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Windows Vista: More than 88 million copies sold: Microsoft has now sold more than 88 million copies of Windows Vista, according to company officials. Vista sales were a big part of the reason Microsoft had a more-than-solid first fiscal 2008 quarter, with earnings of $4.29 billion, or 45 cents a share, on revenue of $13.76...; Tags: Revenue, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-10-25
When you think RIAs are not even a blip on the $15 billion radar: Words can't express how insane I think this is but I'm sure every blogger in the world will have some kind of take on Microsoft's investing $240 million in Facebook at a $15 billion valuation. At first today actually made me feel very small. The cool applications, some of which...; Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, aQuantive Inc., Rich Internet Application, Radar, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2007-10-24
News to know: PC satisfaction; Nokia batteries; VMware IPO; Flash VOIP: Notable headlines:Customer satisfaction down among PC buyers.Nokia announces product advisory for BL-5C battery.AP: VMware prices IPO at $29.Ed Bott: The Vista RAM puzzle: Is 2GB enough?Larry Dignan: Classmates files for $125 million IPO.Ryan Stewart: Flash based VOIP is finally here.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Shared Source licenses are now in...; Tags: VoIP, Nokia Corp., PC, aQuantive Inc., Battery, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, IPO, Web Design, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-08-14
New roles for old Softies, as Microsoft-aQuantive dust settles: As usual, there's more to a Microsoft restructuring than meets the eye.Now that Microsoft's $6 billion purchase of ad powerhouse aQuantive has received the official nod from aQuantive's shareholders, Microsoft is beginning the long process of melding the two companies.Step one, announced on August 13: Create a new division, the...; Tags: Advertisement, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2007-08-13
Microsoft closes $6 billion Aquantive buy: Microsoft closes $6 billion Aquantive buyOn Motly Fools and Virtical IntigrationAny university level course on math of finance or stock investing will lead the student to question Virtical Integration, which is what the Aquantive buy is all about. If memory serves me right Aquantive use to count Microsoft as one...; Tags: Financial accounting, theory, American Programmer, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement; Discussion threads 2007-08-13

aQuantive: Who are these guys?: aQuantive: Who are these guys?Great articleIs the title .....: Who are these guys? a standard template?If so then I would like to suggest a similar article be done on:"Telstra Burgess and ACCC", my Google Search pattern.Burgess made a seriously inflammatory statement yesterday morning: This may be inconsequential to yourselves but;My...; Tags: Telstra Burgess, aQuantive Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-06-05
aQuantive is not a Microsoft open source play: aQuantive is not a Microsoft open source playM$ will switch, sort of...M$ will make an effort to switch to the .NET stack. Because folks are watching to see if M$ eats it's own dog food. Remember Hotmail? Hotmail had to use Solaris. And still today ...; Tags: .NET, Sun Solaris, Application servers, E-mail providers, Middleware, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, aQuantive Inc., open source; Discussion threads 2007-05-29
aQuantive is not a Microsoft open source play: Writer Rodney Gedda at Computerworld writes that aQuantive, the online ad agency Microsoft is buying for $6 billion, is an open source play.The reason? Many aQuantive units, including AvenueA Razorfish and Atlas, make extensive use of open source software, including mySQL, Linux, and Apache.If you use open source, are you...; Tags: Applications, Development, Enterprise Policy, General, Infrastructure, mergers &, acquisitions, Microsoft; Blog posts 2007-05-29
Microsoft on aQuantive: Think merger, not acquisition: Microsoft on aQuantive: Think merger, not acquisitionNo such thing as a mergerI love it when these touchy feely statements come out about acquisitions. He says come live in my house drink my wine eat my food sleep in my bed.. My house is your house treat it as your...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Food & Beverage, merger, acquisition, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-05-23
Just how valuable are those cookie files?: The run on Internet advertising firms may be explained by the cache of cookies sitting in your browser. As we all know online advertising consolidation is rampant--Google bought DoubleClick; Microsoft grabbed aQuantive; WPP takes out 24/7 Real Media and Yahoo acquired Right Media. These moves have been attributed to everything...; Tags: General, Google, Microsoft, Web Technology, Yahoo; Blog posts 2007-05-23
Microsoft on aQuantive: Think merger, not acquisition: Microsoft views its aQuantive purchase as more of a merger than an acquisition, according to Steve Berkowitz, the Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services.Berkowitz discussed Microsoft's $6 billion aQuantive buy, among other topics, during his May 22 presentation at the JP Morgan Technology conference. (I listened to the Webcast...; Tags: Windows Live, Search, MSN, Google, Corporate strategy, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-05-22
News to know: Google and Salesforce.com; Microsoft speaks on patents; HTC Vox: Notable headlines:Google, Salesforce.com reportedly in alliance. Dan Farber: Salesforce.com adds ability to consume Web services in Apex.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft and patent claims: 'Business as usual'? Pat Helland 2.0 rejoins Microsoft.George Ou: Windows Home Server versus Linux or BSD.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Popfly: Yahoo Pipes for the rest of us....; Tags: News to know, General; Blog posts 2007-05-21
Noodling over how aQuantive is worth $6 billion: Noodling over how aQuantive is worth $6 billionPerhaps M/S is after aQuantive's patentPerhaps, part of aQuantive's value to M/S is its ChannelScope patent. M/S could be acquiring the patent for their own protection, but also to use it aggressively against some of their competition. Just a guess.; Tags: aQuantive Inc., M/S, Noodling, patent; Discussion threads 2007-05-18
Noodling over how aQuantive is worth $6 billion: Is aQuantive worth twice as much as DoubleClick? Why would Microsoft pay an 85 percent premium? Did Microsoft have a choice?These are questions I'm noodling as I ponder the Microsoft purchase of aQuantive (see Techmeme, aQuantive history, and Microsoft Q&A).Unfortunately, I'm not getting a lot of help with...; Tags: Yahoo, Web Technology, Microsoft, Google; Blog posts 2007-05-18
Microsoft $6 billion punch to Google: aQuantive trumps DoubleClick?: Microsoft $6 billion punch to Google: aQuantive trumps DoubleClick?I have a question..Do you "Ever" write about anything other than Google? Seems a bit of an obsession to me.wasted click, wish i can have it back.I like the post Donna.I like your writing style. You don't seem to be on...; Tags: Blogging, Google Inc., Microsoft $6, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., DoubleClick Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-05-18
Microsoft $6 billion punch to Google: aQuantive trumps DoubleClick?: NEWS FLASH: Microsoft to Acquire aQuantive, Inc; Company details plans to build Internet-wide advertising platform for advertisers, publishers and ad agencies.That is exactly how I learned the news while attending the Google CEO keynote this morning at the Personal Democracy Forum underway in downtown Manhattan, straight from a Lehman Brothers...; Tags: Advertising, Google, Microsoft; Blog posts 2007-05-18
Podcast: News to know midday update: Microsoft's aQuantive buy; Search engine bugs; iPhone: In today's podcast: Microsoft pays $6 billion for aQuantive. Who is aQuantive and did Microsoft panic and overpay? Ryan Naraine reports June is the month of search engine bugs. And the iPhone appears ready for liftoff. More on the FCC approval.; Tags: General, News to know; Blog posts 2007-05-18
aQuantive: Who are these guys?: The instant messages and emails about Microsoft's $6 billion purchase of aQuantive go something like this: "Whoa that's a big deal." "I'd hate to be short aQuantive." "If Microsoft was going to spend that much why didn't it just buy Doubleclick?" "Who is aQuantive and where'd they come from?"Most of the messages coalesce around...; Tags: Microsoft, Web Technology; Blog posts 2007-05-18
Microsoft makes its biggest acquisition ever: Microsoft is shelling out about $6 billion in cash to buy digital marketing/advertising vendor aQuantive. The aQuantive buy marks the biggest acquisition in Microsoft's corporate history. (So much for the idea that Microsoft isn't into big acquisitions. Guess a Google-DoubleClick deal, on the heels of a Google-YouTube deal, changed that...; Tags: Advertising, Corporate strategy, Google; Blog posts 2007-05-18
Microsoft gets into the game; buys aQuantive for $6 billion: Microsoft gets into the game; buys aQuantive for $6 billionSo Microsoft Claimed $3.1 Billion Was Too MuchSo instead they plunk down over $6 billion for this company.Yeah, I can see the logic there.M$ is burning money fast!The faster it burns it's loot the better.Do I smellM$ INNOVATION at work?Shrewd move,...; Tags: game, ABM'ers, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement, U.S. Citizen, U.S. Job, H-1B; Discussion threads 2007-05-18