This is an interesting look into the innards of the file formats used by Microsoft Office. As you would expect, they are insanely complicated, but as Joel Spolsky points out, there are good reasons for their design, and he even offers a few workarounds.
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Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (And some workarounds) - Joel on Software
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Sunday, February 24, 2008 @ 05:35 CST by Daniel Andrlik
UserFriendly lolmicrohoo
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Saturday, February 16, 2008 @ 16:19 CST by Daniel Andrlik
I promise this will be the last Microsoft/Yahoo thing I link to for a while, but this just struck me as really funny.
Monkey Boy’s three-legged race
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Thursday, February 7, 2008 @ 11:58 CST by Daniel Andrlik
Great piece from FSJ on the potential Microsoft-Yahoo merger. “It’s like taking the two guys who finished second and third in a 100-yard dash and tying their legs together and asking for a rematch, believing that now they’ll run faster.”
Read it, it’s wonderful and hilarious.
Official Google Blog: Yahoo! and the future of the Internet
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Sunday, February 3, 2008 @ 15:46 CST by Daniel Andrlik
OK sure, it’s troubling what Microsoft could do to Yahoo’s openness and the quality of their products. Microsoft has got a rep for acquiring and then ruining properties. But come on, Google, are you really that worried?
Mentioning the “overwhelming share of instant messaging and web email accounts”? Is this a petty revenge for Microsoft making such a stink about you buying DoubleClick?
I mean, I share some of these concerns, particularly how it could affect services/products like Flickr, Delicious, Pipes and the YUI libary’s development, but something just seems off here, oh mighty Google.
X-No-Thanks
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 @ 00:40 CST by Daniel Andrlik
James Bennett makes a pretty convincing and practical argument against Microsoft’s proposed X-UA-Compatible as a means of triggering different rendering modes in Internet Explorer.
If you do any work on the web it is well worth a read.
15 Billion More Reasons to Worry About Facebook | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 @ 09:16 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
An interesting opinion piece by Kara Swisher on the recent news of Microsoft looking to buy a 5% stake in Facebook. I can’t make up my mind yet on to what degree I agree or disagree with her, but it’s definitely food for thought.
Interview with Linus Torvalds | oneOpenSource
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 @ 14:45 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
This is a pretty good interview, discussing the importance of the flexibility of Linux, GPLv3, Microsoft and other hot topics.
Microsoft Advertising Services Architechture
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Saturday, July 14, 2007 @ 04:39 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
Ads as part of the OS, scanning computer documents and settings to deliver targeted ads and block ads from competitors. Wow, Microsoft goes evil in a big way on this one.
Vi As If Made By Microsoft
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Friday, March 9, 2007 @ 10:06 CST by Daniel Andrlik
Clippy invades vi… that will give you nightmares.
LinuxWorld | It’s unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux
Bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Friday, June 23, 2006 @ 14:16 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
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