Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
networking oriented seen social thus
It is the most visually oriented social networking application I have seen thus far.
environment protect services
What these services do differently is protect the messaging environment.
both caused delivery major microsoft next office products release smart unlike windows
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.
business coming consumers convincing customers existing good microsoft next sell tough versions
We've got new versions coming next year. And Microsoft has the tough sell of convincing existing business customers and consumers that what they have isn't good enough.
closest partners reality
The reality is that most of Microsoft's partners are also its closest competitors, but that's nothing new,
consumer developer interest
There is a lot of developer and consumer interest around these applications.
appears eu help involved left problem since
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,
analogy auto built cadillac cars extra fault features fewer mean might money opera people selling volume ways web
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.
business customers great linux propaganda sales stock studies wicked windows
Linux vs. Windows TCO studies are great business for analysts and wicked sales propaganda for companies, but I don't think high-tech vendors or their customers should take much stock in them.
beyond file linux print
Linux use doesn't go beyond file servers or print servers because the applications aren't there.
meant
It is meant to be an idea factory.
defined emphasis greater home lifestyle location longer office people work
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.
apple developers intel opportunity
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.
amount caught dependent hard major microsoft provides rival rock
Microsoft is caught between a rock and a hard place. It does not want to be dependent on a major rival but on the other hand, Overture provides a significant amount of MSN's revenue.