"Integrated innovation": OWA2003 and Windows XP SP2

December 26 2004

A colleague sent along this link to an article on MSExchange.org, highlighting the incompatibilities between Outlook Web Access 2003 and Windows XP SP2.  Until I read this article, I had assumed the XP SP2 issues were all about the popup blocker.  Turns out there is a lot more to it.

I guess that's what Microsoft means by "better together" and "integrated innovation" -- it sounds good to the CIO but falls down in practice.

Ed Brill | Highland Park, IL USA Category:  Microsoft  Add/View Comments [3]

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  1. 1  peter http://www.peterdehaas.com | 12/26/2004 9:06:59 AM

    here, and I was thinking Microsoft is producing totally bug-free software. I bet there's more of these in the knowledgebase.

    Sometimes you are too short on the ball Ed.

  1. 2  Dan  | 12/26/2004 11:59:53 AM

    how does SP2 play with inotes? Some of this stuff looks like it might affect other rich web apps. Either way, if you're gonna break something for the greater good of security, it would be nice to know the issues up front; not a "here's why you may be experiencing problems" after the fact.

  1. 3  Ed Brill www.edbrill.com | 12/26/2004 1:03:14 PM

    Relevant links from the KnowledgeBase:

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    Absolutely XP SP2 causes issues with Domino Web Access. Not hiding from that. The point more was that MS always claims that their products work "better together" since they come from a single vendor, are tested together, don't have to support as many configurations, etc. I don't call the lack of conformance to that vision a "bug".