Archive for the ‘Windows Live’ Category

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 ...

Windows Live Wave 3 Planning Memo (August 2007) — Part 1

Sunday, April 27th, 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 ...

Think Week Paper: Edge Computing Network

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Twice a year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was known for going off on sequestered "Think Weeks" to read papers submitted by Microsoft employees with ideas for new products and technologies which they believed Microsoft should be considering, going forward. In the early Microsoft days, these papers were secret. But in the ...

Welcome to my (other) Microsoft blog

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Welcome! You've come to the right place if you are looking for the book site/blog that is meant to complement the book Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era. The book is due out in early May 2008 from John Wiley & Sons, just a couple ...