Comments on: Windows Live Installer Thingy Coming This Week

By: mq

mq — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:29:36 +0000

hola pa`lante

By: rafael

rafael — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:22:26 +0000

hola a todos

By: HUSSIEN

HUSSIEN — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:56:00 +0000

THANK YOU

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:18:56 +0000

> I read about the Windows Live Photo Gallery and wanted to try it out. I went to the website trying to download it. Guess what? I couldn’t find a way to do it.

That’s because it has been in private beta which most reviewers made pretty clear.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:45:40 +0000

Quite frankly, I disagree with TechCrunh. More on that in here: http://www.istu...you-2007-09-04/

In short – that’s how the browser war started and was won by Microsoft.

By: I, Studio, Web

I, Studio, Web — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:29:31 +0000

Windows Live Installer is going to the computer near you….

No TagsTechCrunch is reporting on the evil empire Microsoft releasing Windows Live Installer Suite with whole bunch of goodies (full list available here). Citing NYTimes, that called the release a “Netscape-Level event” TechCrunch boldly di…

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:51:43 +0000

Empire, shempire. No one currently using GMail Google Docs, Yahoo Mail, 37 Signals et al, Zoho, or any other popular cloud service is gonna switch to this new Microsoft thingy. That leave the millions of blue haired little old ladies and other non-geeks who just read their email and print envelope labels – they won’t use this new MS service. The corporate world won’t use it either.

This lame move to the cloud with a bunch of “mee too” services no one wants reminds me of:

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

- from “The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot.

I think its hilarious that Microsoft’s move to the cloud involves downloading and installing a piece of software locally.

By: Joel Rivera

Joel Rivera — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:59:26 +0000

Well well more applications and the best of all if it Google it will be good. I had download Google Pack and I can tell these programs are very useful.

By: FirefoxFan

FirefoxFan — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 +0000

they simply kick themself with this stupid naming strategy. here comes lesson to google: more people hired, more stupid things going on.

i’m almost sure that people outside US wouldn’t be able to download this. same thing was with windows live writer. why are they doing this?

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:20:55 +0000

Microsoft didn’t surprise me. I read about the Windows Live Photo Gallery and wanted to try it out. I went to the website trying to download it. Guess what? I couldn’t find a way to do it. Either I’m too stupid or Microsoft people are.

Oh, my… Why can’t they be straight forward like Google?

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:10:03 +0000

“Bundling their services would be a great method of laying a platform for things to come, and would definitely help in getting people used to the provided services in the Windows Live ecosystem.

Currently they may not have many compelling features, but I absolutely love the Windows Live Writer, its the best free blog-publishing tool out there, and Windows Live Messenger is used by almost everyone around me, and Windows Live Mail allows me to synchronize the mail from my hotmail account, it would be absolutely terrific.
”

Not to mention Photo Library, which allow you to publish your photo to your Space library with a single click

By: Mike Torres

Mike Torres — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:22:20 +0000

“The browser is the future…”

People will use what works best for them now and in the future, and companies that optimize around that will succeed. Microsoft is making a bet on software plus services because one size doesn’t always fit all. There are reasons people prefer today’s clients for some things and today’s web for other things.

Over time, that line will surely blur through more client-like web applications (Flash, Silverlight, Google Gears) and more web-like client applications (auto-updating, service-driven, community aware, graphically rich).

It’s not a zero sum game.

By: xxdesmus

xxdesmus — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 23:43:45 +0000

@JpMaxMan

I agree with you, almost.

Those CPUs would still be utilized, just up on a server instead.

I don’t see this “computing in a cloud” vision happening within even the next 10 years. People, and myself included, do not want all of our data/information stored on someone else’s computer system.

The privacy issue is part of my reasoning for not liking Google Apps. The other reason would be “what if you’re without internet access?” Believe it or not, it does still happen in this day in age.

By: JpMaxMan

JpMaxMan — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:44:04 +0000

“The browser is the future..”

With that statement you just dismiss hundres of millions of CPU chips thirsty for something to do. You dismiss graphics cards with hungry GPUs. Ubiquitous computing, cross browser apps, always-on, always-connected, yes. Everything stuck in the cage of the browser, I don’t think so.

By: Fan

Fan — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:25:10 +0000

except they bundle …

By: Word Hugger

Word Hugger — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:23:19 +0000

More useless junk on my computer. Whoop whoop!

By: Zoli's Blog

Zoli's Blog — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:37:34 +0000

Still Confused about Windows Live…

Ever since it’s inception the Windows Live brand was a source of confusion: is it web-based computing, new desktop tools, or just a fancy name for MSN services? The confusion apparently continues even as The New York Times heralds Mic…

By: Aaron B. Hockley

Aaron B. Hockley — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:35:23 +0000

I sure hope this modular/optional/easy to not install the whole suite. I love Windows Live Writer but have never touched (nor plan to touch) any of their other desktop “Live” client software. Let’s hope this doesn’t become like Apple’s stupid iTunes/QuickTime forced bundle.

By: Reinhard

Reinhard — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:03:11 +0000

I agree with the comments on “notorious Microsoft haters” – and also with the fact that Microsoft should not be underestimated. I am looking at alternatives but have not seen anything worth a change.

By: David

David — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:29:05 +0000

Its laid out through history, the empire does NOT need new products. It just need its persistence…and cash. It usually starts with crapola products that improve to being good enough year after year. See what they did to Netscape, Real, Palm, etc.

By: xxdesmus

xxdesmus — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:23:34 +0000

This is hardly anything impressive or news-worthy. The only software worth using in that download package is Windows Live Desktop Mail.

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:57:27 +0000

Thingy! Thingy?
What kind of hi-tech term is that?

http://fakestev...er.blogspot.com

By: Avinash

Avinash — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:44:09 +0000

I agree with Patricia. Google Pack is way better!

By: mariner

mariner — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:55:30 +0000

Microsoft has provided a nice and compelling set of tools here.

Glad to see that posts here are not just filled with jealous Microsoft haters.

By: Profy.Com

Profy.Com — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:36:07 +0000

Microsoft Delivers Major Piece of Nothing; NYT Does It Up Front Page…

Despite it’s somewhat muted announcement some months back, Microsoft’s imminent official unveiling of a Windows Live installer (alleged to arrive for public use and critique sometime this week) still manages to leave me wondering if folks …