Comments on: Mass Reorg at Microsoft Platforms & Services Division

By: Wholesale electronics

Wholesale electronics — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:58:12 +0000

I am interesting in how the Advertiser & Publisher Solutions Group (APS) is working.

By: someone

someone — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:11:04 +0000

so when is it coming out and wat stores is it comin out in

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By: Moe Glitz

Moe Glitz — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:19:21 +0000

Shouldn’t Online Services be renamed Windows Live.
Why have Windows/Windows Live and Online Services. Isn’t Windows Live a big part of Microsoft’s Online Services.

Answers on a Postcard please, to the usual address

Microsoft , sorry – I mean MSN, sorry – I mean Live, sorry I mean Windows etc, etc.

By: Cascadorii râsului: Kawasaki vs Ballmer « TheBride’s Weblog

Cascadorii râsului: Kawasaki vs Ballmer « TheBride’s Weblog — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:00:55 +0000

[...] lui faţă de Internet search şi publicitate online însă a condus zilele trecute la o masivă reorganizare în MS şi la debarcarea celui care a condus ostilităţile faţă de Yahoo. Nici nu vreau să [...]

By: Microsoft Rumbles, Rearms For Online War It Can’t Win Without Yahoo

Microsoft Rumbles, Rearms For Online War It Can’t Win Without Yahoo — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:09:45 +0000

[...] CEO Steve Ballmer dropped the ax today, and it landed on Kevin Johnson’s [...]

By: Alex Schleber

Alex Schleber — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:09:47 +0000

All this would appear as deeply weird, except for the idea that this could be a prelude to some sort of spin-off plus cash to Yahoo deal that Henry Blodget over at AlleyInsider had championed early on.

If they aren’t going for that, then this is truly bizarre, and will come back to bite them. Windows is their least defensible position in the long run, and adding in Hotmail, etc. doesn’t do a thing for them in this regard, while they should instead be INTEGRATING search and ads more tightly with all of these properties.

Think about it: Google really had no business rolling out Google Desktop, except that MSFT’s own native search in their own OS still sucks to this day…

Ballmer (in his internal memo): “To keep today’s Windows applications alive, vibrant, and exciting, we need both—applications that run everywhere and rich client applications.”

Wrong. What he meant to say/should have said was:

“To keep Windows alive, we need… rich client applications…”

Problem is, the browser as client is getting richer by the minute…

(Arrington’s post calling for an open-sourced $200-400 tablet that runs on a baseline linux kernel and browser only, anyone?)

By: Alex Schleber

Alex Schleber — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:04:43 +0000

Very true that, their branding mess is running very deep…

Don’t forget their brand naming “methodology”, that’s where all of the confusion begins:

http://business...ive-really-dead

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:04:02 +0000

So what does this actually mean??? Does it mean that Spaces and other products which are not a direct extension of Windows get rebranded something other than Windows Live? Or does this mean more competing projects over different teams?

By: Aditya

Aditya — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:41:13 +0000

Ok, so this is good news or bad news for investors?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:18:18 +0000

Yes, split Microsoft into more pieces that can produce competing or overlapping products, use different logos, color schemes, and UI conventions, etc. etc.

By: Heard in MV...

Heard in MV... — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:01:18 +0000

Jerry just called Steve to see if he could land the job as Head of the Online Services Group, only to be told that he was already on the other line with Sue…

By: KillerLocator.com

KillerLocator.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:55:11 +0000

If history repeats itself this will mean nothing.
The future is already here. We dont need another website or application.

ladies and gentleman the internet has bottomed out. no more widgets, search engines, gadgets, spapplications, video view sites, fancy picture shakers..Please! we have enouth to work with.

Search and algorithims are dying and vertical LOCATION Engine networks are the future. Some get it, some got it, some dont have a clue.
Internet innovation is overloaded and bottomed out. There is only so much good stuff to go around.
The future is “hear” its just some have a problem listening.
http://www.kill...locator-network

By: Reliance Insider

Reliance Insider — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:53:16 +0000

Good luck Kevin!

By: steveballmer

steveballmer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:47:54 +0000

Making us into Ballmersoft!

By: EX-MSFT

EX-MSFT — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:21:01 +0000

This is probably the best thing that has happened to Microsoft in a long time. Kevin Johnson was the Terry Simmel of Microsoft; no knowledge of technology, absolute no vision but smooth talk, focus on organizational heirarchies. Under him, MSFT has become Yahoo in its own way.

the new team will hopefully bring back the tech fire back to the company. and save it from the same fate as Yahoo and AOL.

By: Marc Fawzi

Marc Fawzi — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:17:55 +0000

@Moe

You mean Mr. Gibson?

Google is playing catchup with itself as they try to be everything to everyone, and often missing the mark in pretty embarrassing ways (if you look closely)

By: Moe Glitz

Moe Glitz — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:57:24 +0000

It is time Microsoft showed us – what is their Internet Roadmap.
Do they plan to still play catch-up with Google, or do they have a new and innovative web strategy that is going to take the Web in a new direction.

Maybe they should explore the words of wisdom that the great Mr Gibbons said about the future. ‘The future is already here. It just has not been evenly distributed?’.

I for one am waiting with big interest.