Matt Rosoff
Matt Rosoff
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.
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.
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This could be a chance to inflect that growth rate upward. But it's a challenge for Microsoft to overcome the perception that older versions of these products are good enough.
deal gets microsoft worse
If it gets worse and Microsoft doesn't deal well with it, they have a problem.
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.
few further likely moved
They have really just moved a few things around. There will likely be further reorganizations down the line.
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.
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.
along google microsoft platform sorts threat turn web
That has been the big threat from Google all along -- that Google would turn the Web into this platform for all sorts of functionality. Microsoft has to respond.
certainly help holiday hoped number pc product
It's certainly disappointing for the PC manufacturers that had hoped Vista would help holiday sales, and this is a flagship product that already had been plagued by a number of delays.
bit buy code continues decided documents improving microsoft realizing releasing source time wants work
Realizing it will take a while to get these documents where the EC wants them, Microsoft decided to buy a little bit of time by releasing the source code while it continues to work on the documentation. I think they are going to have to continue improving that documentation.
access content geeky home network people question store
The question is: Will people really store content on the PC, set up a home network and then access content over the network? That's still a pretty geeky thing to do.
folks maybe move resent run seeing stock time
There are some folks who have been there for a long time and who will resent the way things are being run as a bureaucracy. And maybe they were there for the big stock run-up and they're seeing the stock not move now.
itself left microsoft
What's left under MSN -- MSNBC? Microsoft just divested itself of that, too.