10 Biggest Microsoft Surprises of 2005

IZ Reloaded writes "The Microsoft Watch has a top 10 list of the biggest Microsoft surprises of the year. Among the surprises are Internet Explorer rising from the dead, Microsoft gets RSS and Microsoft Office team blogging. From Microsoft Watch: MS 'gets' RSS: While some folks were less than overjoyed that Microsoft was tinkering with the "little orange RSS box," Microsoft ended up looking like a company with a clue when it came to outlining its company-wide RSS strategy in 2005. RSS support will be built into not just Internet Explorer 7.0, but also Outlook 12 and Windows Vista itself. Almost all Microsoft blogs and sites have RSS feeds these days. RSS is gospel in Redmond these days."

Comments

Re:Who cares

[Kookus]

I wish I had mod points because this is the first article in a long time that I really felt that way. Who cares?

Re:Microsoft and RSS

[Misroi]

"Quick! There's a feature out there that a small fraction of users find useful! Let's bolt it directly onto the OS!"

Of course, considering the Dashboard in Mac OS X 10.4, this could just be another example of Microsoft following Apple's example.

Let me get this staight, you're making fun of Microsoft for implementing a feature, but since Apple did the same thing, Microsoft is just copying their revolutianary idea.
Help me here, is Microsoft following Apple's example by "bolting a feature that a small fraction of users find useful directly to the dashboard", or are you implying that this feature is only revolutianary to Apple's users?

xbox 360 warez already runs

[n]

to some extent