RSSMicrosoft Demos InfoPath Server
By David Worthington | Published July 8, 2005, 2:40 PM
For a moment, Microsoft lifted the tarp that shrouds Office 12 in secrecy at its Worldwide Partner Conference on Friday. Microsoft information worker vice president Chris Capossela demonstrated what Microsoft Watch believes to be the upcoming InfoPath Forms Server.
During the demonstration, Capossela showed attendees how Office users can use the software to deliver server-based forms using a Web browser -- without a client being installed.
The InfoPath server confirms previous reports that Office 12 will ship with an array of new server products including Excel and Visio servers.
Another tidbit of information Microsoft has announced about Office 12 is its adoption of a new document format it calls Microsoft Office Open XML.
The format is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology that replaces the existing Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats.
Although it is proprietary, Office Open XML is fully-documented and royalty free.
Who cares about infopath and Visio servers. I think customers are more interested in the basics first.
On the other hand, Im glad MS has made some progress on Office 12. Office servers are a really nice idea.
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|"During the demonstration, Capossela showed attendees how Office users can use the software to deliver server-based forms using a Web browser -- without a client being installed" ...
I bet the programmers are already braceing themselves on the imenant exploit that will cause mass damage and destruction.
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|Once again we will have a pedantic demonstration of how excellent the programmers at Microsoft are at writing billions of code. The end result will be a white elephant. Cumbursome, arthritic. overwhelming to every poor secretary that will be coerced to use this product.A better mouse it will not be. A bigger hard drive we will do need. How many CD-ROMS or should I say DVD's , will this monster require? I cringe at the thought of my staff spending hours installing it. " Server-based forms using which browser? Maybe IE 7 lol..
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