links for 2007-07-31

Google Docs vs. the Hassle of Microsoft Office and Friends (by Jeremy Zawodny)

and so it begins…

(tags: saas microsoft office online productivity google docs)
isabel wang’s blog: Can hosting partners make any contribution to the Microsoft cloud?

“Ozzie’s vision reminded me a lot of Amazon Web Services, for which its evangelists have built a vibrant developer ecosystem. Why, in contrast, would Microsoft want to sign up hosting partners who are not at all equipped to advance its cause?”

(tags: microsoft rayozzie amazon s3 ec2 hosting isabelwang)
Twitter / Matt Biddulph: happily bringing up multipl…

Dopplr leveraging EC2 and MySQL via SSH tunnel; interesting, if a bit unwieldy

(tags: mattbiddulph dopplr ec2 amazon mysql via:james)
Litepost: Overview

interesting potential competitor to Joyent Connector

(tags: litepost messaging email collaboration opensource joyent connector via:matt)
Even a chimp can write code: Google Gears and Silverlight : Ashish Shetty’s weblog

interesting look at Gears and Silverlight, and some comparison between the two. read the comments as well.

(tags: google gears silverlight offline persistence linq sql sqllite ashishshetty via:miguel)