The important development of the day is Microsoft's acquisition of Groove.
In the recent past, we have noted that with the latest version of Groove which Ray Ozzie said was a product that would straddle both IBM and Microsoft world - was anyway getting Windows-centric. Groove fills in a niche that Microsoft didn't have the right technology for. Groove was also a hit with people needing to collaboratively work without an Exchange server.
While Microsoft had some products around P2P & collaboration technologies ,Groove is miles ahead and this way it is a good acquisition for Microsoft. Groove shall become totally centered/supportive of Microsoft technologies moving forward.This integration may be quite easy as Grooveanyway uses may windows native components. A good buy for Microsoft - As far as Groove - had it stayed as a separate entity - could have made headway in the collbaration market.
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