Category Archives: Microsoft

Microsoft WPC Day 2: Mixed bag of copies..

Posted: 10:01 am
July 13, 2010
Microsoft
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Today was a mixed bag for Microsoft – in the areas in which Microsoft leads (Xbox, Messenger) it looks amazing. In the areas in which it’s following (virtually everything else in the consumer space) the future for Microsoft looks like … Continue reading →

WPC Keynote: We know you’re scared but please stop whining

Posted: 9:25 am
July 12, 2010
Microsoft
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Here is the summary: We’re following Google to the cloud. Forget about Software + Services, just cloud. Apple pretty much owns us as we missed the whole iPhone, iPad but we’re following. We have a lot of money, so if … Continue reading →

Washington DC – Cloud, Cloud, Cloud, Cloud..

Posted: 10:36 pm
July 11, 2010
IT Business, Microsoft
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Sick of it yet? It’s about to get a whole lot worse. Microsoft WPC, at least from the vendor standpoint, is all about the cloud. By my brief account while trying to locate the ExchangeDefender booth (#743) the cloud is … Continue reading →

Bittersweet

Posted: 8:54 am
July 3, 2010
Microsoft
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About a week from now I’ll be heading to Washington DC to the Microsoft WPC event. I really, really, really don’t want to say anything negative about MSFT, but.. I also really don’t want to beat a dead horse – … Continue reading →

Is it finally over for Microsoft Windows?

Posted: 10:10 pm
August 30, 2009
Apple, Microsoft
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Provocative title, except I do not intend it  to be. This weekend was an upgrade weekend at Casa de Vlad. I upgraded my Macbook Air to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. I upgraded my desktop to Windows 7. These … Continue reading →

The best blog post I’ve read in a long time

Posted: 11:46 am
July 25, 2009
Microsoft
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Over at MarketWatch: “Is the party over for behemoth Microsoft?” If you read that and don’t feel uneasy; read it again. I don’t really have a comment short of just nodding my head in disbelief.

WPC: The Afterthought

Posted: 10:46 pm
July 18, 2009
Microsoft
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Last year was the first in the recent memory that I skipped out on WPC; two from my team went and had a far different impression of it than I used to. This year, I went again with the team … Continue reading →

WPC Day 3 – A Glimmer of Hope

Posted: 8:13 am
July 16, 2009
Microsoft
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Since Chris Rue is now done speaking and I can attribute quotes to him without fear that he’ll be gunned down for his low “Microsoft opinion / revenue” ratio, last week he really called the Microsoft/Partner relationship: It’s kinda the … Continue reading →

WPC Day 2 – From bad to worse

Posted: 11:16 am
July 15, 2009
Microsoft
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Interesting day today, lots of announcements again focusing on the cloud. The presentation started with some very cool virtualization technology and the now WPC-customary dig at Vmware followed by a catchup demo of what Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager can … Continue reading →

WPC – Day 1

Posted: 10:34 am
July 14, 2009
Microsoft
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Day 1 at WPC is officially in the books and I’ll save you some time if you don’t feel like reading a lot: meh. The downside: Windows 7, Office 10 The announcement was pretty much as expected. Unfortunately, it is … Continue reading →