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Microsoft to Acquire Groove Networks
namalc writes "In a huge shot across the groupware bow, Microsoft announced today that it would acquire Groove Networks, and Ray Ozzie, the founder of Groove, would become Microsoft CTO.
Ray Ozzie, the
creator of Lotus Notes, had positioned Groove to straddle both the IBM/Lotus and Microsoft worlds. It will be interesting to see what direction Groove takes now."
I guess the MS BOB team needed someone they could look down on.
"It will be _interesting_ to see what direction Groove takes now."
I believe you have mis-typed "bloody obvious and deeply depressing" in that sentence.
Another day, another assimilation.
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Wow, they must REALLY be running out of ideas to sell more copies of Office.
This is great news for OOo.
Given my experience with Lotus Notes, Microsoft has some work to do.
;-)
You know, adding things like automatic virus loading, extremely slow message filtering, brain-dead mail search, and so on.
It will be interesting to see what direction Groove takes now.
"Dude, you're going to hell."
Here's your handbasket.
Toilets outlets are always shaped that way to keep the stink down.
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.|< The named which can be named is not the true named
Click the Link --- see how "Groove Networks" is underlined? The underline indicates that if you click it (with your mouse) you will be presented with more infomation.
For example if there is a link to "Groove Networks" more information about Groove Networks will appear! Wow!
Yup, that's pretty much what all groupware is -- it's software that causes open source fanboys to say "I don't see what the big deal is. I could do the same thing with NNTP, awk, MythTV, ReiserFS, two tin cans and a piece of string. All this "integration" and "working" stuff is just eye candy."
Lotus Notes is the same thing, except that in that case the fanboys really could have done better with the cans and string.
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
Viral office? How does that differ from Microsoft Office?
It will be interesting to see what direction Groove takes now.
Down.
My office is in the same huge complex in Beverly as the Groove offices - so if Microsoft pumps money and bodies in there, it'll just make it more difficult to park than it already is!
Other than that, it's really not too big a deal in my eyes. Microsoft's been pumping money into Groove for a few years now, and Groove has been putting all their development efforts into Windows for a long time (it was originally supposed to be a multiplatform product). Maybe Groove will become more than a niche product now?
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