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Can Microsoft learn to innovate?

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Microsoft execs don't miss any opportunity to claim that Microsoft is one of the biggest innovators in the tech world.  Officials routinely cite Microsoft's multi-billion annual research and development spending as proof that Microsoft is an Innovator (with a capital "I"). As I note in Microsoft 2.0, R&D spending doesn't necessarily ...

Windows Live Wave 3 Planning Memo (August 2007) — Part 2

Monday, April 28th, 2008

When Microsoft began rolling out its primarily consumer-focused Windows Live service line-up, there seemed to be little rhyme or reason to the company’s plans. Enter Chris Jones, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live Experience. In 2007, Jones, along with colleagues David Treadwell, Corporate Vice President of Live Platform Services, and ...