Getting ready for MVP Summit
Flying off tonight to Seattle for MVP Summit. So stay tuned for more blog posts after I am back. People always tell me you’ll get motivated in MVP Summit besides knowing the latest stuff, so here I come.
On the mean time, some news I found out today about Microsoft going to release a cheap Windows Server SKU for cheap USD500 hardware. Good and exciting move in challenging times like now. I do hope it will comes with .NET Framework installed.
We need that to counter the LAMP stack.
But the news article also noted that Office 14 won’t out by 2010. I am not surprise given the lack of a beta build in the wild.
Office Web Application
I have heard about this not long ago but have to keep quiet until now. Office Web Application is basically web based Office applications hosted on the web. It is based on a S+S model powered by AJAX and Silverlight. It is available on Office Live (for consumers) and as volume license (for enterprises) In near future any devices (incl PC and phones) will be above to open (and EDIT) Office documents on the web! Best of all, Office Web Application will ship with Office 14!
There is a screencast here on Channel 9. And Joel Olson is blogging about it too.
