Microsoft Launches RFID Software Project

securitas writes "RFID Journal reports on the first Microsoft RFID software pilot project. Microsoft launched the six-month pilot in December with KiMs, Denmark's largest snack food producer. Microsoft plans to bring the new RFID-enabled supply chain management software (Axapta Warehouse Management) to market next year, targeting small- to medium-sized businesses. The news comes after Microsoft announced its Smarter Retailing Initiative, tools based on RFID and .Net Web services. More on this latest development at CNet and InformationWeek."

1/2 joke, 1/2 premonition

[grub]

[Pilot-Project Test Warehouse in Denmark]

PHB: OK, the new MS inventory system automatically ordered 15 semi-trailer loads of Kotex Ultra Thick & Fluffy With Wings. Make sure we have room for that shipment.

GeekSlave: But.. Sir, we sell snack food, not..

PHB: Don't question the system; do you know how much it cost?!

Licensing

[panxerox]

hmmm lets see 2000000 rfd tags at $399.00 for each license comes too ....

Big Brother is watching you...

[zephc]

pig out on candy bars.

So it's bad.

[SpaceCadetTrav]

Microsoft AND RFID bashing all in one thread. Woohoo!

Patents

[reuben04]

news from the CNN today: Microsoft Patents the RFID supply chain management process!

This could be of medical use...

[loserbert]

You RFID the food itself, not the wrapper, that way you can track its journey through your system and beyond!

Re:1/2 joke, 1/2 premonition

[Anonymous Coward]

omg tehy set us up the rfid!!!

Good news

[djupedal]

Microsoft launched the six-month pilot in December

Great...good news that. I was worried that a capable outfit would get involved and RFID might gain traction. Now I can relax.

I feel much better about ...

[burgburgburg]

the privacy implications of RFIDs now that I know that Microsoft will be running the software that tracks them. And I look forward to my secure computing/Palladium/RFID implant. I know that my unimatrix team can help assimilate unique biological species to enhance the collective. I'm Five of Twenty Six Adjunct. Welcome!

Ultra Thick & Fluffy?!?

[Anonymous Coward]

Hmm... think there's a chance this was written by a male?

Amazing technology!

[Anonymous Coward]

How will they make such a teeny-tiny blue screen?

Some corrections and suggestions

[Anonymous Coward]

I had a friend lose his Palm over at the airport in Maradonna

Maradonna is legendary soccer player from Argentina, and even though he grew fat during past few years, it's highly unlikely they managed to place an airport on his body.

I wrote it on the Starter cap

If Rob were to provide his autograph, he'd probably choose a ThinkGeek cap or something, why would he go with the Starter cap?

I seen this one shit on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick

The repercussions with the DNS server are highly unlikely to be publicized on major networks such as CNN or Fox News, as DNS server failure is quite common (unless it's root DNS server). Perhaps a better line would say "I seen this one shit on the Web..."

Big Brother is Watching your snack food

[graniteMonkey]

Jenny Craig cheaters, beware!

Hmmm...

[r_j_prahad]

That's interesting. Somehow you made it sound like the perfect opportunity for an OSS project. Huge list of options that no one will ever use, commercial versions going bust right and left, stingy target demographic, not easy to implement, etc.

I think maybe someone should reserve a space on Sourceforge for RFID.