Nickname: Peter

Review: A previous poster is right. This is just a press release -- not journalism. Guys, please try to provide more context and analysis. I mean, no interviews with competitors? No interviews with users? No interviews with non-MS people at all? If you're just going to parrot the memo, just post the memo. What's the point of trimming it for us if you're not going to give us any context?

Date reviewed: Mar 15, 2006 2:54 AM

Nickname: Sir Gay Brin

Review: Microsoft is demonstrating a striking drift from their normal ability to stay centered on market needs, and have fallen into Google's trap by desperately copying and trying to look cool. It's like the skinny kid in school who grew up to be famous, but still can be toyed with over the threat of him losing his new found image. Google is playing to Gates' and Ballmer's insecurities, and seems to be winning.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 7:12 PM

Nickname: Bobbie

Review: Bill Gates is presently the #1 Wealthiest Man. From a secular perspective, he is still tops in many ways! If he comes to the Masters in Augusta, would love to see him there!

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 6:35 PM

Nickname: Realist

Review: It kills me that everyone keeps talking about Microsoft catching up or even "losing." Losing what? They're the largest software manufacturer in the world; they've already "won" several times over! And the comment about no competition? Have you not been paying attention? IBM, Oracle, Symantec, Interwoven, Stellent, Corel, Sun, Borland, and Trend Micro (to name a few) all compete with Microsoft (albeit in different markets). In fact, it wasn't that long ago that everyone was rooting for Microsoft against IBM -- the other "evil" empire. Please! Wake up and look at the real world. Microsoft is doing what it needs to do to compete; they have successfully "won" markets over the years, just as they have "lost" markets over the years. Win or lose, it makes absolutely no difference; if Microsoft were to disappear, some other big company would take their place as the most hated. It's the cycle of capitalist life.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 4:44 PM

Nickname: G

Review: How come Microsoft doesn't get it? Google introduces software/services that improve our lives -- g-mail, desktop, and at some stage (I hope soon) a shared calendar. Live doesn't come close.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 3:49 PM

Nickname: Swifty

Review: Post the memo.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 2:51 PM

Nickname: Robin

Review: Wow, this reads just like an ad for Microsoft. Couldn't you have added any context or done any reporting?

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 5:31 AM

Nickname: pheel

Review: Microsoft is following its time-honored and honed tradition. Watch the innovators set up a good idea. Watch those innovators reach their limits. Then step in with a better idea. It's worked every time. But Google has the resources to not screw up like Novell, Sun, Oracle, Corel who cry over their own spilled milk. Google will keep the competition strong for Microsoft for many years to come. Believe it.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 4:55 AM

Nickname: Lazlo

Review: I don't know where these guys are coming from. I just tried that live.com site and it was so buggy I ended up giving up on it. Like everything Microsoft, it will take until version 3.0 to get it functional.

Date reviewed: Mar 13, 2006 4:32 AM

Nickname: CM

Review: Microsoft has never been a company known for its innovation. Borrowing good ideas from its competitors (Apple, Novell, Sun, or Netscape, for example) has been Microsoft's modus operandi since the early days of the company. With Google's innovative success, it comes as no surprise that Microsoft is hot on their tail -- playing catch-up is their speciality. Microsoft has made billions from being an unabashed copycat, and I see their latest plans as being little more than a (probably lucrative) continuation of that behavior.

Date reviewed: Mar 12, 2006 11:06 PM