Interesting conversations going on around the place:
- Google as the New Mainframe? Robert Young provides a guest post on Om's blog considering "Google's master strategy", and suggests that it is to build a platform of services that renders Microsoft's operating system obsolete. Om Malik
- Google Wants It All. Jim raises some concerns about Google's desire to digitize everything so it can be searched, asking "How can we balance the competing values of knowledge-sharing and privacy?" The Future of Work Weblog
- The Microsoft Office I Really Want. Olivier says he can see "how a lot of value could be delivered on top of supposedly ultra-mature products", and outlines some ideas for the next version of Microsoft Office. Essential idea: clean and simple integration between Office applications and backend Internet applications, minus a stack of Microsoft servers. However, he doesn't think it will happen, although Scoble promises that PDC'05 will surprise him. Olivier Travers
- Enterprise IM Has Reached Corporate Mainstream. David writes in Computerworld on how enterprises can leverage the power of IM while mitigating the associated risks. (1) Manage unauthorized IM clients; (2) Address risks that arise from change; (3) Identity and vertify users to curtail unauthorized access; and more. Computerworld
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