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04-04-2011, 10:40 PM
As component of my task as being a full-time Microsoft watcher, I get a lot of hints about Microsoft from clients, opponents, partners as well as Softies themselves. Yet, actually given that I worked for PCWeek far more than fifteen years back, I had it drilled into my head that until I could get 3 independent sources — none of whom was repeating something s/he heard in an echo chamber — to corroborate a tip, I couldn;t run it as being a story.
These days, I see a great deal of single-sourced strategies being posted by bloggers and journalists. Far more than a few of these are based on a single, anonymous source, with no further identificationto help readers decide whether a tip is likely to be true or not. No “according to a Microsoft partner who requested anonymity.” No “so says a customer angry over the latest slip-up, who asked not to be identified.” Not even a thinly veiled “according to a person who was not authorized to speak for Company X” (but did so anyway).
This lack of attribution gave me a maybe-not-so-crazy idea. A year or so back, inspired by the “CrazyAppleRumors” folks, I bought the “CrazyMicrosoftRumors” domain name. I let it lapse. But I recently repurchased it. Why not put the concept to use?
I;m going to launch a series of occasional posts here on “All About Microsoft,” where I take a single-sourced tip that I can;t find two other independent sources to verify and run it being a “rumor.” I;m not going to do this with just any old tip; I am going to pick and choose ones where I have faith in the tipster;s batting average and/or believe the tip makes numerous sense. I will clearly label these posts as “(Not so) Crazy Microsoft Rumors,” so readers know exactly what they;re getting.
(The first post in this series was about Microsoft possibly fielding a Zune HD2.)
If you want to send along any rumor candidates, just use the e-mail form at the bottom of my blog. All points I receive are considered confidential, so don;t worry about including your real name (if you want to do so).
Today;s “rumor” has to do with the upcoming Facebook announcement on Monday, November fifteen. Some are guessing the invite-only event will have to do with the launch of a new Facebook;s e-mail offering (known as Project Titan). Titan, according to the buzz, isn;t a mere revamp of the current Facebook direct messaging capability; it will be a new full-featured Web mail product like Gmail, Hotmail,Purchase Office 2010 (http://www.office-2010-key.co.uk/), etc.
I have a source close to Microsoft who mentioned the Facebook November 15 event will, indeed, be focused on Facebook;s new e-mail product. So what makes the event potentially interesting for Microsoft, its clients and partners? Supposedly, according to my source, the new Facebook e-mail will include Office Web Apps integration.
(Office Web Apps are the Webified versions of Microsoft Word,Microsoft Office Professional Plus (http://www.msoffice2010key.com/), Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that Microsoft makes available for free to consumers and as paid add-on options for its business users.)
Microsoft already provides its own Facebook + Office Web Apps mash-up,Office 2010 Professional Plus (http://www.key-office-2010.de/), known as Microsoft Docs. Via Docs, Office Web Apps users can share their documents via Facebook with their friends. But my source says Facebook;s announcement on Monday will take things a step further by directly integrating Office Web Apps access into the new Facebook e-mail — considerably like Microsoft does now with Hotmail.
In Microsoft;s case, Hotmail users who don;t have Office installed locally on their PCs or devices can still access Office documents via Office Web Apps integration. I;m assuming Facebook will offer the same kind of access, if my tipster;s tattle is true.
“The Office team has been working on this for a while now,Office 2010 Professional Plus (http://www.microsoftoffice2010key.net/),” with Facebook,Office Enterprise 2007 Key (http://www.microsoftoffice2007key.net), my source mentioned.
As we know, thanks to a recent Microsoft-Facebook lovefest event, Microsoft and Facebook are BFFs (even though Microsoft has agreed to pose as the underdog in the relationship).
What do you make of all the recent Microsoft-Facebook collaboration? And would any Facebook users — other than those who perform at Microsoft and want to keep Office relevant and widely adopted — care about Office Web Apps integration in Facebook e-mail?
These days, I see a great deal of single-sourced strategies being posted by bloggers and journalists. Far more than a few of these are based on a single, anonymous source, with no further identificationto help readers decide whether a tip is likely to be true or not. No “according to a Microsoft partner who requested anonymity.” No “so says a customer angry over the latest slip-up, who asked not to be identified.” Not even a thinly veiled “according to a person who was not authorized to speak for Company X” (but did so anyway).
This lack of attribution gave me a maybe-not-so-crazy idea. A year or so back, inspired by the “CrazyAppleRumors” folks, I bought the “CrazyMicrosoftRumors” domain name. I let it lapse. But I recently repurchased it. Why not put the concept to use?
I;m going to launch a series of occasional posts here on “All About Microsoft,” where I take a single-sourced tip that I can;t find two other independent sources to verify and run it being a “rumor.” I;m not going to do this with just any old tip; I am going to pick and choose ones where I have faith in the tipster;s batting average and/or believe the tip makes numerous sense. I will clearly label these posts as “(Not so) Crazy Microsoft Rumors,” so readers know exactly what they;re getting.
(The first post in this series was about Microsoft possibly fielding a Zune HD2.)
If you want to send along any rumor candidates, just use the e-mail form at the bottom of my blog. All points I receive are considered confidential, so don;t worry about including your real name (if you want to do so).
Today;s “rumor” has to do with the upcoming Facebook announcement on Monday, November fifteen. Some are guessing the invite-only event will have to do with the launch of a new Facebook;s e-mail offering (known as Project Titan). Titan, according to the buzz, isn;t a mere revamp of the current Facebook direct messaging capability; it will be a new full-featured Web mail product like Gmail, Hotmail,Purchase Office 2010 (http://www.office-2010-key.co.uk/), etc.
I have a source close to Microsoft who mentioned the Facebook November 15 event will, indeed, be focused on Facebook;s new e-mail product. So what makes the event potentially interesting for Microsoft, its clients and partners? Supposedly, according to my source, the new Facebook e-mail will include Office Web Apps integration.
(Office Web Apps are the Webified versions of Microsoft Word,Microsoft Office Professional Plus (http://www.msoffice2010key.com/), Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote that Microsoft makes available for free to consumers and as paid add-on options for its business users.)
Microsoft already provides its own Facebook + Office Web Apps mash-up,Office 2010 Professional Plus (http://www.key-office-2010.de/), known as Microsoft Docs. Via Docs, Office Web Apps users can share their documents via Facebook with their friends. But my source says Facebook;s announcement on Monday will take things a step further by directly integrating Office Web Apps access into the new Facebook e-mail — considerably like Microsoft does now with Hotmail.
In Microsoft;s case, Hotmail users who don;t have Office installed locally on their PCs or devices can still access Office documents via Office Web Apps integration. I;m assuming Facebook will offer the same kind of access, if my tipster;s tattle is true.
“The Office team has been working on this for a while now,Office 2010 Professional Plus (http://www.microsoftoffice2010key.net/),” with Facebook,Office Enterprise 2007 Key (http://www.microsoftoffice2007key.net), my source mentioned.
As we know, thanks to a recent Microsoft-Facebook lovefest event, Microsoft and Facebook are BFFs (even though Microsoft has agreed to pose as the underdog in the relationship).
What do you make of all the recent Microsoft-Facebook collaboration? And would any Facebook users — other than those who perform at Microsoft and want to keep Office relevant and widely adopted — care about Office Web Apps integration in Facebook e-mail?