[THIN] Re: Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO
- From: Jeff Malczewski <jeff.malczewski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 09:42:16 -0500
Jim, I fail to see how this will enhance TS since it's all about
office, and under the office team....
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:07:00 -0000, Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Well ages ago the Office Suite, which is probably what secured their
> dominance (DOS gave them a shot at it; didn't secure it).
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> Nick
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> From: Matthew Shrewsbury [mailto:MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 March 2005 13:28
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> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO
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> Subject: [THIN] Re: Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO
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> I was thinking about it over the weekend and I can't think of anything
> original Microsoft has done (Bob might be the exception). Maybe what
> Microsoft brings that is different is support and mass marketing.
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> Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Joe Shonk
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 12:11 PM
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> Subject: [THIN] Re: Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO
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> If you can't crush them, buy themâ Has Microsoft done something original in
> the last few years that has been successful? (No, BOB was a failure)
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> Joe
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jim Kenzig Kenzig.com
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:37 PM
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> Subject: [THIN] Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO
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> Sounds like they are going to enhance TS a bit maybe with this one?
> JK
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> by Paul Thurrott, thurrott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO
> In a somewhat unsurprising move, given the tight relationship
> between the two companies, Microsoft announced yesterday that it will
> acquire Groove Networks, a leading provider of ad-hoc workgroup
> collaboration software. In addition, Groove Founder Ray Ozzie will
> become a Microsoft chief technology officer (CTO); Norman Judah and
> David Vaskevitch will also retain their CTO titles. Previously, Ozzie
> created a little program you might have heard of called Lotus Notes.
> "The acquisition of Groove complements Microsoft's collaboration
> offerings to include real-time, server-based, and peer-to-peer
> solutions that address the ever-changing and more complex work
> environment," Je ff Raikes, group vice president of Microsoft's
> Information Worker Group, said. "Together, Microsoft and Groove will
> make anytime, anywhere collaboration a more natural and easy extension
> of how information workers coordinate their projects and document
> centric work." The Groove technology will become part of Microsoft's
> Information Worker Group, which is responsible for Microsoft Office.
> Groove's flagship product, Virtual Office, lets people in disparate
> physical locations work collaboratively over a network. Virtual Office
> provides workspaces through which workers can share files, host
> discussions, manage projects, and perform similar actions. The software
> complements technologies that Microsoft currently employs in products
> such as Microsoft Live Communications Server 2005 and Microsoft Office
> Communicator 2005, both of which the company announced earlier this
> week.
> Based in Beverly, Massachusetts, Groove was founded in 1997 and has
> been a close Microsoft partner ever since. According to Groove, most
> company employees will continue to work in the Massachusetts office.
> The acquisition should be completed by June, Microsoft noted.
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