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Microsoft Launches RFID Software Project
securitas writes "RFID Journal reports on the first Microsoft RFID software pilot project. Microsoft launched the six-month pilot in December with KiMs, Denmark's largest snack food producer. Microsoft plans to bring the new RFID-enabled supply chain management software (Axapta Warehouse Management) to market next year, targeting small- to medium-sized businesses. The news comes after Microsoft announced its Smarter Retailing Initiative, tools based on RFID and .Net Web services. More on this latest development at CNet and InformationWeek."
[Pilot-Project Test Warehouse in Denmark]
PHB: OK, the new MS inventory system automatically ordered 15 semi-trailer loads of Kotex Ultra Thick & Fluffy With Wings. Make sure we have room for that shipment.
GeekSlave: But.. Sir, we sell snack food, not..
PHB: Don't question the system; do you know how much it cost?!
Trolling is a art,
hmmm lets see 2000000 rfd tags at $399.00 for each license comes too ....
"It's so convenient to have a system where everyone is a criminal" - A. Hitler
pig out on candy bars.
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
Microsoft AND RFID bashing all in one thread. Woohoo!
Life in Orange County
news from the CNN today: Microsoft Patents the RFID supply chain management process!
You RFID the food itself, not the wrapper, that way you can track its journey through your system and beyond!
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Microsoft launched the six-month pilot in December
Great...good news that. I was worried that a capable outfit would get involved and RFID might gain traction. Now I can relax.
the privacy implications of RFIDs now that I know that Microsoft will be running the software that tracks them. And I look forward to my secure computing/Palladium/RFID implant. I know that my unimatrix team can help assimilate unique biological species to enhance the collective. I'm Five of Twenty Six Adjunct. Welcome!
Hmm... think there's a chance this was written by a male?
How will they make such a teeny-tiny blue screen?
I had a friend lose his Palm over at the airport in Maradonna
Maradonna is legendary soccer player from Argentina, and even though he grew fat during past few years, it's highly unlikely they managed to place an airport on his body.
I wrote it on the Starter cap
If Rob were to provide his autograph, he'd probably choose a ThinkGeek cap or something, why would he go with the Starter cap?
I seen this one shit on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick
The repercussions with the DNS server are highly unlikely to be publicized on major networks such as CNN or Fox News, as DNS server failure is quite common (unless it's root DNS server). Perhaps a better line would say "I seen this one shit on the Web..."
Jenny Craig cheaters, beware!
This is a manual virus. Copy it to your sig and help me spread!
That's interesting. Somehow you made it sound like the perfect opportunity for an OSS project. Huge list of options that no one will ever use, commercial versions going bust right and left, stingy target demographic, not easy to implement, etc.
I think maybe someone should reserve a space on Sourceforge for RFID.