Matt Rosoff
Matt Rosoff
academic division group judged microsoft might products pure research
The Microsoft Research division might get between $150 and $200 million, which is still pretty significant for a pure research group that isn't judged, for example, on how many products they produce. They are judged very much like an academic research organization.
services windows
A lot of the Windows Live services are things that had already been in development by MSN,
rolling wheels
These wheels have been rolling for some time.
computing response sort
It's sort of a response to the whole way computing is evolving.
boost move
I think it's exclusively a move to boost the brand.
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.
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Honestly, I'm having a hard time envisioning where this product will fit into consumers' lives. It occupies an awkward position between single-function handheld devices and laptops. I'm not sure a market exists here.
accelerate change expect fiscal front half second total
They're pretty up front about what's going on there and they don't expect any change in their total full-year shipments, so I think they'll be able to accelerate in the second half of this fiscal year.
lend run yesterday
If you think things are not being run well, then yesterday will lend credence to your arguments.
departure executive heard might
There might be an executive departure that we haven't heard of yet.
demanded eu related specific
They are licensing a specific subset related to the protocols the EU demanded more documentation on.
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.
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.