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Hailstorm evidently lives on through .NET. Microsoft plans to take parts of the XML schema and data access technology and work it into the .NET client/server software stack.
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O'Reilly: Open-source .NET inches closer to fruition (IDG News)
How's that open source version of .NET coming along? Those companies helping develop the Mono Project are slated to give a progress report this week. They'll talk about tools they've developed for creating Web-based applications based on the .NET platform. Programmers would be able to use those apps on computers that run Linux and Unix.
NEWS
SAP CEO to huddle with Microsoft's Ballmer on co-opetition (CRN)
Now that Microsoft is invading Europe, German software giant SAP is ready to draw some battle
lines. SAP's CEO and MS CEO Steve Ballmer plan to have a software summit in September to draw
those lines and some rules of engagement so the two firms know where to compete and where to work
together. Microsoft's acquisition of Navision has landed it on SAP's midmarket turf.
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QUICK HIT OF THE DAY
True IT blooper #50: No news is bad news
Don't be too quick to throw out the old and bring in the new. Thanks to a new technology, the IT manager in this story had to reconstruct data by watching surveillance videos.
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Using RPC to Publish Exchange Servers
Who: Dr. Tom Shinder, best-selling author
When: July 25 at 01:00 PM EDT (17:00 GMT)
Considering Exchange RPC Server publishing? Your Outlook client will be able to connect to the Exchange Server over the Internet just like they do on the internal network. Find out how!
THE MISSING LINK
Internet dating reaches traditional societies
Iran is a nation better known for the Islamic revolution than the Internet revolution. But the Net is revolutionizing at least one facet of life in this traditional society -- dating. More and more Iranian women are taking off their scarves, putting on rouge and lipstick, and posting their pictures on the Web. The popular Dallas-based site Match.com boasts hundreds of Iranian men and women looking for love and logging on in hopes of stepping into Cupid's line of fire. Many of the site's Middle East members say they're eager to meet someone from the United States. It might be a good idea to brush up on your Farsi, U.S. boys and girls.
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