On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 10:38 -0500, Chad Smith wrote: > In yet another effort to make MS Office indespensible for corporate users - > Microsoft has teamed up with Cisco to have MSO tell your phone company where > you are at that moment (as long as you are using MSO) so the phone next to > you will ring, even if you aren't at your desk. > > >From the article "Phone system follows everywhere" at: > http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/14028708.htm > > Microsoft is teaming with Cisco Systems to provide a new service that allows > workers to see when their colleagues are available and manage phone calls > from their computer screens. > > Workers will be able to route incoming phone calls through the Internet and > receive them within Microsoft Office, as part of Microsoft's collaboration > with Cisco. To take advantage of the features, a business must use Microsoft > Office 2003, Microsoft's Live Communications Server, Microsoft Office > Communicator 2005 and Cisco's Unified CallManager server.
Why not just use Skype or similar software? Why make voice over IP link to an office suite? > What do you all think - useless bloat, a new way for MS to acheive > vendor-lock-in, a valuable feature, or what? Maybe we should just do a deal with an open source VOIP software provider and link to OOo. Can't really see the gain in answering a phone call in a WP > > -- > - Chad Smith > http://www.gimpshop.net/ > http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ > Because everyone loves free software! -- Ian Lynch www.theINGOTs.org www.opendocumentfellowship.org www.schoolforge.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
