Patrick’s Bytes

Erika Ehrli annouced the availability of OpenXML Format SDK 1.0 at her blog. I am downloading and testing it out now.

Apple introduces Mobile Me, a cloud service with email, calendar, contacts as well as file management service that is similar to Microsoft’s Windows Live platform; think Hotmail (now Live Mail) + Live Folder (aka Sky Drive). On top of a web interface like most SaaS model out there, Apple also seems to embraces Microsoft’s Software + Service vision by having software (or client applications) running on Windows PC, Mac or IPhone that can connect to Mobile Me  services. For Windows PC, the default client used by Apple is Outlook which also based on the Office Business Applications (OBA) architecture.

Customers got to pay USD99 to USD149 per year based on the number of users and storage size and there is no free account like Live . Apple also known Mobile Me as Exchange for the rest of us, but from my perspective Microsoft has already got ‘Exchange for the rest of us’ via the Live platform.

It’s Malaysian version of SharePint as posted by Andrew Connell here! The evening started with Y Mi giving a prezzo on SharePoint Out of the Box which is Part 1 of the Advanced SharePoint course he running right now. The turn out was very good with guys from Versapac, IITG, Inceptio and Croesus coming so there was a total of 12 of us.

Many thanks to Richard from Croesus for hosting us at his office.

Our friends from Versapac and IITG

Richard, Andy and Y-Mi getting ready

Eugene relaxing here

Light drinking session after the event