Archive for November, 2007
CLARITY: Flash versus Flex versus Silverlight
Summary: Flex is to Adobe as Silverlight is to Microsoft
Silverlight is often referred to as Microsoft’s version of Flash, however it is more correct to say it is Microsoft’s version of Flex.
You could say the following…Silverlight 1.0 = FlashSilverlight 2.0 = Flex
[UPDATE: Silverlight 1.1 has been re-branded as Silverlight 2.0]
Here’s a very basic comparison of [...]
CLARITY: SharePoint – WSS versus MOSS
There’s still plenty of confusion out there about SharePoint, particularly around what is included in WSS versus MOSS. Part of the problem is that there is soooo much information about SharePoint that the simple details get lost…
So, let’s go through the various options, comparing WSS with MOSS Standard and MOSS Enterprise as simply as [...]
SBTUG: This Wed with Social Networks, and Silverlight. Plus a great Prize
Another (!) big night this Wed 28 November 2007 with Laurel Papworth and Michael Kordahi presenting.
Both sessions will focus on the business value of their respective topics – eg is social networking of use to businesses? Is Silverlight really of interest to companies at this stage? The answer to both is Yes. Come along and [...]
CLARITY: Microsoft is a marketing company
Not wanting to be too much of ‘well duh’ post, but I thought it was worth reminding ourselves that in software we need to be focusing extensively on marketing and sales. It all too easy to get caught up in the development, to the detriment of the marketing.
I’ve (finally) finished ‘Partnering with Microsoft‘ by Ted [...]
CLARITY: SaaS versus S+S
If, like me, you’d just assumed that Software + Services (S+S) was Microsoft’s way of trying to take over and re-brand an existing concept – namely Software as a Service (SaaS) – then the following diagram is a helpful corrective.
It’s taken from page 18 of Issue 13 of the Architecture Journal (download here), and is [...]
CLASSIC: Mark’s Infinite Solutions
This is seriously one of the funniest sites I have witnessed – I was in pain laughing at some of his amazing solutions. The attention to detail is priceless. The best IMO is his tip to increase WiFi strength, followed by his now famous How to Sign Up for GoogleTV Beta, but all of them [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )TECHED: Please don’t split it down under
Microsoft has split TechEd 2008 into 2 back-to-back conferences in the US.
I hope they don’t do this in Australia. One of the things I loved this year was going to a big mix of sessions, covering both developer and infrastructure topics. Although I’m a developer at heart, in my current role I need to be [...]
HAPPY: Michele Connolly – Happiness Strategies – Why being happy matters
I’ve mentioned the amazing(1) Michele Connolly(2) previously, but that was before she had even finished her first How NOT to be Happy series. Now with 62 posts under her belt, I’m *happy* to report her writing just gets better and better.
Whilst some of her posts are laugh out loud funny, and others are pithy, research [...]
