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InformationWeek says Windows 7 is … Windows XP Classic
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| InformationWeek pundit Mitch Wagner has decided that Windows 7 is bad news
| for Apple because he’s willing to assume, based on optimistic comments made
| about the early alpha of the new softare, that Microsoft will solve all of
| its problems with Vista, “the way the Coca-Cola Company did with New Coke.”
|
| Apparently Wagner fails to recall that the Coca-Cola Company solved its New
| Coke problem by canceling the product and going back to the old Coke. Does
| Wagner really imagine that Microsoft will battle Apple with Windows XP
| Classic, or does he just have no idea what he’s talking about?
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/11/05/informationweek-says-windows-7-is-windows-xp-classic/
Recent:
If Windows Is a Dead End, What's Next?
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| If Windows 7 is more of the same, then maybe it's time to conclude that
| Windows is a technology dead end. Last spring, Gartner warned that Microsoft
| had to radically change Windows or watch it fade into irrelevancy. Windows 7
| is not that radical change.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/153292/windows_what_is_next.html?tk=rss_news
The great Microsoft Windows 7 laptop giveaway!
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| Dear Microsoft: I'm writing in regard to your recent FREE LAPTOP COMPUTER
| giveaway program for members of the industry media/analyst community. It is
| my understanding that authors and pundits who are "friends" of Microsoft -–
| i.e. those who praise Windows Vista and generally write positive stories
| about your products and strategies –- were eligible to receive their FREE
| LAPTOP COMPUTER during the super-secret, invite-only workshop that you held
| on the Sunday just prior to your Professional Developers Conference.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/11/the_great_micro.html
Microsoft bribes again?
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| But, if as appears may be the case Microsoft is letting people have Dell XPS
| M1330 laptops with 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processors and 3GBs of RAM
| on 'indefinite loans (wink, wink) then it's a bribe in my book. What do you
| think? If you knew someone had been given a PC with a list price of $1,956
| and then wrote nice things about the operating system that came with it would
| you be inclined to think that they might be just a wee bit influenced by the
| almost two grand worth of computer?
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/microsoft_bribes_again
Blacklisted by Microsoft!
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| Basically, they blacklisted me from certain super-secret (i.e.
| pre-conference, NDA, off-the books) sessions at their Professional Developer
| Conference (PDC) –- this after formally inviting me to attend those sessions
| as an "esteemed reviewer" representing InfoWorld.
|
| [...]
|
| Oct. 9, 2008 -- A short while later, I get my first hit. It seems that the
| whole mess started when the Windows Server team made the mistake of inviting
| yours truly to an event hosted by the Windows Client team. Apparently, the
| folks on the Server team were unaware of my decidedly negative views towards
| Vista, and when the Client folks found out they had invited Randall C.
| Kennedy -– a.k.a. Vista's most vocal and effective critic -– to their
| special, "for fanbois only" (nice photos, Paul) shindig, they went ballistic.
|
| First, it appears that someone high up on the Client Team (Steve?) really
| doesn't like me. I mean, really, truly loathes me. And it's not just your
| run-of-the-mill frustration with a journalist who picks on them. This thing
| is personal, and the executive in question is allowing his or her personal
| feelings to spill over into the company's handling of formal press relations
| with InfoWorld.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/10/blacklisted_by.html
Microsoft Tries Desperately to Turn the Page on Vista at PDC
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| It's clear that Microsoft has thrown in the towel on the woeful Vista. Maybe
| that's why Microsoft's love fest, aka the Professional Developers Conference
| (PDC) last week in Los Angeles, provided a 24/7 forum to discuss a future
| without Vista, but like a political convention (which it resembled), it's
| time to sweep up the confetti and take a clear-eyed look at what we
| witnessed.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3445.html
Microsoft issues security patch for unreleased software
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| "A security issue has been identified that could allow an authenticated
| remote attacker to compromise your Microsoft Windows-based system and gain
| control over it," the security update says.
|
| The more than 6,000 attendees who will be walking away from the sold-out
| event with the Windows 7 operating system software in hand could have been
| vulnerable to an attacker exploiting the security hole.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10076559-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Windows 7: Oops! Microsoft did it again!
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| My initial evaluation of Windows 7 shows that it's really just Vista with a
| fresh coat of paint
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisedesktop/archives/2008/10/windows_7_oops.html
First black Microsoft MD quits
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| Microsoft South Africa MD Pfungwa Serima has resigned.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2008/0806301330.asp?A=MOV&S=Career%20Moves&O=FPLEAD
http://tinyurl.com/6cjejs
Microsoft loses another ad executive
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| Evans is the latest departure from Microsoft's advertising ranks. In March,
| MSN ad sales executive Joanne Bradford announced she was leaving for a post
| at Spot Runner.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9942348-56.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft's Vista Blogger Quits As Redmond Exodus Builds
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| White did not provide a reason for his decision. To be sure, his position
| could not have been an easy one. White's posts often elicited hundreds of
| responses from Vista users complaining about the operating system's numerous
| glitches and quirks.
|
| His departure also raises questions about Microsoft's ability to retain
| talent in the Web 2.0 world.
|
| [...]
|
| Earlier this year, Microsoft Business Division president Jeff Raikes said he
| would retire in September, to be replaced by former Juniper Networks chief
| operating officer Stephen Elop.
|
| Microsoft's merger and acquisitions chief Bruce Jaffe stepped down at the end
| of February.
|
| To boot, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will give up full-time duties at the
| company in July.
|
| The departures highlight one of Microsoft's biggest challenges as a mature
| company: attracting and retaining Silicon Valley's top talent. In its early
| days, Microsoft could entice recruits with an entrepreneurial environment and
| stock options that eventually turned secretaries into millionaires.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207001276&subSection=All+Stories
MS Poll 08
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| I used to work in Microsoft India SMSG. In the past week, 10% of BMO
| quit. We've had people in EPG bail out in a hurry because the management
| does not care and is totally intellectually corrupt. Hiring is the
| exclusive domain of the GM who calls her cronies from HP to rape the
| company culture. I am done with MS India. DPE has a leader who is not a
| leader.
|
| When people talk about MS Poll and how OHI has improved they forget that
| the the problem is that 50% of the hires in India are about a year old
| and they're still drinking the kool ade. To them, the mere act of joining
| Microsoft is something to be proud of. They're still giddy with delight
| at getting the MS offer letter because for years they have been shat upon
| by the Indian SIs they come from during their tenure there.
|
| We've got a CVP who is preoccupied with seeing his face in the newspaper
| and magazines. To him, success is the number of publication impressions
| and not the well being of the employees.
|
| Stock price?? It's important, but with grade levels sucking in India, the
| grants are miniscule. Unless of course you are a partner or VP in which
| case you are laughing all the way to the bank while the employees drive
| revenue and sweat in the mines.
|
| This is the Microsoft India I left. I'm glad I am no longer part of it.
|
| [...]
|
| I have heard the same about India Dev Center also. Lot of people at lower
| levels (dev/dev-II) seem to be leaving the company and salary seems to be
| the primary motivation. In some cases, even the entry-level salaries at
| these "rival" companies is more than these people's (with 3-5 years
| experience) current salary.
|
| [...]
|
| How bad is things in Microsoft India? The GM Neelam Dhawan is fired and
| going back to HP. She is taking Rajiv Srivastava with her.
|
| [...]
|
| My friends and fellow Microsoft people, let me tell you that the
| situation in SMSG India is horrible. People are leaving and the
| leadership never meets the employees. We have box manufacturers trying to
| sell software. We have Chairman who I have not seen in 6 months in
| person. I have seen him on TV and the newspaper a few times. We have MD
| Neelam Dhawan who interviewed at Cisco 2 times and did not get a job
| there and is now going back to HP. The Country Manager for Xbox has left.
| BMO has almost 100% churn.
|
| [...]
|
| Weekly reporting !!!
|
| The Walmartization of Microsoft is now complete. I am in EPG and am now
| expected to give a weekly sales forecast. What crack is he smoking?
|
| [...]
|
| We are tired of scorecards and metrics and now Weekly Fucking
| forecasts????
|
| Will Kevin-the-used-car-salesman please leave the building?
|
| SteveB - what WILL wake you up?
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http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2008/03/ms-poll-08.html
Vista marketing chief to bid Microsoft adieu
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| Michael Sievert, Corporate Vice President for Windows Product Marketing, is
| moving on, according to multiple sources of mine.
|
| It’s hard to make the case that Sievert, who was responsible for the
| worldwide introduction of Windows Vista, isn’t being pushed for the
| less-than-enthusiastic public perception of Microsoft’s latest version of
| Windows. Even though Microsoft has moved 100-million-plus copies of Vista,
| many consumers and businesses still consider the new release buggy, sluggish
| and incompatible with existing software and drivers.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1158
Related:
Microsoft’s OEM chief defects to Lenovo
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| While so many of us Microsoft watchers were preoccupied with the hasty
| departure of former Microsfot CIO Stuart Scott, the resignation of the
| company’s OEM chief slipped right by most of us.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=999
Microsoft losing acquisition playmaker
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| In a previous life Jaffe was the CFO for Microsoft's MSN division, and also
| had roles overseeing acquisitions related to Microsoft's consumer business,
| groups like MSNBC and Microsoft Games.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9847376-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a ‘vacation’
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| Veteran Softies are dropping like flies lately. The latest Microsoft exec to
| leave is Jawad Khaki, Corporate Vice President of the Windows Hardware
| Ecosystem.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1002
Danny Thorpe quits the Windows Live development team
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| Danny Thorpe, one of the higher-profile hires Microsoft made to its Windows
| Live team, has decided to leave for greener pastures.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=806
Microsoft says Zune executive will leave company
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| Bryan Lee, corporate vice president at Microsoft's entertainment
| and devices division, also played a key role in shaping the Xbox
| game console business and the introduction of its Internet
| Protocol television software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6155200.html
Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits
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| In March, Blake Irving, the Corporate VP in charge of the Windows
| Live platform, announced his plans to leave Microsoft, effective
| this summer. Payne announced his resignation from Microsoft shortly
| after Irving made his announcement.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=407
Former Microsoft Search Chief Bill Bliss On Early Search Missteps
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| Bill's biggest regret? Not bypassing middle management that wasn't
| listening to him scream about the coming threat of Google and going
| right up to Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
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http://searchengineland.com/070309-094930.php
Microsoft Search Leader To Leave Company
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| The Microsoft Corp. vice president who led the company's push into
| Internet search is leaving the software giant as the effort he
| helped launch loses ground against lead competitor Google Inc.
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http://online.wsj.com/preview_login.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB117329976478329930.html%3Fmod%3Dyahoo_hs%26ru%3Dyahoo
http://tinyurl.com/2jran7
Microsoft Businesss Solutions Group's Burgum to resign
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| Microsoft Corp.'s Business Solutions group senior vice president Doug
| Burgum will resign, effective June 30, and leave the company to pursue
| other opportunities, the company said on Tuesday.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060912:MTFH70760_2006-09-12_16-35-37_N9C318839&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/h4coe
Database head to leave daily duties at Microsoft
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| Paul Flessner, who leads Microsoft's data storage and platform
| division, will step down from his daily duties after the new year.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6131496.html
Microsoft Windows Live VP to resign
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| Blake Irving, a Corporate Vice President in Microsoft's Windows
| Live Platform group, is resigning his post, according to sources
| close to the company.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=296
Veteran Windows architect resigns from Microsoft
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| On the heels of a week of news of a number of Microsoft executive departures
| and reshufflings, another has come to light. Rob Short, Corporate Vice
| President for Windows Core, has resigned from the company.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1110
Juniper Networks exec to succeed Microsoft Business Division President Raikes
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| Another reason I consider the Raikes announcement timing odd: Why announce
| Raikes’ departure a day after acknowledging the defection of your mergers and
| acquisitions chief Bruce Jaffe? You could make the argument that Microsoft
| wants to get all its defection/churn announcements out of the way at once.
| But I’m not sure I’d look at things the same way, if I were one of the
| company’s “image makers”….
|
| Microsoft also announced on January 10 that Bob Muglia, the Senior Vice
| President in charge of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business, is going to
| move out of the Business Division and report directly to CEO Steve Ballmer.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1101
Microsoft loses top executive in China
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| "Li Gong is currently exploring other career opportunities," Microsoft said
| in a statement to News.com.
|
| [...]
|
| In a September 2005 Business Week interview, Ballmer touted Gong as
| one of several key hires that Microsoft had made.
|
| Most recently, Gong has served as managing director of Windows LiveC
| hina and as Vice President of Microsoft China R&D Group.
|
| Gong's name came up in the case over Kai-Fu Lee, the top Microsoft
| executive whose hiring by Google sparked a multistate legal battle.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6149735.html
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