December 2008 - Posts

    Microsoft Details Support for ODF in Office 2007 SP2
    by Peter Galli on December 17, 2008

    Microsoft has released documentation that details the implementation of the Open Document Format in Office 2007 Service Pack 2, which is available at no cost on the Document Interoperability Initiative (DII) Web site . This, along with the soon-to-be... more

    • Wednesday, December 17, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    MindTouch, Microsoft, and Social Enterprise Collaboration
    by Peter Galli on December 16, 2008

    In this, our second video filmed at an open source company, the spotlight falls on MindTouch , whose Deki Wiki enables users to connect teams, enterprise systems, publishing systems, Web services and Web 2.0 applications. The first video talked to developers... more

    • Tuesday, December 16, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Eclipse4SL Release Candidate Hits the Streets
    by Peter Galli on December 15, 2008

    The feature complete Release Candidate for Eclipse4SL , an open source, feature-rich RIA application development environment for Microsoft Silverlight in Eclipse, has been released, and can be downloaded here . This new and important milestone includes... more

    • Monday, December 15, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    Oxite: an Open Source Content Management Platform
    by Peter Galli on December 09, 2008

    I'm on the road with Robert Duffner, our Senior Director of Platform Strategy, talking to tech press in New York, Boston and San Francisco this week. So, imagine my surprise when top Microsoft blogger Mary Jo Foley ran an article about a new open source... more

    • Tuesday, December 09, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    SMB2: a Complete Redesign of the Main Remote File Protocol for Windows
    by Peter Galli on December 08, 2008

    SMB (Server Message Block) is a remote file protocol commonly used by Microsoft Windows clients and servers that dates back to 1980's. Back when it was first used, LANs speeds were typically 10Mbps or less, WAN use was very limited and there were no Wireless... more

    • Monday, December 08, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
    New Document Format Interop Solutions
    by Peter Galli on December 03, 2008

    The work to promote interoperability between different document format implementations is yielding some concrete results. A number of new technology solutions were announced in Brussels on December 3 by the Document Interoperability Initiative (DII) ... more

    • Wednesday, December 03, 2008
    • in: Community
    • Peter Galli
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