1. My understanding is that everybody in the world who is on the same RCS and has bought the tool can change the outline. Is this correct?

Yes, at the moment this is correct.

2. Are there any plans to enhance this tool so that I can define which members can edit and read the shared outline (similar to the "Editors Only" concept in Manila)? It would be cool if I could for example specify that sharedoutline "deal1" is only editable and readable by users 1 and 2 but not 3 and 4. I could sell a lot of Radio and SharedOutline licenses if it had such a capability.

Security/access control is the next big thing with SharedOutline and we are working on it. With version 1.0 (or maybe with 1.1) of the tool you will be able define passwords for each outline, so you will be able to define who will be able to read/edit what. Another possibility will be defining which users users registered on the RCS server will be allowed to edit the outline.

Microsoft Tries to Explain What Its .Net Plans Are About. Two years into its quest to create a new kind of Internet-enabled computing it describes as .Net, Microsoft found it necessary to pause Wednesday and try to explain what it meant. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Business]

Ok, to recap: Microsoft has been pushing .Net for two years (we've seen TV commercials also here in Italy), and now, after two years, they think they need to pause and explain what they meant?.

(Mr. Gates) said that the idea of the .Net infrastructure was clear, but acknowledged that the company had not created a clear view of what it intended for its customers.

Uh, yeah, sure. I think that all they are hoping to do is trying to keep their largest customers waiting while they're figuring out their next buzz word. Oh, sorry, they aready have it: Palladium.