Matt Rosoff
Matt Rosoff
avoid december huge january slump spike trying
They don't want a huge spike in December and then a slump in January and February, ... They're trying to avoid that.
decided lead letter similar
Even if they don't violate the letter of the law, if competitors think that it's doing something similar to what's been decided earlier, it could lead to another lawsuit.
asking boring business cool customers danger decisions features kinds lose lower maybe people pushed sight technology wrapped
But maybe those are the kinds of decisions that need to be pushed down and made at a lower level, anyway. The danger is that people get too wrapped up in the technology and cool features and lose sight of what customers are asking for. Sometimes business customers want the boring stuff.
central entertainment helps home microsoft pcs perpetuate windows
Most of the spokes are supplied by partners, Microsoft earns royalties, and the whole thing helps perpetuate the idea of Windows PCs as the central home entertainment device.
search sell
MSN may want to sell search to AOL.
biggest exist market product shown
The product would exist in a kind of in-between market that hasn't yet been shown to exist. But sometimes those are the biggest hits.
asking customers knows putting sales talks time
I think they thought of putting in a more sales-oriented person (Johnson) who talks to customers all the time and really knows what they're asking for.
boost move
I think it's exclusively a move to boost the brand.
business consoles given hardware microsoft model
Given the business model for the consoles the more Microsoft can backload those hardware sales, the better it is for them financially.
blitz ink launch less marketing mean red require software
Getting to profitability will require a big-name software launch while withstanding a concentrated marketing blitz from Sony. Anything less could mean years of red ink ahead.
deal gets microsoft worse
If it gets worse and Microsoft doesn't deal well with it, they have a problem.
business charge contact customer customers executive importance leadership people smart technical views wants
He wants to put people in charge who have a lot of customer contact and really know what customers want. He understands the importance of having smart technical people, but I think he views executive leadership as more of a business role. We'll see how that works.
advertising double five microsoft online surprised three
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft could double (its online advertising revenue) in three to five years.
itself left microsoft
What's left under MSN -- MSNBC? Microsoft just divested itself of that, too.