Microsoft to Acquire Groove Networks

namalc writes "In a huge shot across the groupware bow, Microsoft announced today that it would acquire Groove Networks, and Ray Ozzie, the founder of Groove, would become Microsoft CTO. Ray Ozzie, the creator of Lotus Notes, had positioned Groove to straddle both the IBM/Lotus and Microsoft worlds. It will be interesting to see what direction Groove takes now."

Lotus Notes?!?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess the MS BOB team needed someone they could look down on.

Mistake:

[rdc_uk]

"It will be _interesting_ to see what direction Groove takes now."

I believe you have mis-typed "bloody obvious and deeply depressing" in that sentence.

Yawn...

[Anonymous Coward]

Another day, another assimilation.

Lotus Notes

[Anonymous Coward]

From the school of absurd design limitations:

"Nobody will ever need more than nine windows open" -- RO

Re:Questions

[coolcold]

1. Who or what is Groove?

2. What do Groove do?

virutal office

3. Why should we care that Microsoft, king of aquisitions, have acquired Yet Another Company?

are you new here?

Microsoft "innovates" again!

[cosjef]

Wow, they must REALLY be running out of ideas to sell more copies of Office.

This is great news for OOo.

He is the creator of Lotus Notes?

[Anonymous Coward]

Given my experience with Lotus Notes, Microsoft has some work to do.

You know, adding things like automatic virus loading, extremely slow message filtering, brain-dead mail search, and so on. ;-)

What direction?

[argent]

It will be interesting to see what direction Groove takes now.

"Dude, you're going to hell."

Here's your handbasket.

what direction Groove takes now.

[R.Caley]

Down then up a bit then waaaaaay down.

Toilets outlets are always shaped that way to keep the stink down.

CTFL

[Anonymous Coward]

Click the Link --- see how "Groove Networks" is underlined? The underline indicates that if you click it (with your mouse) you will be presented with more infomation.

For example if there is a link to "Groove Networks" more information about Groove Networks will appear! Wow!

No, I'm New Here

[New Here]

No, I'm New Here

Re:Questions

[Otter]

Great. What's a Virtual Office? Never heard of it. At a guess it sounds like some sort of Java/XHTML/XForms "web application". Yes? No?

Yup, that's pretty much what all groupware is -- it's software that causes open source fanboys to say "I don't see what the big deal is. I could do the same thing with NNTP, awk, MythTV, ReiserFS, two tin cans and a piece of string. All this "integration" and "working" stuff is just eye candy."

Lotus Notes is the same thing, except that in that case the fanboys really could have done better with the cans and string.

Re:Questions

[Anonymous Coward]

Viral office? How does that differ from Microsoft Office?

Which direction? I know

[Anonymous Coward]

It will be interesting to see what direction Groove takes now.

Down.

Horribly selfish perspective

[jht]

My office is in the same huge complex in Beverly as the Groove offices - so if Microsoft pumps money and bodies in there, it'll just make it more difficult to park than it already is!

Other than that, it's really not too big a deal in my eyes. Microsoft's been pumping money into Groove for a few years now, and Groove has been putting all their development efforts into Windows for a long time (it was originally supposed to be a multiplatform product). Maybe Groove will become more than a niche product now?