Nickname: Herman

Review: I would say that the next thing Microsoft must address is the performance of its Web service Web sites. If you compare the user experience of using Windows Live products versus Google products, the one thing that jumps to mind is the ease and efficiency in using Google's services.

Date reviewed: Apr 17, 2006 9:20 PM

Nickname: Sruly

Review: Gates is very sucessful and there is a saying "follow the money." He is the richest man in the world. Sometimes it is better to wait a bit and track the market rather then being on the "bleeding edge." Bill will be in front and stay there. Sorry naysayers but business sense in not emotion but rather brains, talent and a bit of luck, and Bill has proved his skills. Anyway if he suceeds we all will win something.

Date reviewed: Nov 6, 2005 2:01 PM

Nickname: dh

Review: What has happened to true software innovation at Microsoft? They rportedly have an immense R&D effort, but where are those cutting-edge software applications? We were promised speech recognition but only a few smaller companies, such as Scansoft.com and TalkingDesktop.com offer something close to this future offered by Microsoft.com.

Date reviewed: Nov 4, 2005 4:38 PM

Nickname: Madhu

Review: The fundamental business model is to get advertising dollars and to get those you need users. And this is what is driving the business model and the change. This year the advertisement money is $15 billion and it is going to grow to some $30 billion to $40 billion. And Microsoft wants some share in this.

Date reviewed: Nov 3, 2005 2:13 AM

Nickname: Frank Daley

Review: Microsoft is an organization on its way to becoming fundamentally irrelevant. Increasingly it is the No. 2 or No. 3 player in the most important growth segments. All the talk about previous examples where it started behind and caught up dates to a previous era in which Microsoft could get away with its bullying. In the Internet democracy age, it can't get away with things like that.

Date reviewed: Nov 2, 2005 10:28 PM

Nickname: Duncan

Review: I certainly don't think Microsoft is "flogging a dead horse." Their products are doing better than ever, Xbox 360 looks like it will be a runaway success and this new announcement clearly shows that the ability to innovate and improve pioneering ideas and offer them in an excellent, easy-to-use bundle no one can match is still very much in operation in Redmond.

Date reviewed: Nov 2, 2005 7:07 PM

Nickname: Baldwin

Review: I love how people think that Microsoft is two people. Go to any business, what are they running? Microsoft. It's in 90% of the places and it works. You don't dominate for this long without being able to know the future business. Microsoft knows what there doing.

Date reviewed: Nov 2, 2005 5:19 PM

Nickname: ewk

Review: Comparing Microsoft to Yahoo! and Google is not valid. .NET developers have had Web services for years now and are not behind the curve in any way. Microsoft is helping provide the infrastructure for this new development model. In fact, .NET developers are leading the way by using the most efficient tools available. Microsoft developers are not missing out on the evolution of network software.

Date reviewed: Nov 2, 2005 3:59 PM

Nickname: gh

Review: Jay, you didn't mention the crucial earlier history. Sun Microsystems' creation of Java and steadfast defense of its portable nature were the real genesis of this turn of events - and Sun did it purposely to shatter MicroSoft's monopoly. Everybody else whined about it. Sun did something about it.

Date reviewed: Nov 2, 2005 2:19 PM

Nickname: mikefsn1587

Review: Microsoft is as "late" to this game as they were to the Netscape browser. Their method is sound, as it bundles Internet utility, increases the value of their operating system, and provides a refined target market for advertisement.

Date reviewed: Nov 2, 2005 2:19 PM