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- Jim Allchin and his Windows legacy
- How Jim Allchin put his imprint on WindowsPerhaps more than any single executive at Microsoft--including Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer--Jim Allchin's reputation will be forever linked to his stewardship over the development of Windows. Now, with the imminent shipment of the Vista operating system, Allchin is finishing his...
- Tags: Jim Allchin
- Videos 2007-01-20
- When Microsoft conspiracy theories spin out of control
- Two days ago, Jim Allchin, Microsoft Co-President of Platforms and Services, announced that Microsoft released Windows Vista to manufacturing. In the 48 hours since then, a number of reporters and bloggers have been jumping all over the fact that Allchin admitted during the press conference following the RTM announcement that...
- Tags: Vista, Security, Microsoft Corp., Jim Allchin
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
- Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?
- In Part 2 of “My Dinner with Allchin” (OK, so it was just a cup of tea), Microsoft Platforms and Services Co-president Jim Allchin touched on a few subjects about which he doesn’t often opine. Allchin shared his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and developer...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows
- Blog posts 2006-10-29
- What did Microsoft learn from Vista?
- After Bill Gates, the man whose name is most closely associated with Windows is Jim Allchin. Allchin, the co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services business, is in his final months at Microsoft. As previously announced, the 16-year Microsoft veteran plans to leave the company in January, following the retail launch...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Jim Allchin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, dependency, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-10-27
- Microsoft buys Windows utility software maker
- Microsoft buys Windows utility software makerAbsolutely nothing wrong with that."I've had my eye on Mark for some time," Jim Allchin, Microsoft divisional co-president, said in a statement..Nothing wrong with that.Just hope that SysInternals is still downloadableI would hate to see this fine resource disappear because Microsoft bought them.SysInternals should have...
- Tags: Business ethics, Microsoft Windows, software, Neukom, ethics, Think about OJ, Microsoft Corp., Jim Allchin, oath
- Discussion threads 2006-07-18
- Foretelling Microsoft's future ...
- Foretelling Microsoft's future ...How this is going to happenYet another post on ZDNET spelling the story of doom and gloom for a company with more pennies in the bank than there are sub-atomic particles in the universe. What we need to realize is that this post is nothing more...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Jim Allchin, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-06-01
- Microsoft's fight with demons within bears fruit
- Microsoft's fight with demons within bears fruitI might as well start"There will always be those who will dismiss this whole thing as a publicity stunt and there will always be those who will selectively quote Microsoft executives admitting faults in Windows products to bash them."I might as well start then.Quite...
- Tags: Operating systems, Jim Allchin, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-09-26
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- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A
- There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...
- Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Microsoft starts sharing details on SQL Server 'Kilimanjaro'
- Just a couple of months after releasing to manufacturing SQL Server 2008, Microsoft is starting to offer details about its next release of its flagship database. That product, code-named "Killimanjaro," will ship in the first half of 2010, according to Microsoft officials. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Team, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Kilimanjaro, Project Madison, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Team Management, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Linux ready to replace Windows? Not yet…
- Is Linux ready to replace Windows on the desktop? Linux advocates think that light, cheap netbooks show off the advantages of an open-source OS over Windows. Out in the real world, though, the market is arguing to the contrary. The director of sales for one especially hot-selling netbook says its...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- SAP: Business drop was 'sudden and unexpected'; Credit crunch hurt IT financing
- SAP said Monday its business fell off in September as the company warned that its third quarter wouldn't meet its previous targets as a broad swath of customers delayed information technology projects. In contrast to SAP's upbeat outlook in July, the company in a statement said it...
- Tags: Software, Revenue, Information Technology, Financing, SAP AG, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- SAP: first to hit the buffers
- SAP pre-announced its Q3 results at what could not have come at a worse time for the beleaguered stock market. Although executives were bragging about 4% growth in software sales as though BusinessObjects doesn't exist the reality is that year over year growth was off 9%. Management...
- Tags: Software, SAP AG, U.S. GAAP Software Revenue, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Mono 2.0...why not Microsoft?
- The release of Mono version 2.0, the open source implementation of .NET that is available for use on Mac, Linux and Windows platforms, is an achievement in itself. I often wonder, however, why Microsoft has no interest in releasing a cross-platform, fully-supported version of the .NET framework themselves. by...
- Tags: Mono, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Development Tools, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- No company-wide hiring freeze (yet) at Microsoft
- Is Microsoft slowing its seemingly never-ending hiring or actually putting a halt on it? It sounds like certain groups inside the company have been told to stop hiring, at least for now. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Hiring, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows
- Do people who pay $299 to $399 for a Linux notebook suffer greater levels of buyer's remorse compared to those buying Windows machines? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Linux Laptop, Operating System, Laptop Computer, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- A Consumer Electronics Carol
- I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!)Â As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...
- Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Yahoo: What happens if Google deal doesn't go through?
- Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google, which is expected to increase the company's ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft as well as others, but the larger question is...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- The top five reasons why Windows Vista failed
- On Friday, Microsoft gave computer makers a six-month extension for offering Windows XP on newly-shipped PCs. While this doesn't impact enterprise IT -- because volume licensing agreements will allow IT to keep installing Windows XP for many years to come -- the move is another symbolic nail in Vista's coffin....
- Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IT Department, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- The cloud finally comes to education
- Cloud computing is one of those great buzzwords in IT that, so far, has meant very little to the average Ed Tech customer. We all have a pretty good idea what it means: lots of computers somewhere (we don't actually care where) doing lots of processing to deliver services...
- Tags: Education, PC, Thin Client, Computer, Cloud, SIMtone Corp., Desktops, Productivity, Thin Clients, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple
- Â Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
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