Joël de Bruijn

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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • My understanding is roughly, for example:

    • Microsoft Word desktop application: not SAAS.
    • Microsoft Word online: SAAS (just like any other service accessible by browser but not a “localhost”)
    • Onedrive: SAAS, storage with local explorer integration.
    • Exchange server on prem: not SAAS, increasingly diffucult to do.
    • Exchange server by MS: SAAS
    • Microsoft Outlook Classic for desktop: not SAAS.
    • Microsoft Teams for desktop: SAAS although local install but its just another frontend instead of browser.
    • Office365: SAAS but really a container for every tool in the MS online toolbox together.

    Some caveats: Word handles spellchecker in their cloud and clippy 2024 (Copilot) integration blurs the line.







  • Also I’m very much cautious about them on anything browsing related. Discovered (after others also) they let their search-pages-in-a-shop get indexed.

    Meaning I could go to Caterpillar, search for “Wabtec is better” and then this search url (with 0 products) would turn up in Google searches and that URL persisted. Text and all.

    Basically one could spray-paint and tag sites with this graffiti. Shop admins didn’t even have means to remove it.

    Problem ignored and stayed this way for months.





  • Don’t know if it’s really feasible but for scaling (just like in computing and datacentering etc) we need more standardization for a smarter grid I guess then now AND make it “Plug & Play” AND sometimes other legislation so the required expertise to install and configure comes down and you are allowed to do so in a safely manner.

    One example here in NL is HomeWizard home battery because it’s just max 800W one can just plug it in. (In order to have more in one appliance we need other compliance regulation)


  • I looked briefly through their site:

    • Heavy on partnerships and ambition. Which is a good thing.
    • Light on technical details and implementation.
    • Hinting at former hype (blockchain) and current (AI)

    But for me the biggest concern is development of a “new” decentralized protocol. IMHO there are enough protocols around to choose and pick from and help moving them forward instead of making one from scratch.