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- Microsoft looks to make product planning more science than art
- Microsoft has been quietly building a platform to help its own product teams -- and ultimately, those from other companies -- turn product planning more of a science and less of a black art. Microsoft calls the test bed the Microsoft Experimentation Platform ExP. Here is how...
- Tags: Software, Team, Experiment, Platform, Experimentation, Microsoft Corp., ExP, EXP Team, MJF, Human Intuition, Team Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- There's more than one way to mesh
- On April 15, startup Syncplicity, was hatched. Syncplicity's management team includes a number of former (and near-former) Softies -- including Steven Hazel, a former employee of FolderShare. Microsoft acquired FolderShare, a file-sync vendor, from ByteTaxi in 2005 and recently updated the service for the first time in...
- Tags: Web, Groove Networks Inc., Advisor, Microsoft Corp., Syncplicity, FolderShare, MJF, Synchronization Service, Peer To Peer (P2P), Groupware, Storage, Investment, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Finance, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born
- Move over, Microsoft Singularity. There's another microkernel, .Net-based operating system in town. And this one's available under an open-source license. Known as Cosmos, the new, independently developed operating system OS is the brain child of former Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism team member Chad "Kudzu" Hower....
- Tags: Open Source, Assembly, Operating System, Compiler, Microsoft Corp., Kudzu, Cosmos Frequently Asked Questions, MJF, C#, .Net, Operating Systems, Middleware, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Enterprise Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- The gag is off: Samba's Allison talks turkey on Microsoft-Novell deal
- On December 21, word leaked out that lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled in early November. Other than sharing the fact that he had taken a new job with Google, Allison said he couldnt provide specifics on his decision until some time...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Windows server, Windows client, Jeremy Allison, Google Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-12-30
- The ultimate revenge? Novell's Allison to join Google
- The word is out: Lead Samba developer Jeremy Allison has quit Novell in protest over the Microsoft-Novell alliance, unveiled on November 1. What isnt widely known, at least so far, is that Allison is joining Microsoft rival Google. I asked Allison for more particulars about his decision to leave...
- Tags: Windows server, Corporate strategy, MJF, Jeremy Allison, Novell Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-12-21
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- Skepticism and Mary Jo Foley
- Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyThat does it[i]So, Mary Jo, feel free to be skeptical not that I had to tell you that. Skepticism is warranted, as you have rightly explained.[/i]Now you're going to have Don ranting about you as well as MJF.RE: Skepticism and Mary Jo FoleyGee, considering Microsoft's 20+...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Cosmos%3A+An+open-source+.Net-based+microkernel+OS+is+born
- Cosmos%3A+An+open-source+.Net-based+microkernel+OS+is+bornawesome...another alternative, lightweight OSMicrosoft ought to rebuild Windows on top of its stripped-down kernel so that Windows can run efficiently with fewer resources.Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....."[b][b] can't hold a candle to Linux."please cut the crap![i]Cosmos is 100% C#. The only assembly is emitted by our compiler.[/i]Last time I checked C# code was plain...
- Tags: Programming languages, Operating systems, .NET, cosmo, open source, Microsoft Corp., Java, operating system, compiler
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threats
- Securing Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsSecuring Microsoft: The next generation of security threatsThe good thing about this is that Microsoft recognizes that there is potential for a security threat and is taking all measures to close that threat. Recognition of resolution of the problem is what Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, security threat, Securing
- Discussion threads 2007-12-05
- OpenDocument Foundation folds; will Microsoft benefit?
- OpenDocument Foundation folds; will Microsoft benefit?Only freedom is the real loserWhile corporations whose goals are to exploit the public (using well-placed lobbying and bribes) will be winners.The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.C'est La VieCDF? But, but, butno one needs two standards, right? :-)congratulations to Mary....for...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Idealism, benefit, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Foundation, CDF
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- Is Microsoft pushing Windows Desktop Search via Windows Update?
- Is Microsoft pushing Windows Desktop Search via Windows Update?Not seeing it on XPIs WDS for Vista only?Carl RapsonNot true!Windows Update only downloads and installs security updates automatically. Any non-security related updates are not automatically installed. Any suggested non-security updates can only be installed with the user's express permission.RE: Is...
- Tags: Operating systems, SEARCH, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Update, desktop search, Windows Desktop Search, IS MICROSOFT, Windows Desktop, WDS 3.01, Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Is anyone surprised Microsoft is lobbying to thwart Google?
- Is anyone surprised Microsoft is lobbying to thwart Google?Some day Someone will have to force MS to behaveSadly EC AND EU made a small scratch on MS but soon we should have a real hit across the head off MS with real penalty something that MS will remember for...
- Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- Inside one PC buyer's mind (aka: A message for Michael Dell, Microsoft and other PC makers)
- Inside one PC buyer's mind (aka: A message for Michael Dell, Microsoft and other PC makers)Interesting concept"But, the more I think about it, the more I realize that Sue is 100 percent right to not know what operating system she’s using."Too bad, to not know there are alternatives to the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), RAID, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Bloatfarm, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- Microsoft Shared Source licenses are now in OSI's hands
- Microsoft Shared Source licenses are now in OSI's handsthe OSS must take actionand speak up against the M$ dirty deeds.A good ideea could be to picket the OSI office to reject these M$ 'creations'.once a shill always a shillIs there anythin about microsft MJF that isnt good. S squared...
- Tags: Microsoft Shared Source license, OSI, Microsoft Corp., standards
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers' hands
- Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers' handsXP forever!Or at least as long as I can conceivably hold out. As far as I'm concerned, it's [b]"Hasta la vista, Vista!"[/b]No Effect On My OS Usage Decision At AllSince I have no plans to use the Vista OS, it...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, SP3, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Microsoft establishes more anti-GPLv3 precautions
- Microsoft establishes more anti-GPLv3 precautionsBlog title misleadingWhy, oh why, Mary Jo, do you insist on calling your blog an "unbiased eye" on Microsoft when all it is is a "jaundiced eye" on Microsoft.Microsoft takes steps to clarify their agreements with Linux vendors after GPLv3 is released suddenly becomes Microsoft scrambling/running/the...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, CONVEYANCE, Microsoft Corp., GPL-3, GPLv3
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Microsoft Xbox Chief Peter Moore: Did he jump or was he pushed?
- Microsoft Xbox Chief Peter Moore: Did he jump or was he pushed?It is simply Moore's law...Every year the number of XBOX 360 consoles that burst into flames will double.Does it really matter to anyone aside from himDoes it matter if Microsoft layed it out in spades with an ultimate choice...
- Tags: Game players, Peter Moore, Microsoft Corp., Mike Cox, Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Xbox
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- 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
- More clues: Why Microsoft backtracked on its Vista virtualization plans
- More clues: Why Microsoft backtracked on its Vista virtualization plansGuess we now know your trustworthiness"sent under NDA June 18." Nuff said - you break your NDA like a couple of morning eggs.It is obvious isn't it?They want to enforce the sale of the most expensive version of Vista. ...
- Tags: Storage management, No_Ax, Microsoft Corp., No_Ax_to_Grind, virtualization, Mary Jo, NDA, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- (Photos: Fourteen views of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard)
- (Photos: Fourteen views of Mac OS 10.5 Leopard)Nice screenshots of Leopard.But then I'd have to buy the hardware, so I'd stick with Windows for now (I'm beta-testing Windows Server 2008 with Vista Aero theme; using Windows Server 2008 for web/home automation/DHCP server).Calling MJF.......need to see this:http://mac360.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/915Nothing is excitingTime machine a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Nothing, photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Calling MJF, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2007-06-14
- Is Microsoft becoming a hardware vendor?
- Microsoft for years has been building keyboards, mice and joysticks. More recently, it started building Xbox gaming consoles. Then Zune MP3 players. Now, with the company's official unveiling of Surface, a k a Milan/PlayTable, Microsoft is mamufacturing large-screen, multitouch, gesture-recognizing computing devices.Does all this mean that software vendor Microsoft is...
- Tags: Apple, Channel, Corporate strategy, OEMs, Resellers, System builders, Xbox, Zune
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
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