Windows Vista Search Whitepaper
The Windows Search Technologies Overview for Business Customers is a XPS document written by Arvind Mishra, Product Manager for Search, covering search from an enterprise perspective, but with lots of insights that would be of interest for personal use and small business as well.
This is one "exclusive", seeing this document is not yet available (soon on the Microsoft site somethere), but the folks at Microsoft were nice to let us share this with you.
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Comment by barf, on 18-Aug-2007 14:15
How can I view XPS in Ubuntu / OpenOffice ?
Comment by barf, on 19-Aug-2007 21:39
I would like to believe you, honestly. But the standard does not allow anyone to freely implement it. I am not without respect for Microsoft but this so-called standard is terrible for interoperability.
ODF is not the solution to the worlds standard problems either, and Microsoft deserve credit for trying to be more open. But there are far more ODF documents in use (than OOXML) already.
"Microsoft withholds two key ingredients that prevent the effective use of the specifications and this raises the point, how open is a specification that can only be used effectively with two key ingredients that Microsoft alone owns? (i) Microsoft provides no useful guide to the information included in the specification which prevents the possibility to use the information effectively and reliably; and (ii) the specification does not disclose full interoperability information but relies in many instances on binary code that is not disclosed."
-Google
https://forums.scc.ca/forums/scc/dispatch.cgi/public/showFile/100294/d20070705225348/No/objections%20by%20Google.pdf
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Comment by russjones, on 18-Aug-2007 12:15
I hate to be so mean, but that really wasn't much of a whitepaper was it. My gran would understand that. What part of it could need "go ahead" to share?
The basic summary seems to be: We've realised what Seach is and kinda have got it together and here it is.
Having read what it really offers:
· A powerful, easy-to-use 32-bit/64-bit desktop search experience.
· Rich, previewable results that permit one-click operations.
· Advanced file organization features.
· Close integration with other Microsoft client applications, including the Office 2007 system.
· Enterprise-class security and privacy.
· Simplified deployment and administration for 37 languages (99 when counting language packs).
· Reduced impact on corporate servers.
· Cost-effective customer support.
· Robust search platform extensibility for developers.
What's there (apart from maybe Office integration) that say Google's Desktop Search doesn't offer?