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News Channel 9: behind the scenes at Microsoft - "Insider Insight" with video postings from MS developers, discussing strategy, problems, concepts. Microsoft Watch - News and Analysis on Microsoft Plans, People, Strategy and Products - The latest news on Microsoft at Microsoft Watch. A Timeline of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Acquisitions - Peter Abilla has placed all of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo's acquitions on a timeline. Peter, what will you do when Microsoft buys Yahoo ? Special: de open standaarden van Microsoft - Eind november kondigde Microsoft aan de bestandsformaten van Word, Excel en PowerPoint, die in Office 12 op de XML-schemas zijn gebaseerd, openbaar te maken. Een overzicht van de gebeurtenissen tot nu toe. Matusow's Blog : Shared Source Licensing - "Based on a quick read, the non-limited versions of these licenses look like they might well be able to meet with OSI approval as open source licenses." (comment by Tim O'Reilly) >> get more news here

Info Redmond Magazine | The Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT Community - Everything from negotiating with vendors and cost-justifying purchases to dealing with internal politics and finding out what Microsoft's doing now and in the future, and how it's likely to affect you. TheServerSide.NET - News, Discussions, Talks, Studies, Articles, Books on .NET - TheServerSide.NET is an online community for enterprise .NET architects and developers SearchWin2000.com - TechTarget's Win2000 specific search engine, offering a wealth of news, articles, product info, ... Microsoft Watch - News and Analysis on Microsoft Plans, People, Strategy and Products - Ziff Davis Microsoft Watch is a unique, independent and timely Web site and email newsletter about one of the most influential and dominant technology companies in history. It's written for executives, marketers, investors and IT professionals whose need-to-know about Microsoft goes well beyond the daily headlines. Written and edited by Mary Jo Foley, one of the best journalists in the industry. Windows Vista upgrade guide, part 2: hardware - It's been five years since Windows Vista's immediate predecessor was released and times have changed, including hardware requirements. This upgrade guide goes line by line through Vista's hardware-dependent features. The breakdown should aid users in what to buy if they want to upgrade to the new OS from Microsoft. >> get more info here

Market Microsoft Developers Netwerk - Ontwikkelstraat (deel 2): De dagelijks - In de vorige column ben ik ingegaan op het begrip "ontwikkelstraat". Naast een aantal elementen heb ik een lijst met 10 vuistregels gegeven voor het neerzetten van een succesvolle ontwikkelstraat. In deze column wil ik de eerste vuistregel verder uitwerken: build dagelijks. JNBridge: Spanning the Worlds of Java and .NET - Bridging solutions for Java/.NET interoperability needs. >> get more market info here

Literature Windows Vista A to Z (Computerworld) - Reviews, analyses, how-tos, hot issues and predictions about Vista, including blogs, opinions, ... and "20 things you won't like about Windows Vista". Microsoft's Distributed Destination: Oslo - Microsoft's Oslo tools and language platform is poised to push the company past .NET and into the cloud. Article: Inside Microsoft's War Against Google - With Yahoo off the table, Microsoft plans to challenge Google's online-ad juggernaut alone. A behind-the-scenes look at its provocative strategy Article: Microsoft's sumo match with Google - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is prepared to take drastic measures to make sure Google doesn%u2019t shove the software giant out of the ring. An Open Letter to Steve Ballmer - I know you want to make your mark on Microsoft (now that Bill is no longer doing it), but you should stop trying to be all things to all people. Take a tip on focus from that other Steve, Steve Jobs that is ... >> get more literature here