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Dissecting Microsoft's Mojave Experiment

Dissecting Microsoft's Mojave ExperimentWant to dissect Vista Licenses sold as well?regarding MS quote "Revenue growth was primarily driven by continued customer demand for all products, including Windows Vista, which has sold over 180 million licenses since launch"http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2008/07/18/three-months-later-180-million-vista-licenses-sold-in-totalhttp://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/29/vista-sales-really-windows-xpWhat did you expect?Do you honestly think you get the oportuninty to view all...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Mojave Experiment, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Dissecting Microsoft's Mojave Experiment

Last night, as I was drifting off to sleep, something stuck me about Microsoft's Mojave Experiment that hadn't clicked when I first watched it. Out of the 140/120 participants the number varies depending on the source that Microsoft say took part in this experiment, we don't actually seem to hear...

Tags: Experiment, Microsoft Windows Vista, Video, Microsoft Corp., Mojave Experiment, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-07-30

What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'?

What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'?AmenI agree. No matter what they do, people will still piss and moan.a lot of windows users are p*ssed.Windows users were told it would run fine on older machines. The RC was going to be faster than the beta, the gold would be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing research, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Mojave Experiment, Microsoft Windows Vista, MSFT

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Microsoft, In Search Of Itself

Microsoft, In Search Of ItselfTo Microsoft, the future is yesterdayWith the addition of control by Microsoft..........I posted this on another talkback...but this just shows the lack of sincerity from MS. They can't even be straight forward with us. Their user want XP and not Vista. Until MS admits this and...

Tags: Corporate governance, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Additional Resources

Why Windows 7 should be free

Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Time's 10 biggest tech failures of the decade

Time's 10 biggest tech failures of the decadeIf the Zune is a failure..then so is every other mp3 player besides an iPod. After so many years and at 2-3% world marketshare it would be obvious to say Macs are failures as well.I see Time left their own failures off...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, tech failure, Microsoft Windows Vista, YouTube Inc., Apple Macintosh, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Time Warner Cable Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Ratbags take Windows 7 (actually KDE 4) to the street [video]

Our colleagues at ZDNet Australia just conducted a very interesting experiment. They took KDE 4 to the streets and told people it was Windows 7 and guess what? No one could tell the difference.  Here's the comical experiment from ZDNet Australia's Chris Duckett and Alex Serpo. Perhaps...

Tags: Experiment, Microsoft Windows 7, Video, KDE, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-11

Should Microsoft give Windows 7 away for free?

Should Microsoft give Windows 7 away for free?I doubt it....Though it would be neat if Microsoft gave away the 64-bit version while making people pay for the 32-bit version. There is a bit of a hump in terms of users on the Win32 platform that has been around for...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

"Clearly, confidently, not Vista": Windows 7's new tagline?

"Clearly, confidently, not Vista": Windows 7's new tagline?At Ballmer's CES keynote......he only said "Vista" once, and there was no way of getting around it. That's it -- just once. And we're only talking about two years or so of that OS's existence!Microsoft's new strategy is to no longer acknowledge Vista....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Windows 7: A sound of thunder

Windows 7: A sound of thunderMS will never go down.Windows will be the main stream OS forever and ever and ever.And those that are dumping Windows are going to Apple and not Linux. Linux is just too unpredictable for most users. Too many distro's and not enough main stream...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

News to know: Windows 7; Twitter phishing; Apple; Floppies

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: The bell tolls for your magnetic media Robin Harris: Long-term personal data storage Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First reactions to Windows 7 ...

Tags: Floppy Disk, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Phishing, Operating Systems, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Software, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-05

Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a Mac

Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a MacWell, Linux just works too. McCains campain was like going to Win3.1NT.RE: Newsweek: Clinton campaign was a PC, Obama a MacHmmm. Linux "just works" if you're a Linux head. thanks for reading,David MorgensternLinuxWell we can call Cynthia Green a Suse, Ralph Nader...

Tags: Desktops, OK Windows, Obama, Apple Macintosh, Clinton Campaign, Newsweek, PC

Discussion threads 2008-11-11

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Ballmer: 'Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better'

Ballmer: 'Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better'Here's a suggestionI noticed that some of your readers post comments only when you blog about the "Windows OS". I am doing it now to convey a point hereMy family member watched Oprah show yesterday, and mentioned that the topic...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad

C'mon, Vista really isn't that badRE: C'mon, Vista really isn't that badI agree, it eases the transition from the digital to the physical world for computer users and seems especially geared towards newer computer users and explaining steps and giving more information about the system itself and any software installed....

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, C'MON, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista

Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over VistaExploiting???Why used the term "exploiting" to refer to using a validly licenses older M$ OS version? All versions, including the current Vista versions should be exploited for the highest ROI possible. Vista as an upgrade path doesn't really offer ROI for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 XP

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks

Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Kernel, Craig, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, parallel-processing tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Win32, tweak, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhere

Microsoft's "Phase 2" ad campaign - No mention of Vista anywhereMy guess is......they're touting the Microsoft and Windows brands, not a particular product.Carl RapsonRE: Microsoft'sOh boy, I'm sure these ads will be just as over analyzed and picked apart in every minute detail like the first two. The point...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), advertisement, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Adrian, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

Bring on the fake John Hodgman!

Bring on the fake John Hodgman!New innovative Windows Mobile 7 is requiredHello Mary Jo,I think that the only way for Microsoft to return that gain momentum for winning new users for Windows 7 is one-up Apple's working together with Google iPhone platform by developing a *new* innovative Windows Mobile 7...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Windows Mobile 7, John Hodgman, fake John Hodgman, Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-09-18

Mainstream media writes Windows obit

Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-05