Steve Ballmer

Over on ZDNet, Microsoft watcher, prognosticator, and apologist Ed Bott has, this morning, a piece concerning what Microsoft will not say about the upcoming release (whenever it might be) of Windows 7.
He makes five points, which he thinks are things that Mr. Ballmer will not speak of. While I agree with the points, I [...]

Earlier this week, Microsoft gave in to the outcries of the many Hotmail users who vehemently disliked the updated interface for the webmail service. In a complete turnaround, after declaring that the company would not support two interfaces for the service, the decision that “The customer is always right” came through. Now those who were [...]

Somewhere between the very short life spans of certain Linux distributions, and the now very lengthy commitment  that Microsoft has given to Windows XP is a happy medium.
A discussion on ZDNet, has made many assumptions, and lays out the confirmed long life of Windows XP, right next to an article that states that, most likely, [...]

It’s more than a joke now. With the removal of Mr. Gates from the day-to-day business of Microsoft, the ability of Steve Ballmer to keep Microsoft on top is  a serious question.
The articles cite his tenure at Microsoft, and his time as CEO – few of the top CEOs today stay around for very long [...]

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn must be doubly worked up, as he has seen the day give the news that Microsoft isn’t interested in Yahoo anymore, and Yahoo would continue to rebuff any advances from Redmond. He also has seen the news that Yahoo has hammered out a deal with Google, to have AdSense content on [...]

It’s an amazing thing when the stars line up, the magnetic lines of force converge, and the cosmic consciousness gives the same thought to many.
Some time ago, I gave a few reasons (although I did not formalize a list) why Steve Ballmer needed to be retired. Then a few days ago Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols gave [...]

In an entry of Microsoft Subnet, on Network World, Mitchell Ashley lets out the news that the previously vaporous Windows 7 will be previewed at the Wall Street journal’s All Things Digital conference.
Then he almost immediately recants that, saying he is not sure if ‘7′ will be shown. This is the sort of ’smoke and [...]