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Can Microsoft Be the Wrench in Google Gears? | |
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| Time: 00:10 EST/05:10 GMT | News Source: Microsoft Watch | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Dare Obasanjo, a program manager for Microsoft, in a recent blog post raises concerns over Google Gears' synchronization capabilities. Microsoft should be very concerned that Google might do synch right. Gears is Google's attempt to provide software developers with a means of offering offline access to just about any online content. Synchronization is essential to the whole concept, where content would automatically synch in either direction. | ||
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| #1 By 3653 (68.52.143.149) at 6/7/2007 4:41:47 AM |
| wilcox, the reporter/analyst/hater... says msft hasnt done a good job. He should buy a windows smartphone and see what he thinks. And how in the hell is apple NOT held to a higher standard in this regard. I mean, c'mon, they own the ENTIRE STACK. |
| #2 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 6/7/2007 10:32:36 AM |
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#1, No kidding. as an example, read on.
Mac guys love IMAP - and compared to POP who can blame them - well... the rest of us <that have used MAPI> First, Windows Mobile is a terrific piece of software that becomes truly awesome when the mobile client works opposite Microsoft's Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack(2). Windows Mobile devices with either the SFP [Security Feature Pack] or newer builds of Windows Mobile 5 [OS 5.1.195 (Build 14960.2.4.0)], or Windows Mobile 6, all support "Direct Push" Back to MAPI... and more on Windows Mobile in a moment... Beginning with Outlook 2000, Exchange 2000 and ISA Server 2000, it was possible to securely connect a remote Outlook client to a securely hosted Exchange Server by publishing the RPC service through ISA 2000 - it was called, "Forced Encryption over TCP" and it required no VPN, or additional client software and the remote client did not need to be a member of the domain into which the Exchange Organization was a member. It worked, works to this day, but it got even better. As early as August 2003, Microsoft published a way to allow enterprising network and Exchange Server administrators the means to connect remote Outlook 2003 clients and Windows Mobile users, to a secured internal Exchange 2003 Server - using RPC over HTTP(S). To any network admin, this was huge! Microsoft created a way to securely publish an RPC listener via an HTTP Proxy that one could face the could in the DMZ and secure it using SSL. The client, via the published FQDN, could connect remotely and without the need for the servicing ISP to allow out-bound requests for TCP Port 139. It was all done over the default SSL Port TCP 443 - and literally, no ISP, Hotel, or Network Admin at any location would have 443 blocked out-bound. This meant and continues to mean that a full on MS MAPI client [Outlook 2003/2007] can connect to the secured internal Exchange from any location on the Internet. Cont... |
| #3 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 6/7/2007 10:33:11 AM |
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It gets better.... The client is smarter now <since 2003> and uses a cache that remains network aware and stateful. As network conditions change, locally cached mail items sync in the background and are adjusted on the fly - if there is ever a loss of connection, the user just keeps chugging and it reconnects when the network connection is restored <especially nice when travelling> All objects, no matter the number of clients a users has installed, on any number of computers, all remain the same and identically sync'd.
It got even better.... when the Windows Mobile SFP shipped, <last year> "Direct Push" support was added for mobile clients. It works as well as Blackberry BES Server, but without the added server services, maintenance and costs! As messages arrive at the Exchange, they are routed to connected mobile users first, then the same users' connected Outlook 2003/2007 client programs. Instantly. Did I say, instantly? Let me say it again, instantly. Better still, items processed on either the mobile, or full client, sync back the other way and users never have to re-process or assess old mail items. It works for mail, contacts, calendar items and even tasks. and... one can browse the Global Catalog from the Windows Mobile Client. IMAP, ISHMAP! Mac, Gmail and other addicts gush over IMAP. They herald gears as the second coming - well, after the iPhone any way.... The truth is, that Microsoft, since 2000, has had a better and more secure solution that is both less costly and easier on all - admins and users - where even remote management within Active Directory is enabled. The synchronization is bullet proof, secure and through the air - we do not even both to install local machine client software on pre-Vista and its Mobility Center systems. So you see, as in most cases, there is what is in the press, and then there is the truth - well established since August 2003 [easy] and prior to that [2000] when one had to be a bit more familiar with Microsoft's software than they need to be today. IMAP, ISHMAP... Gears, Smears.... <damn journalists...they never learn> |
| #4 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 6/7/2007 10:37:08 AM |
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Oh... and we haven't even begun to examine how RDC - Remote Differential Compression, enhances Microsoft software and its ability to intelligently sync remote client and user data [both apps and user data!].
*Hint* The Outlook 2007 patch appears to leverage this - and it transforms OL2K7 into a race horse, Update for Outlook 2007 (KB933493) - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c262bcfd-1e09-49b6-9003-c4c47539df66&DisplayLang=en |
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