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  • Help to make the Office 2007 document type a standard (Open XML) - click the link

    I love standards - they make life easier. TCP is one, ODF is one, SNA is one, ASCII and EBDIC are. Even PDF is one. It just makes life easier. In this connected world standards are a good thing and sometimes more than one standard is very good. Microsoft has offered the Open XML (Office 2007 document...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Wed, Apr 4 2007
    Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Developer, Community, Personal, SBSC, Microsoft, Office 2007, Word, Excel, Demo, Small business, Internet and Web, Partner, Licensing, Academic, Application Compatibility, Office 2003, Open XML

  • Was Vista's arrival a surprises to anyone? No? Then how come so many people were unprepared - hardware vendors, ISVs, even Microsoft to an extent

    Lets start off by saying this is a RANT. If you don't like rants, look away now. I saw this in CRN and it made me laugh and cry. We have seen news that iTunes has undisclosed issues with Vista (even after being fixed ), poor drivers from nVidia and others and even enough to stop a BBC reporter from getting...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Sat, Mar 10 2007
    Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Support and Tools, System Builder Information, Business, Developer, Community, Microsoft, Windows Client, Vista, Windows Vista, Partner, rant, Application Compatibility

  • David Overton moving to a solution / revenue based role (it means I need to help partners sell)

    Many people ask me what I do and sometimes they are amazed with the answer "I help Microsoft Partners build solutions that deliver value to their small business partners – for free". This is a great job and part of it is to engage with as many partners as possible to improve the quality...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, Jul 21 2006
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows Vista and XP, Office System, CRM, Support and Tools, System Builder Information, Business, Windows Mobile, Off-topic, Windows Longhorn, Windows SharePoint Services, Virtualisation, Developer, Security, SQL Server, Community
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