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- 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
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- Ballmer does Windows; Johnson joins Juniper
- Update: Microsoft had its annual management shakeup--these things tend to happen at the end of the fiscal year--and Kevin Johnson is leaving as head of the company's platform and services division. As a result, Johnson's unit is split into two--Windows and online services--and CEO Steve Ballmer becomes the primary advocate...
- Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- How should Microsoft fight Vista criticism? "We're sorry" is a good start
- On this week's EIC-squared podcastLarry Dignan asked me what I would do to fix Vista's tarnished brand if I were in charge of Microsoft's marketing for a day. OK, I'll take the job, but on two conditions: First, I want face time with Steve Ballmer and Steven Sinofsky. Second, I...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Service Pack 1, Frank Shaw, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- The lighter side of Bill Gates
- As you all probably know, considering the 2 year lead-up to today and the considerable press coverage, it's Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. I'd like to take a slightly different spin on covering his career and life, by pointing out the stupid stuff, in the hope it will appeal...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 95, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Why MinWin speculation matters
- MinWin has re-emerged as a source of debate since Microsoft last week released a few more details regarding Windows 7. Previous discussion of the "MinWin" kernel by engineers related to the Windows 7 team would have led one to believe that MinWin was a fancy new kernel that would be released with...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating System, Server, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, MinWin, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Microsoft continues paring back the Windows Live family
- Microsoft continues paring back the Windows Live familyIll-informed as usualWide-of-the-mark comment as usual from you Mary-Jo.The tools that you mentioned are not the core set of live services that you think they are. Those are the software bits of the Windows Live software+services model.The services that they are complement are...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- MinWin: Is it or isn't it part of Windows 7?
- Confusion over exactly what MinWin is -- Is it a concept? a new operating system kernel? a floor wax? a dessert topping?) -- and how/whether it will be part of Windows 7 is still rampant, a week after Microsoft "communicated" about Windows 7 via a Q&A with News.com. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, MinWin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgrades
- There is an off chance that the recent disclosures about Windows 7 could give folks a little more comfort in their decision to upgrade to Vista once you wade through the various crosscurrents coming from Microsoft. Based on various nuggets emanating from the D6 conference, various leaks...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kernel, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againI don't care about it. I stick with VistaI don't care about it. I stick with VistaRE: Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable againThat will be nothing new, just think - another operating system delivered in beta status, with millions of people...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Well Let, Microsoft Windows 7, deliverable, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Windows 7: Now a late 2009 deliverable (again)
- It sounds like Microsoft is aiming to get Windows 7 out earlier than it promised -- at least if you believe the company's CEO. During his fireside chat with Chairman Bill Gates at the D6 conference on May 27, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acknowledged that Microsoft was...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Microsoft is hellbent on bringing touch to you
- Microsoft has been talking about touch technology for what seems like forever. Now Windows 7 will rely heavily on touch and it's really easy to be skeptical about Microsoft's latest plans. But this time could be different. At the D6 conference, Microsoft will show off a bit...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- What we do know about Windows 7
- Since Microsoft still isn't willing to talk -- or even comment on any of the information its own employees already have discussed publicly -- about Windows 7, I thought I'd make a list of the many things that are known already about Windows 7 (beyond the 2010 due date). ...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?
- Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week?Could be for Pocket PC sized UMPCsThese features are probably being implemented for the Ultra Mobile PC type devices and will be useful in pocket-sized Windows enabled mobile phones as speculated here: http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=5390I love my tx2000z Tablet PC especially for the Wacom enabled...
- Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Tablets, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week? Touch
- Is this week the week that Microsoft finally will shed a bit more light on what's coming in Windows 7? Istartedsomething.com blogger Long Zheng recently reported that Microsoft is planning to show off Windows 7 at the D6 conference in Southern California this week. But given the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Windows 7: The information lockdown continues
- When is Microsoft finally going to start sharing information on Windows 7? After all, if the Redmondians stick to their own oft-quoted ship target of 2010 for the operating system, that is just two years away. For developers two years isn't a whole lot of time when...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?
- Better the Windows Vista devil you know than the Windows 7 one you don't?you're rightThe cutoff means nothing to an enterprise that will be "rolling out" a new OS. It only matters to SMB. I've even got a few sub-100 user clients considering volume licensing business.That is a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
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