Small is Beautiful

It seems that Microsoft will release an online version of its upcoming Office 2010 Suite. From what I gather thus far it will be a chopped version that will have running ads. This seems to be their way to compete with free alternatives such as google docs.

Here is an interesting read about their upcoming online web app. Seems that theyre targeting home users more than business or professional users. Frankly Id love to see an online office suite that actually works like their desktop counterparts. Oh, and I’d like full compatibility between versions and formats.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011818423_microsoftoffice09.html

We’ve been working hard to put together a demo center for RedHat products in particular RHEV which is a like a breath of fresh air in the virtualization arena. That is not to say the others dont have good products its just that they’re not RedHat and for anyone who has worked on RedHat products knows that there is a difference between RedHat and the rest. This difference is felt from one end of the ecosystem to the other. From the business model to the system architecture if you will.

Were close to going live. We hope at most one month of work and will have the full line of RHEV products ready for demoing. If youre interested make sure you drop me a line (marius pana spanning ro) and Ill get back to you with more information and / or a date for when you can see the software in action.

RHEV as beautiful as it may be is only a small part of the portfolio of software available from RedHat. These past few weeks have been a real beauty as we are now even more aware of the completeness of RedHat’s product portfolio and just how far they’ve come. There is software and services to cover most business needs and where there may be a missing piece there is interoperability like no other.

I hope that you will take the time to come by and visit us once we are live as there will be very interesting and very practical things to see.