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Why Microsoft Will Never Win (Again)
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| In other words, Microsoft geared up to deal with the potential threat posed
| by Web apps, and then at some point decided not to. Obviously, the potential
| for Office-style Web services was mostly that — potential — rather than
| reality in the late 1990s. So you could argue that Microsoft didn’t really
| need to deal with it at the time. But just think about how much further along
| that understanding curve the company would be now, instead of letting the
| fear of cannibalization push it away. At some point, the company will have to
| grab that nettle firmly, and it’s not going to get any easier — if anything,
| it’s only going to get harder.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/80363-why-microsoft-will-never-win-again
Nightmare on Microsoft Street
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| Google (GOOG) starts buying up a series of promising and innovative Web 2.0
| companies that Microsoft (MSFT) is either partnered with or clearly is or
| should be interested in.
|
| It starts with Digg, moves onto, say, Spot Runner and others (Meebo,
| FriendFeed, iLike and even Slide?), focused especially in the online ad,
| messaging, online apps and mobile spaces.
|
| And, just to stir up the pot, why not take a gander at some bigger Internet
| fish? Facebook, for example. Or even eBay (EBAY), which is looking more and
| more like acquisition bait to me.
|
| It could happen. Some of it will. And sooner rather than later, I would
| guess.
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http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080608/nightmare-on-microsoft-street/
Days ago:
Windows Live Expo set to expire next month
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| Chalk one point up to Craigslist: Microsoft has decided to shut down Windows
| Live Expo, the classifieds service that it originally launched in February
| 2006.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-9961990-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Recent:
Microsoft Burns Down Book Search
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| Citing poor demand, Microsoft will back away from scanning and indexing books
| and academic works for Live Search
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/05/23/microsoft-burns-down-book-search
EFF: Microsoft betrayed MSN Music customers
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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation says that Microsoft has "betrayed" MSN
| Music customers and wants the company to make things right by issuing an
| apology, refunds, and eliminate digital rights management technology from the
| Zune music player.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9931304-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft Closing Live Search Books and Academic Projects
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| What do you think about Microsoft's move to end their Live Search Books and
| Academic Projects?
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http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/080523-114536
Microsoft continues paring back the Windows Live family
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| But the future of services outside of the core Windows Live group seems
| uncertain. I had been hearing talk for the past few months that Microsoft was
| readying a new consumer service for public safety. The alleged service,
| according to sources, was designed to help individuals locate friends and
| family members during a crisis or catastrophe. (I heard Microsoft might be
| eveloping a similar service aimed at enterprises, too.) Given that the
| Windows Live team seems more focused on paring down than building out the
| Live stable of services, I’m wondering whether this one will ever see the
| light of day.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1426
Related:
Is Windows Live dying?
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| Over the last year, Microsoft's Windows Live service lineup has
| grown exponentially. At one point months ago, it seemed clear
| that every service Microsoft brought online would fall under the
| Live brand, but lately the trend seems to be moving slowly in
| the opposite direction. What's happening to Windows Live?
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http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2007/2/20/7154
Windows Live Shopping no more - MSN Shopping to remain
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| From today Windows Live Shopping beta will be taken offline, with users
| being sent to MSN Shopping, available at shopping.msn.com.
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http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2007/02/19/windows-live-shopping-no-more-msn-shopping-to-remain.aspx
http://tinyurl.com/287gy6
Sources: Several Windows Live Projects Halted
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| Microsoft's Windows Live desktop search project has been
| shelved "indefinitely," although not much reasoning has been
| given as to the reason for its demise.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/Sources_Several_Windows_Live_Projects_Halted/1163715423
Microsoft Office Live migration is adding insult to injury
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| On January 29, Microsoft posted to the Office Live blog a status update
| re: the migration. The news isn't good.
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| Office Live logoBeta testers are still potentially "months" away fromb
| eing migrated to the final version of their Office Live services.
| Functionality like backup and restore isn't going to work until
| their accounts are migrated. And Microsoft will give testers only
| a 24-hour heads-up when they are set to be migrated. During that
| 24-hour period, users won't be able to make changes to their
| Office Live sites.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=243
Office Live: Better Off Dead?
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| Last month I killed Office Live in an act of self defense, after
| repeated access problems and attempts to move my domain to another
| registrar. Judging from the comments to that post, there's an Office
| Live killing spree going on. Not surprisingly, Microsoft wants to put
| an end to the wanton killing.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/office_live_better_off_dead.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/ybsz2o
Microsoft profit on slide
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| Some analysts are looking for any signs of improvement from
| Microsoft's internet division, which continues to lose market
| share in web search to Google.
|
| Microsoft's online services group saw revenue fall for the last
| four quarters and posted a loss in the past three quarters while
| it shifted to a new internet advertising platform and overhauled
| the company's web properties.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21109542%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Not all Microsoft 'Lives' are created equal
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| Is it time for a Microsoft-wide purge of the "Live" brand? If you look
| at the myriad, incongruous ways that Microsoft is using "Live" across
| its various product divisions, you might say yes.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=324
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