Hmm. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Visio? You mean products that Microsoft has purchased and enhanced? And even DOS was a purchased/stolen copy of QDOS. This doesn't sound original to me. Joe _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nick Smith Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 7:07 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO Well ages ago the Office Suite, which is probably what secured their dominance (DOS gave them a shot at it; didn't secure it). Nick _____ From: Matthew Shrewsbury [mailto:MShrewsbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 14 March 2005 13:28 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO 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. Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+ Network Administrator -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 12:11 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO If you can't crush them, buy them. Has Microsoft done something original in the last few years that has been successful? (No, BOB was a failure) Joe _____ From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig Kenzig.com Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 6:37 PM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Microsoft Acquires Groove, Gets New CTO Sounds like they are going to enhance TS a bit maybe with this one? JK by Paul Thurrott, thurrott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <http://us.f310.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=thurrott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&YY=26 498&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b> 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.