To anyone who knows me, it's no secret that I've drunk the Microsoft Cool-Aid. So many of Microsoft's products have enhanced my life, including my PCs, mobile communications, and gaming.
One criticism I've often heard is MS wants to keep everything enclosed and not let you do anything outside their little world. I've always thought that was true of their main competitor, but that's for a different blog entry.
Microsoft has recently launched their Windows Live suite of tools. These are a series of applications for Vista or Windows XP including Messenger, Mail, Photo Gallery, and Windows Live Writer, which I'm using now.
What makes these interesting is they will work with just about anything. As I type this in Windows Live Writer, the program will post it for me into Blogger, a Google app. Think about that for a second. Microsoft is making it easier for me to work with a Google product. If there was a competitor aiming at Microsoft more than Apple, then it's Google, and Windows Live is playing nice with them.
Check out Windows Live for yourself. I'll post my thoughts on the other apps as I use them. A great introduction is in the Windows Weekly podcast episode 42, hosted by Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte. They have an interview with Dave Fortin, GM, Windows Live Marketing.
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