Microsoft "not having an annus horribilis", honest
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| Vieux started by reminding Courtois of the Queen's annus horribili, and
| asked him whether Microsoft was having one of those annuses. Courtois
| said this was Microsoft's best year ever.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34945
No comment. Just a citation.
Hasta la Vista, part 2: MSFT Titanic
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| In the first part of this series, I mentioned how Jim Allchin came in,
| saved the day and everything was hunky dory again. Wrong. The story that
| "Windows was broken" came out in September, 2005. The same month a blog
| was published about the up and coming reorganization of Microsoft,
| stating that is was "just shuffling the chairs on the deck of the
| Titanic".
|
| [...]
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| Six months later, the programmers seem to have come close to a mutiny,
| saying "Fire the leadership now!", saying "People need to be fired and
| moved out of Microsoft today. Where's the freakin' accountability"?
|
| [...]
|
| One day later, David Richards reports: "Up to 60% of the code in the new
| consumer version of Microsoft new Vista operating system is set to be
| rewritten as the Company 'scrambles' to fix internal problems a Microsoft
| insider has confirmed to SHN. (..) Microsoft has also admitted that it has
| major problems in it's Windows division and has has immediately initiated a
| total restructure of the division, a move that comes after a costly delay
| in rolling out its Vista program. (..) An internal memo written by Kevin
| Johnson the Co-President of the Windows division has revealed the changes
| that the Windows division faces: 'As part of the next step of Jim's
| transition, we discussed when it was appropriate to move his direct reports
| to me, and decided that this organization change was the right time.'"
|
| [...]
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| Less than three months later, Bill Gates decides to resign. Even more
| features are scrapped in a desperate attempt to hit the release date.
| Now even the major networks are beginning to pick up the problems at
| Microsoft, like ABC ("What's wrong with Microsoft") and CNN ("A reality
| check for Vista").
|
| [...]
|
| You may or may not like Linux, but I promise you that the next guy who
| has the guts to publish an article like "Is Linux ready for the desktop?",
| I'll personally come over and punch his lights out! You say Aero, we got
| Xgl. You say WinFS, we got Beagle. You say Monad, we got plenty of those!
|
| [...]
|
| So, those of you who still think Microsoft will pull it off easily, are
| you still that convinced? Microsoft is seeking help with Xen, an Open
| Source company.
|
| [...]
|
| IBM went down when they introduced their PS/2 line of products. It
| should have been their finest hour. Microsoft may share the same fate.
| It will certainly not be the end of the giant, but it will be the end of
| a reign of terror. Still not convinced? I will give a Microsoft employee
| the last word:
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| "It scares me that this is what Linux does today, it's free. Open Office
| is free. I can do anything on the 'free' platform that I can do on Windows.
| Eventually it will be like an old sweater that I am comfy with. Wait 10
| years and watch as these folks graduate and move into positions of
| influence. Its no longer a hard migration issue -- that generation will
| be comfy with Linux and it will be the kind of decision (if not easier)
| that was made when corporations moved from OS/2 or DOS to Windows. No need
| to train.. What the hell is Windows anyway? I truly believe that was a
| big factor that drove our platform; we were able to get the stuff for
| almost free. Give it away to students.."
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http://thebeez.vnunetblogs.com/the_beez_speaks/2006/09/hasta_la_vista__1.html
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