Pinboard: bookmarks for sogrady tagged 'saas'

"This is a smartish move by Microsoft. It will make, thanks to Miguel's prescience, MS Office available on the GNU/Linux desktop. However it will cost Microsoft a fortune in server hardware and electricity, and there are formidable problems around metering and managing the live service, particularly against a leaner, simpler free (beer) rival in Google. Of course, as soon as the half of computer users with laptops go dis-connected, or catch a flight (when can we expect high-bandwidth, low latency transatlantic internet services ? or even ubiquitous in-seat power ?) - they will have to use OpenOffice anyway, oh, and their portable hardware will need to be beefy enough to be capable of running that, so - why not author it there in the first place ?" - Michael Meeks view on the hosted Office release

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november 2008 by sogrady

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IBM to roll out $8-per-month hosted Lotus Wednesday | The Industry Standard

we've been arguing for this since, well, forever, but it's good to see. the pricepoint is problematic at nearly 2X Google Apps, but it's still a step in the right direction.

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october 2008 by sogrady

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SnapLogic Blog » Connecting Clouds - Integration and Cloud Computing

integration will indeed be a challenge, as will standards v lock-in

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july 2008 by sogrady

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Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: McKinsey surveys the new software landscape

the times, they are a'changing

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april 2008 by sogrady

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Microsoft launches its alternative to Amazon’s SimpleDB | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

it will be interesting to see how well Microsoft navigates this transition

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march 2008 by sogrady

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Microsoft expands hosted software offering for business | InfoWorld | News | 2008-03-03 | By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service

"Microsoft is trying not to alienate existing customers paying for what some call a pricey insurance plan, called Software Assurance...Microsoft is offering Online Services at a discount for those who pay for Software Assurance. "

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march 2008 by sogrady

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Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | On the importance of being megadata

"Amazon has opened SimpleDB for beta testers. As you would expect the system is designed to scale and as such has dropped generic relational operations such as joins and transactions."

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december 2007 by sogrady

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Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | The Web 2.0 Office Suite

"If you do a little math the data also shows that of those that actually did use an online office suite 70% have continued to use it in one form or another." - my usage of online is steadily increasing. also, we're now using it w/ clients, who love it.

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december 2007 by sogrady

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"We see more and more of our ISV customers evolving their business towards a model that includes traditional on-premise software as well as on-demand options." - lots more to come on this in Jan and the months ahead

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december 2007 by sogrady

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Eventual consistency at Pensieri di un lunatico minore

"With the announcement of SimpleDB, Amazon has put together the last major piece needed for a fully cloud-based development approach...I see a few things that are both game-changing...First, you no longer do you have to buy any infrastructure." - indeed

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december 2007 by sogrady

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Phil Windley's Technometria | Starting a High Tech Business: Choosing a Deployment Model

an outline of potential deployment models for software firms, with pros and cons attached

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december 2007 by sogrady

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Mobile Open Source :: Fabrizio Capobianco

"I believe AGPL will save open source." - much as i respect Fabrizio, i don't agree with this assessment. it will be interesting, nevertheless, to see what the reaction to the refreshed license is

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november 2007 by sogrady

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Affero: A new GPL for software as a service | Underexposed - CNET News.com

a more stringent version of the GPL which extends the definition of distribution (and thereby the reciprocal provision) to SaaS; this is Google et al's worst nightmare

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november 2007 by sogrady

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isabel wang's blog: The one-way web, or Microsoft Office vs the Internet

"It doesn't have to be this way, does it? I think the first step towards widespread SaaS adoption is helping people shake off their irrational MS Office dependence." - users will definitely have to meet the apps halfway

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october 2007 by sogrady

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On-Demand Infinitely Scalable Database Seed the Amazon EC2 Cloud | High Scalability

does the model have problems? you bet. is it general purpose yet? nope. but is it a sign of things to come? absolutely yes, IMO.

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september 2007 by sogrady

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Google Docs vs. the Hassle of Microsoft Office and Friends (by Jeremy Zawodny)

and so it begins...

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july 2007 by sogrady

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» Cheap Software Solutions For Freelancers

interesting to see things like OO.o and Google Docs from a non-technologists perspective (fully agree on the Impress critique, incidentally)

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july 2007 by sogrady

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Zoho vs Google Docs

interesting comparison of Zoho's apps vs Google's. the net? Zoho's has more, and their apps are more richly functional, while Google's are more stable and performant.

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july 2007 by sogrady

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DeskLickr - Flickrize your Mac desktop!

my dream for GNOME, come to life on OS X - cool!

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july 2007 by sogrady

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jasondclinton: Changed by Google and the Intar-web

"Many others have said what I have just concluded: the desktop is changing." - irrespective of what you think of his conclusions re: Desktop, the point is well taken. GNOME, IMO, would benefit from an embrace of online applications

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july 2007 by sogrady

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Joe Gregorio | BitWorking | Self-referential responsibility

"The important part...is that all the web based things fell to me, and I turned to Google Apps. The startup process was amazing, in just two hours we went from zero to having our own domain name, a web site, email, chat, docs, and calendaring."

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june 2007 by sogrady

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Salesforce shares up on speculation of Google deal | News | Mergers/Acquisitions | Reuters

Salesforce.com + Google would indeed be an interesting combination; not least because it would reveal - finally - Google's enterprise ambitions so we don't have to keep convincing people of same

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june 2007 by sogrady

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» Podcast: ‘Google Gears’ vies to be de facto tech for offline Web apps | Berlind’s Testbed | ZDNet.com

great piece from Berlind on Google Gears; looks like i've got another Q&A coming

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may 2007 by sogrady

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Google Gears (BETA)

strike that, it supports Linux, Mac and Windows - ok, this is fascinating

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may 2007 by sogrady

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Google Operating System: Windows Live Folders, Online Storage Service

this would be interesting

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may 2007 by sogrady

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ESPN.com - FANTASY/GEN - Open Letter to our Users

running an online service is not easy, but i'm going to lose my waiver/etc moves now

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april 2007 by sogrady

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Microsoft is Dead

i guess i'm old, because i'm thinking of the cash ;)

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april 2007 by sogrady

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» You’ve heard of KDE (the K Desktop Environment)? How about an MDE (hint: M=Mozilla) | Berlind’s Testbed | ZDNet.com

i'm with Berlind on this one, although i think SQLite's a more likely candidate for the persistence mechanism than JavaDB/Derby, given that's what's going to be backing Firefox 3.0

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march 2007 by sogrady

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Web Host Industry Review | theWHIR Blogs : The Future of SaaS, and What Puts ThinkFree Ahead of Google

been meaning to check out Thinkfree - this should be a good kick in the pants; looked at DocExchange quickly, however, and was underwhelmed

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march 2007 by sogrady

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Web Host Industry Review | theWHIR Blogs : Zoho Doubles Customer Count in 5 Months, Racing Google Apps to 1 Million User Mark

i'm a bit skeptical of Zoho's ability to threaten Google here simply because i'd rather have a vendor focus heavily on 2 or 3 apps i use most, but no question that Zoho's innovating: Notebook is terrific

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march 2007 by sogrady

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Joyeur: Joyent and Corel Announce Partnership to Deliver Joyent Connector to users of Corel WordPerfect Lightning

very interesting news from the Joyent guys, who are trying to help Corel bridge the online/offline worlds - the approach is interesting, and i'll reserve judgement on the partner/tool until i see it

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february 2007 by sogrady

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Web Host Industry Review | theWHIR Blogs : Google Apps for Domains to Become Paid Service in "Coming Weeks"

interesting; we'd have to consider this, b/c Google Calendar in particular is so much more accessible than Zimbra

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february 2007 by sogrady

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Jeff Barr’s Blog » SELECT DISTINCT(email_address) FROM inbox ORDER by last_name;

"Does any of this make sense? Anyone else feel the same way?" yes, and yes; much like their client server counterparts, SaaS will eventually have to evolve beyond the silos - should be easier, too

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february 2007 by sogrady

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Welcome to Yottamusic

just found this via Anthony of Hype Machine fame

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january 2007 by sogrady

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Joyeur: Joyent Core: Live

the Joyent folks have finalized the Core product - a bunch of bundled, hosted apps; @ 15/mo or 99/year the price is right, i think, for SMB customers

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january 2007 by sogrady

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SitePen Blog » Blog Archive » The Dojo Offline Toolkit

Brad was kind enough to point me to this in a comment on the blog; very much looking forward to what 07 holds for offline storage

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january 2007 by sogrady

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Interview with Matt Mullenweg by Blogging Pro

"Frankly if someone could take a product we wrote and do a better job with it then they deserve the success. It has been tried before. It’s not really something I worry about a lot." - couple of folks have linked here, but good interview

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november 2006 by sogrady

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Venture Chronicles

facinating post from ex-SAPer Jeff Nolan; worth a read for his take on enterprise sales, SOAification, and more

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october 2006 by sogrady

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halfnote

need to give this a whirl; don't know if it'll replace Writely, but the encryption is an interesting angle

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october 2006 by sogrady

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Yahoo! 360° - Mark de Visser's Blog - More on Google Apps

"So we talk over the phone or Skype, and track our projects and action items in a Google Spreadsheet." - as do we; more on this shortly

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october 2006 by sogrady

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Proudly Serving My Corporate Masters: Trying to Grok Windows Live

"The only problem is, I really don't know what he is talking about." - interesting commentary; Live's role going forward will doubtless be immense, but how does it play out both technically and economically?

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october 2006 by sogrady

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MACCIUS > Services Status

great news - the folks from MACCIuS have instituted an application status page - every SaaS app should have one of these; do sys mgmt vendors have a quick and easy offering for that? if not, they should

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october 2006 by sogrady

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Luis Villa’s Blog » guadec thoughts #3: where is .gnome?

they'd have my five bucks a month if they asked for it - bundle a bunch of these services with something akin to rsync.net and i think you'd make a bit of cash; not gobs, perhaps, but decent money

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july 2006 by sogrady

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The Licquia Blog » Blog Archive » Software As A Disservice

he's got a point, but overall i don't agree; the time and effort involved in running all of the services is likely better invested elsewhere (not to mention that very few people have the capability to do this) - and more to the point, disaster can happen

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march 2006 by sogrady

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Zimbra - Zimbra Hosting

initial round of Zimbra hosters is here; that's the good news - can't find much info on their websites, alas

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march 2006 by sogrady

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» More code foreshadowing perhaps? | Googling Google | ZDNet.com

VOIP would make Gmail very, very interesting

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february 2006 by sogrady

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NOSE: Innovation, eLearning, Educational Technology, OpenSource : Microsoft's Press vs Google's Press

i'm with the NOSE here; this just smacks of whining

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february 2006 by sogrady

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christopher baus dot net

why Feedlounge matters indeed; amen, Christopher

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february 2006 by sogrady

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Microsoft Team RSS Blog : Windows RSS Platform

RSS embedded in the OS; not sure this makes a ton of sense, outside of a single machine use case (via James)

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february 2006 by sogrady

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Alex Bosworth's Weblog: Trust, Morality, and Software Services

very important, very good essay from Alex: if you just read one linked feed of mine today, read this one

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november 2005 by sogrady

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developerWorks : Blogs : Bob Sutor

good news from Bob: Writely is now supporting ODF

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november 2005 by sogrady

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Ian Murdock’s Weblog ‽ “Small pieces loosely joined” and Web 2.0

and with that, Ian's welcomed to firstfeeds - aligns very well with what i see

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november 2005 by sogrady

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Services Disruption

Ozzie's memo to MS on the services wave

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november 2005 by sogrady

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Internet Software Services

Bill Gates commentary on the Ozzie memo and services

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november 2005 by sogrady

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Windows Live

guess i'll have to wait for the Firefox version, but so far i'm unimpressed - can't wait to see the online Office tho

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november 2005 by sogrady

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InformationWeek > Microsoft > Coming From Microsoft: 'Hosted Everything' > October 26, 2005

Microsoft, at least, appears to get the power of hosted applications; would that i could convince more vendors that that was real, mostly greenfield market

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october 2005 by sogrady

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The importance of interaction data | InfoWorld | Column | 2005-10-12 | By Jon Udell

good piece from Udell on the advantages SaaS has in terms of immediate and real-time feedback

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october 2005 by sogrady

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The Gilder Fallacy

Fitzgerald takes on notions of bandwidth outpacing Moore's law; with him on some points, not so much on others

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october 2005 by sogrady

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'GoogleOffice': A Microsoft Office Killer?

if any of the Wagged folks are listening, i'd love a briefing - NDA or otherwise - on the collaboration features

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october 2005 by sogrady

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Adam Bosworth's Weblog: Salesforce.com

good to hear from Adam again; while i understand the reasons for not posting more, i still lament them (via Sutor)

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september 2005 by sogrady

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voo2do : simple, beautiful web-based to-do lists

interesting alternative to backpack, ta-da lists etc

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september 2005 by sogrady

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My 30 Day GMail and Yahoo! Mail Challenge (by Jeremy Zawodny)

be interested to see how Jeremey fares here

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september 2005 by sogrady

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Zimbra - Blog

Zimbra's Dietzen on hosting versus on-premise consumption of messaging

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september 2005 by sogrady

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Read/Write Web: Web 2.0 Office

MacManus on some Ajax style office applications

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september 2005 by sogrady

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Secure File Storage and Sharing – Strongspace.com

i like the idea, but need some sort of sync rather than FTP; how well does rsync work over a WAN, i wonder

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august 2005 by sogrady

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Feld Thoughts: Acceptable Downtimie

a must read for service providers of all stripes

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august 2005 by sogrady

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Functioning Form - Google vs. Yahoo! Interface Design

just what it says

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june 2005 by sogrady

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Glen's Weblog: SproutLiner Open-Sourced

the intriguing (but confusing) sproutliner has been open sourced

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may 2005 by sogrady

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Salesforce debuts customization and major deals | CNET News.com

who says you can't customize SaaS?

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may 2005 by sogrady

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>> reemer.com: 37 Signals Launches Backpack

reemer reviews backpack, which i'm playing around with now

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may 2005 by sogrady

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david ascher : Blog Archive : Trumba beta

ascher's thoughts on Trumba; i'm playing with this myself

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may 2005 by sogrady

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evhead: Running your company on web apps

more software-as-a-service traction, this time with Odeo

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april 2005 by sogrady

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Why I love gmail%u2026 and why i%u2019ve stopped using outlook and will soon stop using WORD (Scoble?) - The Jason Calacanis Weblog - calacanis.weblogsinc.com _

this is why Gmail, and not OWA, is the best Ajax implementation. it's got nothing to do with Google/MSFT biases

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april 2005 by sogrady

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Cote's Weblog - Fuck that Last 10%! It don't make me money no-how.

great post from one of my favorite bloggers; at the core, it speaks to the disconnect between sales&marketing and customers who don't really know what they want

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march 2005 by sogrady

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Microsoft Loses Key Windows Architect to Google

seems like the post mentioned was removed shortly after i read it; if true, and Google's behind it, they're being ridiculous

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march 2005 by sogrady

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Markl's Thoughts: Shipping Software

software as a service, Microsoft, etc

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march 2005 by sogrady

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