Posts Tagged 'Microsoft'

10 things Microsoft did right in 2009

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The year 2009 was pretty good to Microsoft, even as the weak economy ravaged sales. Microsoft actually did a few things right. For now, I present the list of 10 things Microsoft did right in 2009 — in no order of importance. They’re all important. Microsoft:
1. Flawlessly launched Windows 7. There’s a metaphor somehow in [...]

10 things Microsoft did wrong in 2009

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Earlier today, I posted “10 things Microsoft did right in 2009.” I originally planned to post the did-wrong list tomorrow. But in view of today’s news about Microsoft’s out-going chief financial officer, Chris Liddell, I changed the timetable. Liddell’s departure is one of the things Microsoft did wrong in 2009 (He will become CFO at [...]

Ten years of .NET – Did Microsoft deliver?

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Microsoft closes The Noughties by trying to keep up with competitors and to remain a top destination for developers by embracing cloud computing and open source. It opened the decade with another massive platform shift, though: the introduction of .NET.
.NET was announced at the first TechEd of decade in Amsterdam in the year 2000 with [...]

Will Microsoft and Apple Team Up to Fight Google?

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It looks like Apple might soon have a new best friend: Microsoft, at least if the introduction of an iPhone app for Microsoft’s Bing “decision engine” is the first sign of a new trend.
It looks like Apple might soon have a new best friend: Microsoft, at least if the introduction of an iPhone app for [...]

Is Windows 7 the last major chapter in Windows story?

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IDC says Microsoft Windows 7 sets a demarcation line in Windows history
Microsoft Windows 7 may represent the last ever, large in-mass upgrade of the Windows client environment and define the line where the desktop PC was no longer the center of the end-user universe, according to IDC.
“We have come to the conclusion [...]