Topic: Microsoft
Tom Copeland, system administrator of RubyForge.org joins Phil, Matt, and Scott in an assessment of the current state of the Ruby programming language, including a review of the establishment of RubyForge as an alternative to SourceForge. The group also has a lively discussion of the new Microsoft Novell partnership, along with other current issues.
Online social collaboration continues to grow in popularity as companies develop tools to greater facilitate its use. Socialtext was the first company to build around the wiki and its CEO Ross Mayfield joins Phil Windley, Matt Asay, and Scott C. Lemon in a review of technology news. Starting with a followup of last week's Oracle/Red Hat discussion, the group moves to such topics as the announcement of SocialPoint, Socialtext's integration with Microsoft's Sharepoint. Other topics include issues such as email reduction and Google's acquisition of JotSpot.
Do bloggers have an impact on customer support? How is Oracle impacting the current state of Novell and is Oracle going to buy RedHat? What is Microsoft's involvement in the SCO lawsuit? These are some of the questions discussed by Phil Windley, Matt Asay, Scott C Lemon, and their guest Dave Rosenberg, CEO of MuleSource. They also review such topics as alternative operating systems, the release of Firefox 2.0 and other current technology stories.
Powered by Virtual Earth, Microsoft is building geospatial communities where you can fly around the globe and stop off at exactly the right local destinations. Stephen Lawler reveals how a natural language approach makes it straightforward to navigate and interact in multiple dimensions within an information-rich environment, opening up global access to local knowledge. New features let people mark up and stir in their own information to build on social networks and map out personal passions.
At Microsoft, 'cooperative competition' is a well known strategy for success. As commercial open source continues to drive changes in the software industry, coopetition - between open source and commercial software companies alike - will be a defining factor in determining further business success and meeting customer needs. Jerry Fishenden explores the principles of coopetition in nature, in gaming, and at Microsoft, in order to make the case for a new software business strategy.
The dominant force in the industry for more than twenty years is finally facing stern competition. In this conversation, Microsoft key players Ray Ozzie, Yusuf Mehdi, and Gary Flake discuss the changing technology landscape and the challenges their company face. The talk covers their plans to adapt to Web 2.0, the optimism surrounding their current efforts in the area of search, and the development of new economic models to monetize their core assets like Office.
From capturing everything that you experience to digitizing any physical item, Microsoft Research Labs covers a lot of ground in many areas beyond computer science and software. Microsoft Research Senior VP Rick Rashid discusses some of the more off-the-beaten path technologies Microsoft is exploring. [ETech 2005 audio from IT Conversations]
Robert Scoble is a Microsoft technical evangelist, but is most know as the world famous "Scobleizer" blogger. He discusses his early days of blogging and how his blogging at Microsoft was often risky. He also explains how blogging is proving to be a valuable corporate communications tool. Robert discusses other important issues such as Windows Vista, podcasting, weblog
search, opml and attention.xml. [Web Talk audio on IT Conversations]
IT Conversations' producer Doug Kaye interviews Joel Spolsky, the author of Joel on Software. He worked on Microsoft's Excel development team, still a strong influence on his opinions on software development. Topics include: extreme programming of which Joel has often been a critic, formal testing, particularly on large projects, why "customers don't know what they want" and The Joel Test. Joel has plenty to say about Microsoft (why some developers may not move to Avalon/XAML/WinFX, and what will happen to Win32).
In this session from the Web 2.0 Conference, you'll get to hear some of the most intriguing new developments from three of the biggest R&D shops in the world: IBM, Google and Microsoft. The panel includes Peter Norvig (Google) Richard F. Rashid (Microsoft) and Jim Spohrer (IBM). [Web 2.0 Conference audio from IT Conversations]
