Steve Ballmer 'RAP's to OBA at Software 2007
Steve talked about Software + Services and OBA in his keynote today at Software 2007. He also announced the OBA RAP for Price Management that we launched today. These OBA RAPs are reference applications that give you an idea of what an OBA looks like and how to build one using Microsoft Office 2007.
S+S is the new application pattern, if you will, where Software on the desktops work seamlessly with Services in the cloud providing a rich epxerience for the end users. Composition is a key pillar of S+S, in this new brave world, apps will not be built ground up. I see OBA as an instantiation of S+S.
You can find more on Steve's OBA discussion at the following few places:
ZDNet Blogs: Software 2007: Ballmer touts Office for composite apps
CRN: Ballmer: Office Business Apps Gaining Steam
Barrons: Microsoft: Ballmer Focuses On “Office Business Applications;” Have Yourself An OBA RAP
