This represents the opening moves in a chess match between IBM anbd Microsoft that will evolve over the next two years. But what does this mean re: Microsoft? Microsoft offers extensions to the base product on Codeplex (e.g., Microsoft has recently partnered with NewsGator (for feed syndication) and Atlassian (wikis). MORE >>

About Videos Whitepapers Is Microsoft Losing its Network Effect? and the strategies pursued by the big players: Microsoft, Yahoo!, Nitin said that Microsoft is losing their Network effect. Interestingly enough, Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie solved the pure humane powered cut & paste problem in a very generous and open way. MORE >>

Jon Husband has forwarded this post to a SharePoint person at Microsoft. I’ve also had a VERY brief conversation with someone from Microsoft’s “Unlimited Potential&# project about the challenges. Nancy White on 05 Apr 2009 at 4:55 pm No, I have not used the SocialText plugin w/ Sharepoint. Horizontality. MORE >>

Socialtext’s hosted solution was just what we needed.” Systems Integration  Why Socialtext? In search of a solution, the IT department researched several different platforms, including 37 Signal’s Basecamp, Microsoft SharePoint, and Socialtext. Using Socialtext, FONA implemented a better way to manage this process. MORE >>

It would be valuable for Microsoft to continue down this path of providing well-defined and public interfaces (as opposed to vendor point-to-point deals) so that other blog and wiki vendors could integrate with the platform. MindTouch, Six Aparts Moveable Type, Socialtext, Traction Software, and WordPress). Please try again. Trust Us. MORE >>