[Am-info] Technology for teamwork

Erick Andrews Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net
Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:06:10 -0400 (EDT)


MS is pushing its way into collaborative software used by the military.

See...

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/168/business/Technology_for_teamwork+.shtml

[...]

''Microsoft's [collaboration] products may be immature now, but they're getting better,''
says Mike Kennedy, the director of internal information systems at BAE Systems. ''We are
using SiteScape today, but I don't believe over the long haul that SiteScape will be our
solution. BAE has a stated position that ultimately [Microsoft] will be its collaborative
environment.''

It's unfortunate, Kennedy says, but we live in a world where no one ever gets fired for
buying Microsoft - just as they used to say about IBM.

[...]

-- 
Erick Andrews