In one sense [Microsoft] lost the war in granting all these settlements, but, they've clearly moved to a policy of trying to get rid of these cases and move on. |
In some ways, [online storage] is the safest place. It also means you can access it from anywhere. For stuff that you need to get at from anywhere, it's a nice alternative. |
In the U.S., only about 60 percent of consumers have Microsoft Office on their computers. That's a lot of opportunity for sales there. They have a pricing advantage. It offers comparable, or better functionality for less. For the consumer and small businesses, value and price will be major factors influencing buying decisions. |
It is an opportunity for Apple to go out and evangelize the new Intel processors to developers and nudge them to get more of their applications out of the door. |
It is as if [Microsoft] won the browser wars and then abandoned the territory. |
It is meant to be an idea factory. |
It is the most visually oriented social networking application I have seen thus far. |
It looks like Microsoft missed the major upgrade cycle from 2004 to early this year. Windows Vista would have been a much better story in 2005 than in 2006, or, realistically, 2007. |
It looks to me that Microsoft has added another layer of bureaucracy. At a time when startups are starting to show some real promise again, Microsoft now looks even bigger and potentially slower than it was before. |
It may be the technological equivalent to the shot heard 'round the world. If Massachusetts follows through with this plan, it will be a radical departure from how Microsoft and other businesses work with state governments. |
It used to be that the corporate network was totally separate from the home. Now we have a commingling of network roles, of devices, of technology, and of user behavior, and all of that increases the attack vectors open to hackers. |
It would be huge for Microsoft if it could dispatch its problems with Europe, |
It's a bargain. There are many other services that charge fees, particularly for domain registration. |
It's a classic example of what Microsoft will be doing as it looks at the Web 2.0 problem. Microsoft will offer some interesting and potentially cool services, but they will be tied back to the desktop. |
It's a dramatic turnaround for AOL. |