[News] [Rival] Microsoft Brings SAP and Silverlight Infection to Your Health?

[Roy Schestowitz]

[Stung by dirty Silverlight]

Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different Prey

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| Having exhausted its best ideas on how to deal with Google, Microsoft is now
| working its way down the list to dubious ones — like pursuing a hostile bid
| for Yahoo. Michael A. Cusumano, who has written several books about the
| software industry and about Microsoft, is not impressed with Microsoft’s
| rationale for its Yahoo offer. He said the bid seemed to be a pursuit of “an
| old-style Internet asset, in decline, and at a premium.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/business/24digi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

He suggests they take SAP, but moments ago they announced a collaboration.

Microsoft Joins Forces with SAP America for Healthcare IT

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080225/clm104.html?.v=47

And Microsoft now boasts HealthVault but those 'nasty' Microsoft rivals can't
get access to much because of Silverlight. Yuck.

A Microsoft/Novell employees (de Icaza) has made his talk available in formats
we can all use... Not.

Lang.NET talks available

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| The Lang.NET 2008 talks have been published.
|
| They require Silverlight 1.0, but Moonlight compiled from source with ffmpeg
| support is able to play those presentations back.
|
| If you are in a rush, see the following post for details on downloading the
| WMV file (so you do not need to install Moonlight from source on Linux).
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http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2008/Feb-24.html

Microsoftification of Novell.

Related:

Microsoft Shares the Love

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| News Brief. I'm a huge fan of guerrilla marketing. Two excellent examples:
| Silverlight valentines and the Martin Luther King Jr. virtual tour.
|
| The first is a collaborative effort by Microsoft's Windows Live and
| Silverlight teams: Valentine's Day e-cards, created using Silverlight. PC
| users can send their love using photos from Flickr or Windows Live Spaces.  
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/microsoft_shares_the_love.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

Microsoft Shares the Love, but Not with Linux

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| Microsoft has put up an invitation to share the love, but not with Linux
| (just bear with me, it will make sense in the end). With Valentine's Day just
| a few weeks away, the teams over at Windows Live and Microsoft Silverlight
| have joined their forces to enable users to spread and share their love.    
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Shares-the-Love-But-Not-with-Linux-76929.shtml

Is Seven Renegade, Guerrilla Marketer or Fake?

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| Some advice for Microsoft: If this site is unsanctioned but real, don't shut
| it down. The most recent post is reason enough. The anonymous blogger gives a
| short history of Windows architectural changes, and he or she provides the
| most information about Vista. Microsoft, you need some good Windows
| evangelism right now, and an anonymous and seemingly insider blogger is a
| great way to generate buzz. If Seven provides some juicy details, people will
| subscribe to his or her feed, and enthusiast sites will report or blog every
| little feature.      
|
| Some kudos for Microsoft: If Seven is a sanctioned guerrilla marketer, he or
| she has been too long waiting to blog. Microsoft, you need to get some good
| leaks out there to generate buzz. Please, let's see more of this. Be
| aggressive, take marketing risks. A blog such as this is worth millions of
| dollars in advertising, if it delivers the goods (meaning details) and
| generates buzz.      
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/is_seven_renegade_guerrilla_marketer_or_fake.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535

Ustream.tv negotiating $50 million sale to Microsoft

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| Our tipster also mentions that Microsoft would use Ustream as a way to
| promote its Adobe Flash competitor, Silverlight.
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http://valleywag.com/354140/ustreamtv-negotiating-50-million-sale-to-microsoft

Microsoft's Silverlight Promises to Disrupt Linux Web Users

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| Just as it seemed that Linux users (especially 64-bit users) would
| finally be able to enjoy streaming content with a minimum of
| hassle, Microsoft's new Silverlight software promises to throw a
| wrench in the works. Because of sites like Google Video and
| Youtube, Flash video has become a common means of streaming
| multimedia over the Internet.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1418.html

Microsoft's 'Everywhere' excludes Linux

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| This browser add-on enables rendering of WPF content, but
| "Everywhere" doesn't include Linux.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7794/53/

ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack

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| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon for
| network applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569