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- Windows 7 a tough sell on netbooks? No kidding!
- Windows 7 a tough sell on netbooks? No kidding!Quite rightThe choices will be:1. Linux2. Windows XP3. Windows 7 Starter Edition4. Windows 7 Home Premium or aboveLinux loses on familiarity. Windows 7 Starter loses on lack of functionality. Windows 7 HP loses on price. Windows XP is familiar, fully functional, and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSI, Windows 7 Starter, Microsoft Windows 7, netbook, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-06
- Windows 7 in 2010? Ha! Try July 2009
- Microsoft executive Bill Veghte raised some eyebrows this week when he told CNET's Ina Fried that he couldn't guarantee Windows 7 would be ready for the holiday season this year. Frightening? Not really. Just pro forma statements to go along with the beta. If you look at some recent documents,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2009-01-10
- Reasons to skip Microsoft's Windows 7 Beta download
- As many of you know, I'm a hardcore Mac guy - but I wasn't always this way. My experiences with Windows Vista sent me over the edge, prompting me to add the "hardcore" next to my "Mac guy" title. Still, I was excited to hear that Microsoft is releasing a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- It's official: No IE 8 until 2009
- It's official: No IE 8 until 2009So, they hase billions to spend, the best programmers in the world, and yetthey look stupid in comparison to Mozilla which has a very small fraction of the resources and programmers. Or is it just that MS thinks the web is not going to...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 8, Mozilla Firefox, IE8
- Discussion threads 2008-11-20
- Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?
- Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?Microsoft is also airing the Mojave experiment ads. nt.RE: Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?That add is really stupid . . . but, if you're totally incapable of building a quality operating system, why not try comedy?Best marketing for...
- Tags: Operating systems, Branding, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, Windows Gurus, Windows brand, Microsoft Corp., brand, Seinfeld
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year
- Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services and Windows, Bill Veghte, just told attendees that Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer IE 8 to the Web "later this year." by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30
- No reprieve: XP phase-out begins June 30But why?Surely if Microsoft remove Windows XP then lazy software developers who don't want to make their apps Vista compatible will be be forced to pull their fingers out!Windows Vista doesn't include many new changes to the software standards that Microsoft introduced with Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Microsoft reorg: Who's in; who's out
- On February 14, Microsoft announced a corporate reorganization affecting many of its divisions. As with any Microsoft early-year reorg -- which typically occur after the company's fiscal mid-year reviews -- there are winners and losers. Check out my slideshow of who's in and who's out as a...
- Tags: Mobile, VP, Vice President, Microsoft Corp., Senior Vice President, Corporate, Vehghte, Lees, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Microsoft's latest reorg to set the stage for Yahoo merger
- In the midst of its acquisition bid for Yahoo, Microsoft is set to announce -- most likely on February 14 -- its latest company-wide reorg. According to sources, the still-unprofitable Online Services Business will be where the greatest number of changes will happen. As previously rumored, Online...
- Tags: Marketing, Merger, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu
- Michael Sievert, Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Marketing, is moving on, according to multiple sources of mine. It's hard to make the case that Sievert, who was responsible for the worldwide introduction of Windows Vista, isn't being pushed for the less-than-enthusiastic public perception of Microsoft's latest...
- Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Michael Sievert, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-04
- Microsoft's OEM chief defects to Lenovo
- While so many of us Microsoft watchers were preoccupied with the hasty departure of former Microsfot CIO Stuart Scott, the resignation of the company's OEM chief slipped right by most of us. Scott Di Valerio quietly left Microsoft at the very end of October and has resurfaced...
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Manufacturer, Microsoft Corp., Di Valerio, Manufacturing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-12-02
- Post Vista, Microsoft reorgs the Windows group
- As typical, following a major product release, Microsoft is reorging. This time, following Windows Vistas launch, its Windows client business unit doing the shuffle, according to sources close to the company. Heres whats happening. Kevin Johnson, head of Microsofts uber Platforms and Services unit, has created a new business...
- Tags: Anti-piracy, Corporate strategy, Windows client, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-27
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