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March 28, 2008

Where Microsoft Is Most Exposed

I've been thinking about the problems of managing a complex company. As companies come out with their financials or run into problems (and a lot of that seems to be happening ), I'm asked for my opi... More >

March 27, 2008

The Rebirth of Microsoft: Observations from the Microsoft Open Source Technology Summit

I'm writing this from a Microsoft Technology Summit where Microsoft executive after Microsoft executive is talking and -- OMG -- listening to an audience of mostly open source folks. One of the folks... More >

March 25, 2008

Another Look at Microsoft/Yahoo: With Iraq as the Example, Is the Google War Smart?

If, before we went to war in Iraq, we listed the resources it would cost against a list of things the U.S. needed to do in the economic, infrastructure, health, safety and world influence arenas, I d... More >

March 20, 2008

What to Do About Windows Vista SP1

I've been running the final version of SP1 for several months now, for the most part very successfully. With it now available for use, I thought I would share why I like it and when you should instal... More >

March 18, 2008

Apple, Microsoft and Google Racing to the Cloud: Who Gets There First?

Like Netscape back in the mid-nineties , Google is planning to blindside everyone else with an aggressive rush to the cloud and a plan that encompasses everything from applications to transport ... More >

March 14, 2008

Why Acer Doesn't Want to Sell to Enterprise and Government

I was at the launch of Acer's rather attractive new line of laptops in New York this week, and one of the first things they said was that they had no desire to directly target large enterprise or g... More >

March 12, 2008

Shadow Data: Kiss Your Privacy and Storage Capacity Goodbye

For much of this last week, I've been looking at a report titled, "IDC Digital Universe White Paper" (an update of last year's report), funded by EMC and created by IDC, looking at the growth of da... More >

March 10, 2008

Why HP Labs' Return to Research Focus Means Stronger Tech Market

HP is attempting a return to its past as a smaller company driven by innovation rather than a large company protecting turf . I, along with a pack of tech journalists, was on hand at HP's labs lat... More >

March 6, 2008

Why Microsoft Needs to Rethink Windows

I think creating a new core OS could fix a problem that Microsoft started in the 90s and better respond competitively to the MacOS and Linux. Sound impossible? Microsoft is large enough to do anythin... More >

March 4, 2008

Microsoft's Slowly Learned Lesson on Trustworthiness

One of the most meaningful moments of Steve Ballmer's talk at the Heroes Happen Here presentation was when he asked the folks Microsoft had identified as heroes to stand.   You got the sense y... More >