Comments on: Microsoft: we might withdraw Yahoo offer

By: Brisbane web designer

Brisbane web designer — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:53:18 +0000

I don’t think Yahoo is worth anything like Microsoft offered. I suspect some new player will come out of nowhere and knock Google of it’s pedestal. Lets hope

By: tim

tim — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:37:42 +0000

However, I have difficulty enough holding down a job as a demand manager and business analyst and keeping up with developments in my own field without having to learn yet another new Microsoft technology in sufficient depth to determine whether it’s going to be any use to me or not, let alone to exploit it properly.

Understandable. But I think IT has always been like this.

Tim

By: Clyde Davies

Clyde Davies — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:56:01 +0000

Live Mesh in interesting not so much in terms of what it offers, but in that it demonstrates that Microsoft is one of the few companies that have the wherewithal and expertise to construct a technology that knits together the Web and client in such a comprehensive fashion. Google could certainly do the Web part of it, but the client would be pretty much out of their reach.

However, I have difficulty enough holding down a job as a demand manager and business analyst and keeping up with developments in my own field without having to learn yet another new Microsoft technology in sufficient depth to determine whether it’s going to be any use to me or not, let alone to exploit it properly. The more I hear about initiatives like this, the more it’s a turn-off for me. And I’m sure I’m not the only one.

By: tim

tim — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:58:56 +0000

What do you mean by ‘organic growth’?

Live Mesh is an example – building on existing internal skills and technologies.

Tim

By: Clyde Davies

Clyde Davies — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:17:11 +0000

What do you mean by ‘organic growth’? Not that I’m accusing you of being opaque, I’m just wondering what unexplored opportunities exist in the Internet marketplace that Microsoft could exploit.