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Microsoft's Iain McDonald: It's the end of a (Longhorn) era

Iain McDonald, a guy with the humble title of Director of Project Management for Windows Server, has had a long and deep impact on Microsoft's Windows organization.The 15-year Microsoft veteran has served on a variety of teams, from Product Support Services, to Exchange Server, to Windows Server. He was a...

Tags: Corporate strategy, Vista, Windows client, Windows server, Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn, Windows XP, WinHEC

Blog posts 2007-07-03

Fries with that video game?

Satirical game lets you play a McDonald's business managerCNET News.com's Neha Tiwari jumps into the McDonald's video game and discovers that tending the pasture, keeping the boardroom happy and making sure customers have smiles on their faces is much harder than it looks. To see our blog and the...

Tags: game, McDonald

Videos 2006-07-05

The other side of the Disney/McDonald's breakup

After my piece yesterday about Jobs getting out of the Happy Meal business I heard from a source close to McDonald's that tells a different toy story.According to the source, McDonald's has been waiting for the 10-year exclusive movie tie-in contract with Disney to expire for years. Apparently the company...

Tags: Disney Corp., McDonald

Blog posts 2006-05-10

Jobs gets out of the Happy Meal business

Apparently Steve Jobs doesn't care too much for the food at McDonald's or at minimum he wants to stop using it to promote Disney/Pixar films to kids.According to a story in the L.A. Times, Disney is not renewing a 10-year agreement with McDonald's to include plastic toys in its Happy...

Tags: Disney Corp., McDonald

Blog posts 2006-05-09

Feds side with Microsoft in Korea flap

Feds side with Microsoft in Korea flapWhat did I tell ya!!!SLAP down...Wow pot calling the kettle black"Sound antitrust policy should protect competition, not competitors, and must avoid chilling innovation and competition even by 'dominant' companies," McDonald said. "Furthermore, we believe that regulators should avoid substituting their judgment for the market's...

Tags: Corporate law, Strategy, administration, Microsoft Corp., McDonald, antitrust

Discussion threads 2005-12-07

Good ideas are good ideas

Robert Scoble has been running around Microsoft attacking people with a video camera. Okay, perhaps I exaggerate, but he recently had a 17 minute interview with Bill Gates, and before that, with Marc McDonald, the first Microsoft employee. ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Marc, McDonald

Blog posts 2005-09-09

McDonald's Wi-Fi recipe could define industry

McDonald's Wi-Fi recipe could define industryMcDonalds is on its way down, because of competition serving [real] foodMcDonalds, has hit a road bump they have tons of competition in the marketplace. In my opinion I would concentrate on serving HOT and FRESH food. NOT some fly by night idea that will...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Wireless LANs, Keyboards, WIRELESS, Nothing, industry, McDonalds, food, Wi-Fi, McDonald

Discussion threads 2004-03-12

Additional Resources

Top online ad campaigns by fast food chains

Advertiser Ad views, 000 Share of ads Unique ad viewers, 000 Frequency McDonald’s 295,884 33.6% 51,897 5.7 Quiznos.com 98,041 11.1% 16,390 6.0 KFC.com 84,974 9.6% 12,620 6.7 PapaJohns.com 82,298 9.3% 17,115 4.8 Subway 8,150 8.9% 15,478 5.0 Dunkin’...

Tags: Food, Advertisement, Online Advertising, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Will Enterprise 2.0 be a wash?

Next week sees the start of Enterprise 2.0 in Boston. You'd think that given the line up of rock star speakers that it would be a magnet for eager buyers looking to find out what's likely to be new, fresh and shiny in the wonderful world of all things social....

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-06-05

The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media

The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social mediaMaybe the root problem is......The seemingly total inability to spell or proof read? This blog is unreadable on its face apart from the blather of whatever the argument might be -- "argingerging," "ligs anogs," "chaineasinleasing hhuge," "Onoblem. Onlat can retrocan." Is this insider...

Tags: poverty, social media, Enterprise 2.0, collaboration, incoherence, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Gartner's latest pep talk: CIO as corporate change super hero

It's time for chief information officers to step up and be the big difference makers in their companies. Welcome to another CIO pep talk. This one comes from Mark McDonald, analyst at Gartner. His pitch at the Gartner Emerging Technologies conference in Las Vegas: The CIO role...

Tags: CIO, Gartner Inc., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-08

There's no Windows Server 2008 SP1 in the works. Here's why

Customers who are waiting for Service Pack SP 1 to start planning/deploying Windows Server 2008, don't hold your breath. Microsoft is not going to issue an SP1 for its latest Windows Server release. The reason? Windows Server 2008 already is labeled as "Windows Server 2008 SP1." ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-17

Top 25 advertisers in African American media

With $89.7 mln in spending, Procter & Gamble is the largest advertiser targeting African American consumers, according to Nielsen Company. McDonald’s is second with $37.7 mln, followed by Johnson and Johnson with $36.1 million in total spending for the 12 months October 2006 through September 2007. Collectively, top 25 advertisers...

Tags: Category, Media, McDonald's Corp., Advertiser, Product Category, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?

Chartered to protect the henhouse, has the FTC turned into a fox?You tell me and we'll both know."The question is, what will be that next evolutionary step that resets things so that we have the final word on such sensitive information."You tell me and we'll both know.It's the golden rule...Those...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, henhouse, Chartered, FTC, fox, telemarketing, ZIP code

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

Google's developer pledge of allegiance

During Google's Analyst Day, Googler Paul McDonald asked the crowd of press and analyst attendees to stand and recite a developer pledge of allegiance. One platform with access for all. It's nice when you have nearly 70 percent of the searches passing through your one platform... by...

Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Platform, Analyst, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Back to the Barricades and Firing Squads: Revolution 2.0 Is Coming

Back to the Barricades and Firing Squads: Revolution 2.0 Is ComingNothing here. Moving on.I have NO idea what you are writing about.Anybody?Went right over my head.Well, thanks anyhow. ;)RE: Back to the Barricades and Firing Squads: Revolution 2.0 Is ComingI wouldn't carry the comparison between the old PC revolution...

Tags: Revolution 2.0, Firing Squad, firing, barricade

Discussion threads 2007-09-07

Wikiscanner reveals Apple's Wikipedia edits

Wikiscanner reveals Apple's Wikipedia editsM$ must be held accountable for spreading FUD!"Computers in Microsoft’s IP range in turn edit Apple entries, adding negative comments about their rival."Somebody has to put the foot in the door and sue the M$ mobsters! What is Apple waiting for?...They have the money to fight...

Tags: Wiki, Linux, Revisionism, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WikiScanner, Wikipedia, Linux Geek

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

Wikiscanner reveals Apple's Wikipedia edits

If you haven't already, you should check out Virgil Griffiths Wikiscanner.The WikiScanner database was made by extracting all anonymous edits from the publicly available Wikipedia database dump which is released about once a month. According to Virgil: In the WikiScanner database, there are 34,417,493 anonymous edits dating from February 7th,...

Tags: Database, Apple Inc., Wikipedia, Wikiscanner, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Microsoft's Iain McDonald: It's the end of a (Longhorn) era

Microsoft's Iain McDonald: It's the end of a Longhorn eraWhy do I read your #@!*WHy TF do I continue to read your dribble for. This is the lead story on ZD... I wouldn't even wrap dead fish in this story if it was news paper...A small requestNice interview, Mary. A...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows 2000, DOS, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-07-03

Microsoft's worst run project: Windows 2000

Microsoft's worst run project: Windows 2000Project vs. ProductPerhaps the project was poorly managed, but the result was a product that a *lot* of people still swear by. And really, Win2k still has 100% of the functionality many businesses (and some home users, even) need.Ah the good OLE days...My rep...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows NT, Now IT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., run project, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-07-03