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"There\u2019s a little rumor spreading slowly around the tech blogosphere. It was delivered first by Nicholas Carr of Rough Type earlier today, and anticipates the arrival of word from Microsoft as to its Web-app strategy. Yes, so says Carr\u2019s headline on the matter.\nThough I can\u2019t envisage Microsoft being so kind as to reveal its corporate strategy pertaining to the development of its Web business, simply for the fact that it hasn\u2019t ever been in their self-professed interest ever to employ such tact when deal with the outside world, so it would not likely behoove those in Redmond to so drastically change course in that respect, I can understand why there has been an increase in chatter on the Web app front. Carr\u2019s points of Microsoft\u2019s efforts to build its server-side infrastructure could be the ideal basis on which to preview something(s) really snazzy. And let\u2019s not ignore the fact that the advent of MIX08 next week could provide an ideal stage to offer a number of teasers of what is to come of the engineering efforts of the software giant in the next year or two. And there\u2019s reason to think that there\u2019s something to\nBut gosh darn it, for some unexplicable reason, I\u2019m one to think Microsoft may well disappoint Mr Carr and anyone listening eagerly to the drum of hope and high expectations. \u2018Cause heck, when has Microsoft offered a truly delectable surprise to its customers - be they based in the consumer or small- or big-business worlds - lately?\nAs much as I\u2019d graciously accept Microsoft laying down the real goods - in word, image, or even complete form - on its purported \u201COffice-in-the-cloud\u201D project that a great many people have long demanded of the company, I can\u2019t see Ballmer besting my expectations. So I\u2019ll take a reserved stance here, and keep a little glimmer of hope simmering on the proverbial back burner that Microsoft proves this rumor true. If not, well, you know the drill."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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