030/Microsoft_to_halt_Live_Framework_CTP_on_Sept._8?source=rss_news
No vertically-focused Microsoft Office on the docket (for now)
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| For now, the answer is no. A Microsoft Office spokesperson whom I contacted
| this week said Microsoft is not building an Office for Advertising SKU.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3180
TrueSpace story ending
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| Microsoft took over Caligari TrueSpace earlier last year and later released
| the software as freeware. They have now decided to discontinue TrueSpace -
| the first services will be disabled by tomorrow. This is a truly sad day for
| their loyal user base.
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http://www.blendernation.com/2009/05/21/truespace-story-ending/
Yahoo Answers wins: Microsoft to kill QnA on May 21
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| Microsoft's QnA website has had a very shaky development, never quite
| becoming good enough to lose the beta tag, and never quite becoming popular
| enough for its company to give it the attention it really required. Finally,
| the long road for QnA is coming to a dead end. On the Live QnA Team Blog this
| week, Microsoft announced that it would be discontinuing its QnA service.
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http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/05/yahoo-answers-wins-microsoft-to-kill-qna-on-may-21.ars
Microsoft retreats to familiar BI ground
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| Microsoft has surprised the market by announcing its intention to stop
| selling PerformancePoint Server as a standalone product, just 17 months after
| its original launch.
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http://www.itbrief.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3219&Itemid=806
Microsoft to ditch MSN Groups?
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| An e-mail snafu has led to the leak of Microsoft's decision to shutter its
| MSN Groups service, according to LiveSide.net.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10067137-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Windows Live Expo set to expire next month
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| Chalk one point up to Craigslist: Microsoft has decided to shut down Windows
| Live Expo, the classifieds service that it originally launched in February
| 2006.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9961990-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Windows Live Expo set to expire next month
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| Chalk one point up to Craigslist: Microsoft has decided to shut down Windows
| Live Expo, the classifieds service that it originally launched in February
| 2006.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9961990-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Related:
Microsoft Burns Down Book Search
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| Citing poor demand, Microsoft will back away from scanning and indexing books
| and academic works for Live Search
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/23/microsoft-burns-down-book-search
EFF: Microsoft betrayed MSN Music customers
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Microsoft has "betrayed" MSN
| Music customers and wants the company to make things right by issuing an
| apology, refunds, and eliminate digital rights management technology from the
| Zune music player.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931304-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft Closing Live Search Books and Academic Projects
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| What do you think about Microsoft's move to end their Live Search Books and
| Academic Projects?
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http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080523-114536
Microsoft continues paring back the Windows Live family
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| But the future of services outside of the core Windows Live group seems
| uncertain. I had been hearing talk for the past few months that Microsoft was
| readying a new consumer service for public safety. The alleged service,
| according to sources, was designed to help individuals locate friends and
| family members during a crisis or catastrophe. (I heard Microsoft might be
| eveloping a similar service aimed at enterprises, too.) Given that the
| Windows Live team seems more focused on paring down than building out the
| Live stable of services, Iâm wondering whether this one will ever see the
| light of day.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1426
Is Windows Live dying?
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| Over the last year, Microsoft's Windows Live service lineup has
| grown exponentially. At one point months ago, it seemed clear
| that every service Microsoft brought online would fall under the
| Live brand, but lately the trend seems to be moving slowly in
| the opposite direction. What's happening to Windows Live?
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/2/20/7154
Windows Live Shopping no more - MSN Shopping to remain
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| From today Windows Live Shopping beta will be taken offline, with users
| being sent to MSN Shopping, available at shopping.msn.com.
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http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2007/02/19/windows-live-shopping-no-more-msn-shopping-to-remain.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/287gy6
Sources: Several Windows Live Projects Halted
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| Microsoft's Windows Live desktop search project has been
| shelved "indefinitely," although not much reasoning has been
| given as to the reason for its demise.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sources_Several_Windows_Live_Projects_Halted/1163715423
Microsoft Office Live migration is adding insult to injury
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| On January 29, Microsoft posted to the Office Live blog a status update
| re: the migration. The news isn't good.
|
| Office Live logoBeta testers are still potentially "months" away fromb
| eing migrated to the final version of their Office Live services.
| Functionality like backup and restore isn't going to work until
| their accounts are migrated. And Microsoft will give testers only
| a 24-hour heads-up when they are set to be migrated. During that
| 24-hour period, users won't be able to make changes to their
| Office Live sites.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=243
Office Live: Better Off Dead?
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| Last month I killed Office Live in an act of self defense, after
| repeated access problems and attempts to move my domain to another
| registrar. Judging from the comments to that post, there's an Office
| Live killing spree going on. Not surprisingly, Microsoft wants to put
| an end to the wanton killing.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/office_live_better_off_dead.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/ybsz2o
Microsoft profit on slide
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| Some analysts are looking for any signs of improvement from
| Microsoft's internet division, which continues to lose market
| share in web search to Google.
|
| Microsoft's online services group saw revenue fall for the last
| four quarters and posted a loss in the past three quarters while
| it shifted to a new internet advertising platform and overhauled
| the company's web properties.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21109542%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Not all Microsoft 'Lives' are created equal
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| Is it time for a Microsoft-wide purge of the "Live" brand? If you look
| at the myriad, incongruous ways that Microsoft is using "Live" across
| its various product divisions, you might say yes.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=324
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