Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
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So, to get to the benefits that come with this, they have to get past whatever retraining will be needed around the new user interface.
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Companies talk all the time, even about mergers that never happen, and word about most of those discussions never gets out. Just because this one leaked out doesn't indicate the earnestness of the discussion.
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Advertisers looking to extend their brands might think twice about being associated with products that could create disgruntled customers,
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Unlike Windows Vista, I also don't see any major disturbance caused by 2007 delivery of the next Office version. Microsoft is smart to release both products together.
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I think it's too bad in a way. I would have liked to see a new Windows Media version for the Mac, and have Microsoft take the media battle to Apple's home court.
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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.
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I think cost containment is the wrong priority for making technology decisions. You should be thinking about the business.
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I would not say this is a sign of great openness. It's more like establishing diplomatic relations between two countries, rather than opening borders.
meant
It is meant to be an idea factory.
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Lifestyle is changing, with greater emphasis on context. It used to be that location defined work and home life. That no longer applies. Even people that work in an office sometimes take work at home.
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Real was the only protagonist left in the EU case, so the settlement should help with Microsoft's appeal, since the problem involved appears to have been fixed,
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Look at the auto industry. Do people fault Jaguar for selling fewer cars than Dodge? ... Opera in some ways is a Cadillac browser. You have a lot of extra features built in. The volume might be with the Caravans and the SUVs, but that doesn't mean there isn't money to be made on the other vehicles. Of course, the analogy here is with Web browsers.
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A system that will run Windows Vista may not be capable of using all of its features.
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If Microsoft hasn't significantly improved that experience, and made it as easy as Apple has, that's going to be a big barrier.