Observations about Microsoft, the world’s largest software vendor
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I was wrong. Sort of. As of this week, we now know that Microsoft is developing "light" Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote (a collaborative digital notebook app that is havi... More >
When Ray Ozzie unveiled Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference , he made a point of giving credit to Amazon, for its leading work with its ... More >
The selection of October 21 as Global Anti-Piracy Day may have been random, but Microsoft is tying its renewed emphasis on reducing the use of unlicensed and otherwise illegal software to the larger ... More >
As I wrote yesterday , some folks think it's within the realm of possibility that Microsoft will offer its Office suite over the Internet. A bit of news today is used by some to illustrate that Redm... More >
Anticipation is building as the 2008 Professional Developers Conference approaches, at which Microsoft will unveil details of the new "Windows Cloud" operating system/platform. With pretty much zer... More >
In what I expect is the first of many actions of this type that we will witness, Microsoft has asked, through a "notice of appearance" filing, to be kept informed of the proceedings throughout the b... More >
Though early reports on Friday were that Microsoft had instituted a hiring freeze and distributed an employee memo to that effect, the company now says that is not correct. Acknowledging that a slo... More >
Microsoft, along with its large business peers, is coming down in favor of the economic bailout bill, and is taking that stance publicly. Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Microsof... More >
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