10 most surprising of Microsoft in 2005

It is customary to have a list of 10 events of the year at the end of the year in both positive and negative directions. Pcmag this year conducted a special vote - voted out the 10 most prominent events of Microsoft in 2005.

Here is a list of 10 events:

1. Internet Explorer revives: After successfully convincing that the Interenet Explorer browser is an integral part of the Windows operating system, Microsoft suddenly changed its strategy and decided to develop it. a completely independent IE version. Nothing is like a little competition to open a new door.

2. Microsoft decided to apply RSS: While some stories expressed unhappiness when Microsoft only followed a patchwork-style RSS application with a little extra features, suddenly the software industry giant decided to catch First embarked on building our own RSS strategy in 2005. RSS will be integrated to support not only in Internet Explorer 7 but also in Outlook 12 and Windows Vista. Almost all Microsoft websites and blogs support RSS. RSS has become the motto at Microsoft in these.

3. WinFS launched sooner than expected: For some 'strange' reasons, Microsoft refused to accept that it released Windows File System Beta 1 (WinFS) earlier than the plan announced by the company. before. And up to this point is still the version of WinFS Beta 1.

4. Ray Ozzie swallowed bitterly at Microsoft: Groove and Microsoft are partners of each other is absolutely certain. Even Microsoft bought a stake worth $ 51 million of Groove in 2001. But does anyone really expect Ray "Lotus" Ozzie to become a Softie - a weak person? And even this chief engineer was the one who signed many of Microsoft's strategic documents after only a few months of starting work at Microsoft. But things didn't happen that way.

5. Microsoft refuses to seriously implement all EU rulings: The Washington government's agency responsible for competition can also cede Microsoft but the European Union (EU) does not. But Microsoft seems to still confront these two agencies with old reasons. After failing to secretly take the version of Windows XP Reduced Media Edition to replace the Windows version with Windows Media Player built into the EU rulings, Microsoft now has to share the information for competitors. Meanwhile, the EU is threatening to penalize Microsoft for $ 2.37 million per day if Microsoft does not strictly comply with its decisions.

6. Microsoft refrains from acquiring large software business companies: Along with continuing to consolidate ERP / LOB in the past year, Microsoft, according to some people, will continue to buy something more. in this field. But then Microsoft suddenly decided to stop buying SAP.

7. Microsoft has yet to find a way to improve the dark security picture: In 2005, Microsoft spent a lot of time and effort . detailing its plans to improve the security of its products. But until the end of the year, that plan, according to security expert Bruce Schneier, is still too concise and yet not realized. Internet Explorer is still too many vulnerabilities. Perhaps Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7 will be slightly improved.

8. Office opens: More and more members of the Office development team have their own blog sites. Meanwhile, Microsoft is pushing for the standard effort of the Office 12 XML file format to overcome the standardization process of ECMA. And Microsoft has yet to say anything about supporting the OpenDocument File format. Anyway, we will see amazing progress on the Office front in 2005.

9. Nobody says no to customers: 'Green Project' has been identified by Microsoft as a strategy rather than a destination. So far, all Microsoft business applications have been renamed as 'dynamic' applications. Most MSN applications and services have been switched to 'Live' style naming - Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Search . It seems that this naming is a bad thing when Microsoft partners, customers and news seem to be confused about these names.

10. Back Hailstorm: Talking about Live, Microsoft found a way to remove the old .Net My Services - Hailstorm - strategy and refresh it. Windows Live, Office Live, CRM Live, Visual Studio Live . every software application is now a service oriented Microsoft will open its packaging software. Microsoft once once again restored it in 2002.