Microsoft’s Web. 2.0 Draws Skepticism

To be honest, I do not think that MS is totally out of luck when it comes to grasping the next big thing with Web services. While they are still getting their bearings, I believe that with one or two well placed services, a recovery could happen.

Though the powers that be at Microsoft seem to have finally grasped the impact of the Internet on the future of packaged software, industry observers and a key rival said the company still must prove that its plan to compete in the Web 2.0 marketplace is more than just hype.

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Web 2.0 is a name given to the Web’s transition from a collection of static Web sites to a computing platform providing Internet-based applications, or services, to end users. Richard MacManus, a freelance Web analyst and writer, acknowledged that Microsoft may always lag behind in its move to embrace this new era of the Internet. But now, with its Live Software plan and executive memos that herald the adoption of new services model to combat Google, the company at least is talking the talk when it comes to the new wave of Internet-based services, he said. [Read the rest]