Comments on: 2006 Will Be The Year of Microsoft

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:49:10 +0000

Vista doesn’t offer a strong reason to upgrade. All the best features were either postponed or are being backported to XP. Most large businesses are still working on XP deployment, so they’ll just have XP by the time Vista comes out and it’s not likely that they’ll deploy it for a couple of years at least. Other than enthusiasts, most end-users will get Vista when they buy a new computer, which is how most people upgrade their OS.

By: Stan

Stan — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 09:23:58 +0000

Microsofts PDC wrapped up here in Los Angeles. It was an interesting event which prompted lots of discussions, blogging (tons of it) on technology, Microsoft, this or that killer, etc, etc. Here are some of my perspectives: Content is free Contact is p…

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:03:52 +0000

“Shared Software Services” – LOL that’s a good one

Does Microsoft really need to have their own year? I thought they already owned like almost a decade. I have no doubt it will be a big year for them though.

By: Yves Hanoulle: Project Complete

Yves Hanoulle: Project Complete — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:46:11 +0000

Troubles in Microsoft Country?

By: John Furrier

John Furrier — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:51:35 +0000

2006 Year for Yahoo, Ebay, Microsoft

Not so fast Mr Feld… Don’t count out Yahoo and even eBay… I do agree about Microsoft but across the board the arms buildup has been accumulating for many months now for the big guys. You will see some massive

By: MasterMaq's Blog

MasterMaq's Blog — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:50:56 +0000

Notes for 9/18/2005

Seems like the last week has just flown by, but maybe it’s just me.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!…

By: Kevin Burton

Kevin Burton — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:24:40 +0000

I’ll believe it when I see it… Microsoft seems to be messing everything up in the last few years. It’s almost easy money to bet they’ll fumble.

By: Diego Vega

Diego Vega — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:53:58 +0000

I haven’t been in the PDC, but I think this is the best Microsoft we have ever seen.

About your open source paragraph, given the momentum they have now, they could perfectly announce something “controversial” and make it a win.

After all, when it comes to MSN and Atlas, they are already supporting Firefox.

Some things that could make busines sense: colaboration with Mono, commercial version of .NET for the Mac and Linux, cross platform Office 12 using WPF/E.

By: MasterMaq's Blo

MasterMaq's Blo — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:50:56 +0000

Notes for 9/18/2005

Seems like the last week has just flown by, but maybe it's just me.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!…

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 19:04:29 +0000

Two reasons why I don’t think 2006 will be MS’ year.

1. Vista doesn’t offer a strong reason to upgrade. All the best features were either postponed or are being backported to XP. Most large businesses are still working on XP deployment, so they’ll just have XP by the time Vista comes out and it’s not likely that they’ll deploy it for a couple of years at least. Other than enthusiasts, most end-users will get Vista when they buy a new computer, which is how most people upgrade their OS.

2. Nobody cared about Office 2000, XP or 2003 because all their major features were only of value to a few people. Office 12 has a new UI. Nobody upgrades an office suite for a UI. Are there any “gotta have it” features? I haven’t heard of one.

What I keep hearing is that many Windows enthusiasts are becoming disenchanted with Microsoft’s nearly complete lack of innovation or ability to bring good new products to market. Maybe they should put their Xbox team in charge of the whole company.