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- ZuluPad (zip)
- ZuluPad is a notepad on crack. It's a place to jot down class notes, appointments, to-do lists, favorite Web sites, pretty much anything you can think of. The great thing about ZuluPad is that it combines the best parts of a notepad with the best parts of a wiki, a...
- Tags: Note, ZuluPad, Bach, Wiki, Web Site Development, Online Communications, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-12-12
- So what's an application, anyway?
- So what's an application, anyway?Unix Museum - Exhibit AConfiguration files that are only validated at run time - even for being syntactically correct, never mind type or any other kind of consistency checking.This applies both to Unix itself and to many Unix system applications or utilities (or whatever you want...
- Tags: essay, Bach, Unix Museum, Unix, compilation
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
- Microsoft's Zune bizdev head counter-challenges my offer to shave my head
- Microsoft's Zune bizdev head counter-challenges my offer to shave my headcheck?I dont think Bach specifically said anything about being #2, I believe that was Bloomberg's interpretation. This is Bach's quote .. ``When we're done with the holiday, people will look and say, `There's Apple and there's Microsoft,''' he said. ``The...
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, Bach, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
Additional Resources
- Microsoft COO: Standing firm on Vista
- Microsoft COO: Standing firm on VistaI like the 64-bit version for a better GUI and good app compatibilityBut they really need to go back to the drawing board. Vista (32- or 64-bit) should in no way require 4x more RAM and 10x more disk space just for its own...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, Turner
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- The company people want Microsoft to be
- The company people want Microsoft to bewhat kind of compagny people want MS to beWell not very different that the one we have right now .... except no more fud ( if they have something again opensource just go to court and be done with it if linux...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to Microsoft
- With all the threats, promises and negotiations around the pending acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft, it's easy to lose sight of the key driver of the deal: Increased ad inventory. While folks trying to read the tea leaves for signs of CEO Steve Ballmer's moods or Yahoo...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Video, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theoryNiceOK so if I buy a CD and let strangers walk in my house and listen to them I'm infringing on copyright! hahahaha!This judge probablydissented just to get his name in the paper. Because hundreds of other judges have upheld the theory, because it's pretty...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Copyright-Infringement, theory, legal theory, RIAA, music
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- CTIA Spring 2008: Keynote Featuring Robbie Bach
- This webcast presented at CTIA Wireless 2008 Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division discusses the company's Connected Entertainment vision, and the vital role that mobile devices play in delivering that vision to consumers. The presenter demonstrates new technologies and services from Microsoft that helps to take the world with the users...
- Tags: Vision, Microsoft Corp., CTIA, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management
- Webcasts 2008-04-01
- Is Microsoft's Danger play a poke at Apple? Google? (updated)
- Microsoft said Monday that they're acquiring Palo Alto, CA-based Danger Inc., maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick QWERTY smartphone. Sidekicks feature a novel flip-up screen that reveals a full-size keyboard making easy work of texting and email. It could even be argued that the Sidekick (which the company...
- Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, Mobile, Operating System, T-Mobile Sidekick, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, iLounge, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Danger to be Microsoft's entry into consumer-focused phones
- How does Microsoft intend to take on Apple's iPhone? The Redmond software maker's plan to gain traction in the consumer-focused mobile-phone market hinges heavily on Danger Inc. -- the company that invented the Sidekick and is soon to become part of Microsoft, according to Robbie Bach, president...
- Tags: Phone, Partnership, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Business Structures, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu
- Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieure: Good riddence.mrmckeb:"...marketing has almost everything to do with Vista's sales. Apple wouldn't even be around if it weren't for marketing."Really? Most of Apple's teevee ads are style over substance, with few or no facts entered into evidence. I point you...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing research, Microsoft Windows Vista, marketing, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-04
- Windows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip Vista
- Windows 7 debut in 2009? Another reason to skip VistaWhat's 7 going to have that Vista doesn't?If 7 is going to be a huge leap, then yes, I can see waiting for it to come out. But if it's the normal kind of leap that we're used to from...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- Violinist offers recording for free online
- Violinist offers recording for free onlineWorking FundamentalsAn inspiring piece - thanks for publishing this story from Reuters. Since the 80's, I've found serenity in my own time to continue reworking Bach 3-part Inventions for piano. Perhaps at one time I would inspire others to make a public recording,...
- Tags: Violinist
- Discussion threads 2008-01-08
- Gates gives CES keynote swan song--no fireworks
- At his annual Consumer Electronics Show opening keynote address, Bill Gates made a few announcements as he prepares to head into the sunset...sort of. In July this year Bill Gates will no longer be part of the day-to-day operation of Microsoft. He has been gradually moving...
- Tags: Software, PC, Xbox Live, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Media Center PCs, Tablets, Game Players, Tools & Techniques, Notebooks, Desktops, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Management, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-06
- Ray Ozzie's Simple Sharing Extensions get a new lease on life
- Ray Ozzie's Simple Sharing Extensions get a new lease on lifeYou've Probably Thought Ahead on this...The MSS version would certainly 'wake-up' the listening audiences whilst shopping for a WII. That way I could hear a Bach 3-part invention being played in realtime to me and at the same time...
- Tags: Simple Sharing Extensions, Ray Ozzie
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- Podcast: Oracle & BEA, Zune, tech policy and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show we discuss Oracle's proposed bid to acquire BEA. Unless a white knight (IBM or SAP, for instance) comes in to outbid Oracle, the marriage is likely a fait accompli, with BEA angling to up the bid price from $17 per share. ...
- Tags: Podcast, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Podcasts, Internet, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Microsoft's Zune bizdev head counter-challenges my offer to shave my head
- Yesterday, via e-mail, Zunecorps blogger Charlie Curran sent me an e-mail saying that Microsoft's head of business development for Zune Bill Wittress had a counter-offer to my open challenge to Microsoft president Robbie Bach to shave my head if Microsoft is ranked #2 in personal digital media player PDMP units...
- Tags: SanDisk Corp., Problem, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Bloomberg L.P., Bill Wittress, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Blogging, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Internet, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Carm from Sandisk ups ante; will shave her head too if Microsoft's Zune makes it to #2
- Carm from Sandisk ups ante; will shave her head too if Microsoft's Zune makes it to #2Well, somone is going to beneeding a hat! And Carm, I hope she isn't the one! She is cute! ]:)Microsoft only plays games where they make up the rulesBach won't participate because Microsoft uses...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operational accounting, Carm, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune, SanDisk Corp., accounting
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- Carm from Sandisk ups ante; will shave her head too if Microsoft's Zune makes it to #2
- Last week, in an open letter to Microsoft President Robbie Bach, I offered to shave my head if, after the holiday 2007 market share data is tallied, Microsoft's share of the portable digital media player market puts its Zune-branded players in 2nd place ahead of the current 2nd place holder...
- Tags: SanDisk Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, David Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- More MP3 player market data suggests I won't be shaving my head at CES
- More MP3 player market data suggests I won't be shaving my head at CESZune has a monopoly in the relevant marketMicrosoft must be punished for having a monopoly in the relevant MP3 player market. Using the same logic that eliminates OSX from the PC OS market (thus ensuring that Windows...
- Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, MP3 player, MP3, Microsoft Zune
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
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