Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
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We are reaching a point where the search engine becomes the basic interface for everything on a PC or computing system, including launching applications or files as well as finding information.
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They don't just want it to look good, they want it to sound good, too. Why have the boring PC 'beep' when even the basic sounds of the operating system can be an experience?
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I'm sure it's not lost on Microsoft executives that the world's third largest computer company is from China. Microsoft has a problem: PC growth is highest in emerging markets like China, where software piracy rates are high. China deals could be construed as generating goodwill, which Microsoft would want to use to gain greater Chinese government cooperation fighting piracy.
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You can play semantics and say that the operating system is shipping in 2006, but if consumers can't buy it until 2007, PC manufacturers don't have it to sell to them. This blow falls on the partners.
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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.
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Microsoft is at this juncture where it's the victim of its own success.
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Microsoft hasn't done a good job of marketing and needs to improve ? and the timing is crucial,
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Microsoft has a good story to tell. It doesn't always do a good job telling it.
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Microsoft had tremendous success with larger businesses, but that market has become very saturated.
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Microsoft certainly looks after its employees, there's no question about that. They're hiring, they're adding staff.
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Microsoft would certainly benefit if say a Comcast or some other broadband providers with popular portals chose MSN as the default search.
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Microsoft will more aggressively compete with longstanding partners because the company is at a crisis point. It has to find new reasons that'll convince customers to upgrade.