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By: GrinGod [dot] Com » Blog Archive » Is Microsoft About To Buy Zend?

GrinGod [dot] Com » Blog Archive » Is Microsoft About To Buy Zend? — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:28:22 +0000

[...] The question is: is Microsoft ready to get into bed with open source itself. Enter Zend. Zend is an Israeli company that has grown up around the open source scripting engine PHP. Previously Microsoft announced that it would be working with Zend to provide better support for PHP under Windows Server. [...]

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » スクープ：PHPベンチャーのZendがレイオフ。狙いは身売りか

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » スクープ：PHPベンチャーのZendがレイオフ。狙いは身売りか — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:49:13 +0000

[...] 別のパートナーであるMicrosoftは、すでにZendをWindows Serverに組み込んでいる。Zendのおかげで、.Netを使いたくないプログラマーはPHPを使ってWindows Serverで走るアプリケーションを開発することができる。MicrosoftがYahooを買収することがあれば、YahooにはPHPアプリが大量にあるので、いよいよZendを引き取る意味が出てくる。 CrunchBase Information Zend Technologies Information provided by CrunchBase [...]

By: Job Cuts at PHP Startup Zend Could Be Aimed With An Eye Towards a Sale

Job Cuts at PHP Startup Zend Could Be Aimed With An Eye Towards a Sale — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:26:37 +0000

[...] partner is Microsoft, which has already integrated Zend into Windows Server. Thanks to Zend, programmers who don’t want to be bothered with .Net can use PHP instead to [...]

By: Weekly Roundup, November 3, 2006 : Exclusive Concepts Blog

Weekly Roundup, November 3, 2006 : Exclusive Concepts Blog — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:04:46 +0000

[...] You know we’ve come along way when Microsoft is partnering with open source technology. More on this from TechCrunch. [...]

By: Brenda's Basics

Brenda's Basics — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:21:13 +0000

I got my own domain!…

Well, what the heck, thought I’d branch-out even more. Microsoft Office Live has a basics website for free. You get your own domain, website creator, e-mail, and business solutions [in part]. And upgraded options for those who don’t mind…

By: Zend Technologies » Blog Archive » Zend’s Agreement With Microsoft

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:03:41 +0000

[...] In this interview with Infoworld Andi summarizes Zend’s logic once more. And here is an interview with Andi on Microsoft’s Port 25. And in TechCrunch, Marshall Kerkpatrick provides a credible perspective on Microsoft’s strategic objectives. In the meantime developers interested in the progress are downloading the preview of the technology improvements here at Zend’s website. 2 comments to “Zend’s Agreement With Microsoft” Rob… November 8th, 2006 at 9:42 am [...]

By: Knowledge Cafe » Blog Archive » Web 2.0, 1.0 of toch weer 2.0?

Knowledge Cafe » Blog Archive » Web 2.0, 1.0 of toch weer 2.0? — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:49:37 +0000

[...] Gelukkig staan we niet alleen, want ook Microsoft lijkt zich langzamerhand in een Web 2.0 organisatie te transformeren. Er is hoop (voor consultants in spé als wij)… November 12th, 2006 [...]

By: MartinKloos.nl » Blog Archive » Web 2.0, 1.0 of toch weer 2.0?

MartinKloos.nl » Blog Archive » Web 2.0, 1.0 of toch weer 2.0? — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:23:13 +0000

[...] Gelukkig staan we niet alleen, want ook Microsoft lijkt zich langzamerhand in een Web 2.0 organisatie te transformeren. Er is hoop… | Tags: eroom, microsoft, sharepoint, social bookmarking, social software, web 1.0, web 2.0, weblog, wiki Leave a Comment [...]

By: devagar com o andor at Caveat Emptor

devagar com o andor at Caveat Emptor — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 07:16:57 +0000

[...] E se a grande tendência para o futuro será, realmente, a união de funcionalidades online com aplicativos instalados no computador - com o que eu concordo -, estou em boa companhia em achar que a Microsoft está muito bem encaminhada. [...]

By: The Escape Blog

The Escape Blog — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:48:56 +0000

The Empire Strikes Back…

It’s about time Microsoft put their hat back in the ring and realised that the rules have changed (for the better). Techcrunch Reports on Microsoft 2.0: Embracing Lightweight, Open Source Apps Online.Microsoft is partnering with an open source facilit…

By: Richard Crowley

Richard Crowley — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:17:01 +0000

Things like this are what shake my ability to hate Microsoft passionately. The cooperation with Zend could not have been seen coming, and it may herald a new era of cooperation between Microsoft and Open Source. I’ll still use Apache and Linux, though.

By: Marl Balou

Marl Balou — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:20:03 +0000

I downloaded office accounting express from http://www.ideawins.com. I used it to manage my eBay busienss that I was tracking in Excel - it was easy to do that. Now I can run my ebay biz from within Acct Express and also do invoicing with PayPal (and have nice looking invoices in Word - all from within Express). The price is hard to beat!. I wish they added more inventory functionality. All in all a nice surprise from M$. (maybe now I should remove the $). Small Businesses should give this a try…

By: Harro!

Harro! — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:06:53 +0000

We use PHP. We like how software $$$ got shared among more people. However, whether you are MS, Google, etc.. when you start giving your eyeballs to their platform, you are eventually giving them the right to dictate what you do online.

I suggest continued innovation on the open-source platform. Its FREE SPEECH! Protect your business.

By: Marcel

Marcel — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:29:25 +0000

I’m a PHP advocate, but I didn’t expect this from MS…

Now if could only use their own version of Ubuntu

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:18:31 +0000

Yeah for competition. Don’t forget that Microsoft also just release Windows Media Player 11 which includes some significant enhancements as well as bringing Windows Defender out of beta, stiffling one of the significant complaint areas against the OS - that it lacked in automatic security features (while at the same time accusing it of being monopolistic).

By: nemrut

nemrut — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:00:14 +0000

This will make for a very interesting turn of events. Microsoft has been pre-occupied with ‘Long-in-the-Horn’ for the past century and suddenly they do an about face with the launch of web 2.0 apps.

I certainly hope they fulfill their goal of ‘lean and light’ vs the ‘heavy, bloated and leaking’ software thy have a reputation for delivering. Maybe this latest announcement will light a fire under Google’s butt to focus their efforts and put more thought into the overall usabiliy of their products.

That being said, I cant help but to think that nothing good will come of this if Mr. Softie does prevail. They have a long history and a deeply rooted culture of competing to not just win–but destry, then dropping the ball when the battle is won. Even if Google’s corporate mantra of ‘Do no Evil’ is all nothing but public relations fluff, there are at least a significant number of Googlers who truly care about developing useful products and not just winning.

By: Maverick

Maverick — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:40:35 +0000

i downloaded office accounting express and was very impressed. i sell quite a bit on ebay and i think microsoft has hit the spot with its web 2.0 functionality for ebay sellers. i still need to try the other services in the accounting software. does anyone have feedback on what the paypal service is. btw, i noticed on their web site http://www.ideawins.com that they are alluding to something called ultimate challenge. anyone know what that is ?

By: Oliver Dueck

Oliver Dueck — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:28:42 +0000

Microsoft embraces PHP on the same day Bob Barker announces his retirement? Is hell freezing over?

By: Alex Pooley

Alex Pooley — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:54:39 +0000

I’ve always thought Microsoft had a good business mind. IMHO Microsoft are just “doing their thing”, and if people want to call it web 2.0, they can. It’s business that happens to be in the tech industry, not technology that just happens to be in business.

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By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:09:03 +0000

The FastCGI plugin to IIS looks interesting for Ruby on Rails developers who want a Windows 2003 deployment option (like me). Now, if they can bundle a good ISAPI rewrite extension as well, you’ll likely see Rails on Windows as a good alternative to the *nix installations.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:24:18 +0000

Hmm

“Got all that? Microsoft is partnering with an open source facilitator, releasing free rich internet applications, online storage, web mail, calendaring, hosted CRM and a non-walled garden ad campaign manager. The fight between Microsoft and Google is getting very interesting.”

Notice most of these are where Microsoft has been weak and has failed to some degree :
*PHP has kicked ASP’s butt
*Online storage they haven’t even been here yet
*Web Mail They have been quite successfull with hotmail but have to respond to Google
*Hosted CRM/Accounts - Intuit and Sage kisked their but in these markets

If they really are serious about web 2.0 where ire the Office 2.0 products like spreadsheeets, wordprocessing, slides et al .. ?
Unfortunately that would damage their existing Cash Cows, so I I don’t think they are embracing ‘Open Source’ or being ‘Web 2.0′.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:18:19 +0000

Web 2.0, a new cast of characters to team up against MS under the banner of open source, do good intent. Big companies protect their markets before they reinvent. Better to not attack directly, or too openly.

By: Microsoft not backing down, Intuit’s Quickbase « Technically Speaking

Microsoft not backing down, Intuit’s Quickbase « Technically Speaking — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:16:40 +0000

[...] The earlier news I posted a few hours ago on Windows and PHP actually had some more base to it then I thought. It looks like the little company from Redmond is actually now partnering up with Zend. Google, looks like it’s time to play in the big show! [...]

By: name

name — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:11:26 +0000

testing

By: George Chernikov

George Chernikov — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 23:09:50 +0000

Although I’m secretly (well, not anymore) rooting for Google, I’m simply happy that someone will attempt to put up a credible challenge to its dominance. As a die-hard free-market proponent, I believe that the more competition there is, the more us the consumers will benefit. However, with Microsoft having wasted so much time, it’ll be interested just what else they will come up with in an attempt to dethrone Google.