Steve Ballmer sees the end of media paper within 10 years
Asked about his outlook for the future of media by the Washington Post, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer answered this: “In the next 10 years, the whole world of media, communications and advertising are...
View ArticleMicrosoft: Tablets are a passing fad
Once upon a time, IBM was The Company, computers had “spindles” and Big Blue salesmen (no females allowed) got fresh collars and cuffs delivered to their desks each morning. When a pesky innovator came...
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Ballmer’s latest acquisition
In a bold move, Microsoft acquires Nokia and catapults itself to the top of the smartphone world. The full integration of Windows Phone 7 software into Nokia hardware will result in a better user...
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Microsoft Reorg: The Missing Answer
by Jean-Louis Gassée After repeatedly tweaking its divisional structure, Microsoft tries a more radical realignment along functional lines like, you know, that other company. The lengthy, bombastic...
View ArticleThe Rebirth of Windows Mobile
by Jean-Louis Gassée The decline of PC sales finally caught up with Microsoft, resulting in weak quarterly results that force Steve Ballmer to admit a strategic mistake and propose a radical change...
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Microsoft Directors Have Much Explaining To Do
Blaming Steve Ballmer for Microsoft’s string of mistakes won’t do. Why did the Board of Directors keep him on the job for thirteen years, only to let him “retire” in the midst of several dangerous...
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO Search: Stalemate
The Microsoft CEO succession process appears to be stalled. This is a company with immense human, technical, and financial resources; the tech industry is filled with intelligent, energetic,...
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Panic in iOS Land
Image credit: Freaking News Today, a doomsday scenario: Apple execs resort to rash, countercultural moves to take iOS out of its tailspin. Read at your own risk. A frustrated Apple engineer (who shall...
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