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Microsoft promotes Windows chief Sinofsky to president

Microsoft promotes Windows chief Sinofsky to presidentgreat personI've been following engineering 7 blog since its beginning and we often seven st even responding to comments... we don't see many people in his position doing the same elsewhere, great news.RE: Microsoft promotes Windows chief Sinofsky to presidentSinofsky is awesome, plain and...

Tags: Team management, Operating systems, Sinofsky, Windows chief Sinofsky, Windows Chief, Microsoft Windows, team, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Microsoft moves Live Mesh under Windows chief Sinofsky

Microsoft moves Live Mesh under Windows chief SinofskyGood MoveSinofsky seems to be more pragmatic and focused in the products he releases. Ozzie on the other hand has his head to high up in the cloud so to speak. Most of his ideas never seem to find their niche and just...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Windows chief Sinofsky, Windows Chief, Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

My Windows 7 wish list

Cynics see the new Engineering Windows 7 blog, which launched last week, as a pure PR play from Microsoft. Maybe. But in a 2000-word post yesterday, Windows boos Steven Sinofsky provided some more details about the development effort, including some clues as to what to expect in Windows 7. In...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking

Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinkingMarketingMary-Jo, as much as I would love to see you eat crow on this, I have a distinct feeling that you won't. I think you are smack on with this post. It seems to me that right now Microsoft's mindset is...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Sinofsky, WISHFUL THINKING, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7

Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7E7 blog is up and runningIt's up:http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/14/welcome.aspxFreudian slip ;-)"The fact that he's wiling to speak ..." ;-)Yes, wily types those M$oftie$!Much as I've criticised VISTA and M$ I do hope they get it right this time.Glad to see some progress here,.I'm hoping for MS to release...

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

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

How much do you need to know about Windows 7 today?

My colleague Mary Jo Foley has her ear to the ground in Redmond, and when it comes to Windows 7 she's hearing ... nothing. Under new Windows boss Steven Sinofsky, she notes, the information lockdown is nearly airtight, and some customers are starting to complain: I’m hearing increasing dissatisfaction...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?

Forrester Research is advising its clients against skipping Windows Vista when planning their operating system deployments. But one of the reasons Forrester is using -- because Vista's successor, Windows 7, will no doubt will be late -- is not a good assumption, in my book. As crazy...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrester Research Inc., Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Microsoft gives Sinofsky reins to Windows

Microsoft gives Sinofsky reins to Windowspatching the sinking shipNobody can save M$ or windoze anylonger.The momentum behind Linux is unstopable!It's not Microsoft that sinkingI'd hardly say Microsoft is sinking. It isn't Microsoft that is existing with less than 5% of itself out of the water.Calling all MBA's!Here we read:"Microsoft has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Rep, Sinofsky, Microsoft Corp., rep, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

Microsoft to shake up Windows leadership

Microsoft to shake up Windows leadershipto little to late!It's not going to save the sinking ship.Only if M$ would GPL windoze it will make a good product, that can ship during our lifetime.trusted lieutenant for JihadMicrosoft's PR firm has carried this holly war business way to far. Few now remember...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sinofsky, Microsoft Windows, LAMP Stack, Microsoft Office 2007, leadership, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, MSFT

Discussion threads 2006-03-22

Office 12 makeover takes on 'feature creep'

Office 12 makeover takes on 'feature creep'Hey, No_Ax[i]In user testing, Microsoft found that nine out of every 10 features that customers wanted to see added to Office were already in the program.[/i]Are those the features that you were mentioning yesterday? You know, the ones that the Office forum users were...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office 12, OpenOffice, Sinofsky

Discussion threads 2005-09-20

Additional Resources

Microsoft designs laptop for developer giveaway

Windows division president Steven Sinofsky took his Windows team through the process of designing and building a Windows 7 laptop in conjunction with Acer. LOS ANGELES--As a software guy, Windows division president Steven Sinofsky readily admits that he had little idea of all that goes into building a laptop....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Microsoft, Acer, laptop, Ina Fried CNET News

News items 2009-11-19

When will Microsoft's Live Mesh matter?

I consider live Mesh to be one of the killer apps...... on my Windows Mobile phone. That explains a lot there. If Microsoft can't get Windows Mobile straight, what hope is there for ancillary services?it is oddIt's bizarre that they haven't used it in other ways. I love it...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Mesh matter, Microsoft Live Mesh

Discussion threads 2009-10-07

Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010

It's been said before, but it bears repeatingIf Microsoft spent anywhere near the time it spends policing piracy on feature correctness, and bug squashing, there would be much less need to worry about piracy.Most people know that there are many ways to get Office cheaply and legitimately, and no one...

Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., antipiracy

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

MSDN, TechNet users to get Windows 7 tomorrow

MSDN, TechNet users to get Windows 7 tomorrowPosting to MSDN: Time of day?Knowing that the download servers will melt down into slag, does MSDN post at a particular time of day?Any idea on MSDNAA?if/when will it be available on MSDNAA, and what version??? any idea?Houston: We have a problemfyi,http://infoworld.com/d/windows/critical-windows-7-bug-risks-derailing-product-launch-330(Don't shoot...

Tags: Chipsets, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., TechNet user, Windows 7 tomorrow, time of day, chipset, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?

Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?Define "making money"If a unit in and of itself loses $1 billion a year, but another unit benefits by $$3 billion a year as a result of that unit's existence, do you close it? And how do you make such measures reliably?Example: Internet Explorer.If...

Tags: Workforce management, He/She/It, Microsoft Corp., layoff, future layoff

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

News to know: Chrome OS, Sinofsky, Kindle price drop, SEC and Steve Jobs, EMC-Data Domain

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Google Chrome OS coverage: Garett Rogers: Google to create operating system called Chrome OS Dave Greenfield: Google Officially...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Operating System, SEC, Domain, Google Chrome, Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Hardware, Marketing, Software

Blog posts 2009-07-09

Microsoft promotes Windows chief Sinofsky to president

Head of Windows and Windows Live Engineering Steven Sinofsky is now one of a handful of Microsoft presidents. The news comes with Windows 7 expected to be released to manufacturing in the next couple of weeks. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: President, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Windows 7 to be ready for holiday shopping season

Microsoft has finally acknowledged what outside observers have realized for some time: Windows 7 is going to be ready this year, in time for the holiday shopping season. That's the official message from the opening of Tech-Ed 2009 in Los Angeles today: Microsoft Tech*Ed North America 2009 kicked off...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozy

Windows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozyWindows 7 RC gets its first bug, and it's a doozyMicrosoft Windows 7 which is still in testing phase has a bug. Bug is reported and fixed. So the testing phase/system worked. No big deal.Oh for crying...

Tags: Operating systems, first bug, Microsoft Windows 7, doozy, Windows 7 RC, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

The public Windows 7 RC build is here

Ignore what you have heard before, I can guarantee you now, hand on heart and money on it, the public release candidate of Windows 7 has been built and is ready to go. With a build string of 6.1.7100.0.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700, the release candidate build is at 7100, and will be made...

Tags: Leak, Microsoft Windows 7, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-24