Matt Rosoff
Matt Rosoff
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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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Europe says you can't use one monopoly to compete in other markets unfairly. Microsoft argues that Windows is a unified product and no government should have the right to say what it can or can't include in the operating system.
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A lot of the Windows Live services are things that had already been in development by MSN,
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This is definitely being driven by Microsoft's desire to position Windows as a home entertainment hub, and to do that they have to make some concessions. They're walking a line, trying to please both sides (content companies and consumers) at the same time.
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They have to prove this year that Xbox 360 is going to be a money maker, because they have put a lot into it. Overall, I don't think there were any big surprises. Windows and Tools are going like gangbusters.
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I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft could double (its online advertising revenue) in three to five years.
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Microsoft believes it can deliver services that businesses are really demanding, integrating them better with one another and with Microsoft software,
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Microsoft's biggest concern is the precedent whereby a government agency can dictate what it can and cannot put into its core product.
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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.
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What's left under MSN -- MSNBC? Microsoft just divested itself of that, too.
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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.
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If it gets worse and Microsoft doesn't deal well with it, they have a problem.
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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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Given the business model for the consoles the more Microsoft can backload those hardware sales, the better it is for them financially.