tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post6948003744374846171..comments2024-03-18T12:52:48.117-07:00Comments on Mini-Microsoft: Windows 7 and a Grab Bag of Microsoftness Before FY10Q1 ResultsWho da'Punkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18205453956191063442noreply@blogger.comBlogger476125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-62023575476896291942010-04-14T23:57:51.251-07:002010-04-14T23:57:51.251-07:00I'm thinking I should sell half of the options...I'm thinking I should sell half of the options I have that are actually worth something. Personally may not have the time to wait out the return to $26 after disappointing earnings report.ugg classichttp://www.uggboots-1.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-19793632331268235272010-01-29T18:37:56.961-08:002010-01-29T18:37:56.961-08:00[Jeopardy Music] What has been Microsoft's gre...[Jeopardy Music] What has been Microsoft's greatest achievement in the last 10 years? [/Jeopardy Music] <br /><br />I would say continued dominance in OS and word/excel, Exchange servers, and competition that has led to creation of many better products (Apple, google, ect) that has benefited everyone. <br /><br />Dont cry about your share price, MSFT at ~$28 and $250 bil mkt cap is quite fair. The anti-trust people authorities would be all MSFT if they actually dominated search like Google, and online music/iphone like Apple.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09814249900640752924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-91997088394822166822009-11-18T08:06:27.258-08:002009-11-18T08:06:27.258-08:00Bueno yo lo descarge de este Blog Windows 7 Seven...Bueno yo lo descarge de este Blog <a href="http://www.megaclic.org/2009/11/windows-7-seven-links-oficiales-msdn.html" rel="nofollow">Windows 7 Seven Links Oficiales MSDN<br /></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-33166482341806759062009-11-05T16:06:40.655-08:002009-11-05T16:06:40.655-08:00>I can confirm that. He does have an iPhone and...>I can confirm that. He does have an iPhone and has no qualms about waving it around. Weird.<br /><br />It is clear the previous WM leadership was never bothered by the competition. Likely too late, but good to see Myerson is changing that mindset. He needs to pick up a droid as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-70967135214351002822009-11-05T08:26:28.788-08:002009-11-05T08:26:28.788-08:00" Few people would say that it is bad to cut ..." Few people would say that it is bad to cut a 100 people in a division that is losing money at the same time you are hiring 100 people into a profitibale division. You can't simply take those 100 people and move them somewhere else."<br /><br />I would sagree with that statement in the current environment. If MSFT had <br />a) effective HR systems that actually captured people's skills in a meaningful and measurable way, and <br />b) all positions had clearly stated, measurable skill requirements<br /><br />then it would indeed be possible to move people in a deliberate and calculated way between orgs.<br /><br />Alas, HR systems do not provide this functionality and without significant investment never will. This is a shame as the company would see significant business value in reducing layoffs, as well as new hires with associated ramp-up costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-89405556572161730592009-11-05T00:53:51.655-08:002009-11-05T00:53:51.655-08:00I've embedded Linux into products twice and I ...<i>I've embedded Linux into products twice and I don't trust it at all. However, dealing with custom half-baked drivers is deep on the dark side.</i><br /><br />Microsoft is always claiming that 3rd party drivers are a major cause of Windows crashes and bluescreens. Poor graphics drivers from NVidia and ATI were the primary scapegoats for Vista crashes. I don't know if you believe this party line or not, but if you do, you're not in a position to complain about "half-baked" Linux drivers.<br /><br /><i>Also you complained about dropped calls on WinMo and then priase the iPhone. The iPhone is a great product but it has a spotty history with call dropping, at least in the states. That is probably more to do with the carrier than than the phone.</i><br /><br />The iPhone OS has gone through some rough patches, to be honest. There was an OS update shortly following the 3G release that seemed to fix many of the dropped call problems. But that's a key difference between the iPhone and Windows Mobile phones--Apple makes it brain-dead simple to get the latest version of the iPhone OS on ANY iPhone or iPod hardware. If you get stuck with a crappy Windows Mobile phone with an old version of the OS and crappy drivers, basically your only solution is to get a new phone.<br /><br /><i>As for things running faster in a VM, it is probaby because you are running less software in the VM.</i><br /><br />Maybe, maybe not. VMs present simpler, generic devices to the guest OSs. Maybe the simulation of those devices is better than the devices themselves, and maybe the drivers for them in Windows are better than the drivers for more elaborate hardware. As one example, if you insert a CD in a real Windows machine, the entire OS will sputter for several seconds, whereas Windows running in a VM usually has no such problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-49300179126051674072009-11-04T23:24:54.072-08:002009-11-04T23:24:54.072-08:00The VP of WM, TerryM, is walking around Studio F w...The VP of WM, TerryM, is walking around Studio F with his iPhone ALL THE TIME!!! (Possibly MS paid for it, i am guessing) He hided it for a little while. Now, he has no shame at all! <br /><br />I can confirm that. He does have an iPhone and has no qualms about waving it around. Weird.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-77186214837350811002009-11-04T22:15:53.299-08:002009-11-04T22:15:53.299-08:00Hiring 10k people over the last two years and then...<i>Hiring 10k people over the last two years and then saying 'whoops, too many' whilst continuing to hire more! They're being ‘Agile' with peoples’ and families’ lives.</i><br /><br />While you certainly have the right to complain that we have hired the wrong people or that we have let the wrong people go, it is simpleminded to correlate the two. Few people would say that it is bad to cut a 100 people in a division that is losing money at the same time you are hiring 100 people into a profitibale division. You can't simply take those 100 people and move them somewhere else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-25711863714804550802009-11-04T21:24:24.112-08:002009-11-04T21:24:24.112-08:00According to at least one measure the global reces...<i><br />According to at least one measure the global recession hit the USA in late 2007. Since then MS has hired around 10000 FTEs and laid off 5800. That just points to the complete lack of planning that always happens here. Whether it's projects, products, or in this case employment. Hiring 10k people over the last two years and then saying 'whoops, too many' whilst continuing to hire more! They're being ‘Agile' with peoples’ and families’ lives.<br /><br />So where was the message from Ballmer? Was he hiding this time around? Shameful!<br /></i><br /><br />I would say those 10K hiring wa totally reckless. Search and other inefficient groups were very crazy to expand their empires. The bar of hiring was very low. And sadly lots of competent old folks were cut because of these insane crazy hiring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-22098261944687917942009-11-04T20:44:09.191-08:002009-11-04T20:44:09.191-08:00I look at Don Dodge's web log today
http://do...I look at Don Dodge's web log today <br />http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/<br />and wonder if there is a message here.<br /><br />I believe Microsoft should be letting go is brightest and most courageous and do a service to the industry, if only to allow for a new direction and help provide the next few decades of excellence in software.<br /><br />The need of the Software Giant now and for some time in the past, is to align all its Divisions, Groups, Teams and Individuals towards corporate goals, to provide a ecosystem to pull in customers and partners towards the software and services it provides.<br />This is the same effect as the solenoid (loop of wire wrapped around a metallic core which produces a magnetic field when electric current is passed - due to realignment of the molecules in the core). <br />This has resulted in very intelligent and capable people spending time in trivial pursuits and dealing with meetings and politics within the corporation.<br /><br />Now if only these brightest and courageous out there own their own or in smaller more agile companies.<br /><br />some examples from history:<br /><br />William Shockley left Bell Labs in a disagreement over the handling of the invention of the transistor. After returning to California Institute of Technology for a short while, Shockley moved to Mountain View, California in 1956, and founded Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory.<br />Shockley intended to replace the current transistor with a new three-element design (today known as the Shockley diode), but the design was considerably more difficult to build than the "simple" transistor. In 1957, Shockley decided to end research on the silicon transistor. As a result, eight engineers left the company to form Fairchild Semiconductor. Two of the original employees of Fairchild Semiconductor, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, would go on to find Intel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-76185457723276644252009-11-04T20:12:04.284-08:002009-11-04T20:12:04.284-08:00To those of you affected in this round of layoffs,...To those of you affected in this round of layoffs, my condolences or congratulations, depending on whether this was a dreaded or hoped-for outcome.<br /><br />What's the severance agreement like this time? Did anyone get the 60-day on-campus search option, or are you turning in your badge this week?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-83156149921687092862009-11-04T19:13:50.484-08:002009-11-04T19:13:50.484-08:00no comments regarding what happened today?no comments regarding what happened today?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-60805704543939129772009-11-04T18:21:33.200-08:002009-11-04T18:21:33.200-08:00Anything new about the layoff. Which group has the...Anything new about the layoff. Which group has the most layoffs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-23825137175005459802009-11-04T17:59:38.487-08:002009-11-04T17:59:38.487-08:00Just a thought, Mini...but might be a good idea to...Just a thought, Mini...but might be a good idea to open up a discussion about the recent publication employees received from Benefits\HR, which discusses the potential effects on of the HealthCare legislation on Microsoft benefits (as well as which appears to push employees to consider changing to one of the cheaper and "lesser" medical coverage choices during this year's open enrollment), may be an interesting and much needed discussion employees should have when it comes to cost controls at Microsoft and our personal healthcare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-23098198573489802722009-11-04T17:54:25.281-08:002009-11-04T17:54:25.281-08:00Hi Mini
Missed seeing updates to today's even...Hi Mini<br /><br />Missed seeing updates to today's events. Hope it's because you were busy versus your receiving bad news.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />One of you many fansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-14988462983203202482009-11-04T17:20:09.034-08:002009-11-04T17:20:09.034-08:00According to at least one measure the global reces...According to at least one measure the global recession hit the USA in late 2007. Since then MS has hired around 10000 FTEs and laid off 5800. That just points to the complete lack of planning that always happens here. Whether it's projects, products, or in this case employment. Hiring 10k people over the last two years and then saying 'whoops, too many' whilst continuing to hire more! They're being ‘Agile' with peoples’ and families’ lives.<br /><br />So where was the message from Ballmer? Was he hiding this time around? Shameful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-37784537520348830282009-11-04T17:11:41.232-08:002009-11-04T17:11:41.232-08:00I am trying to believe that the timing of the &quo...I am trying to believe that the timing of the "Windows 7 Home Use Program" eMail, and of the latest layoffs, is coincidental.<br /><br />I mean, no-one would stoop so low as to wait until a few hours after those 800 lose their Corpnet access.<br /><br />Please?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-41810300947911591132009-11-04T16:30:00.517-08:002009-11-04T16:30:00.517-08:00Helllllllloooooooooooo - 800 more people cut, and ...Helllllllloooooooooooo - 800 more people cut, and no comments? <br /> <br />Mini - they didn't have you in a conference room today, did they? Any hope that Walmart idiot KT got the big boot?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-44345843265406103962009-11-04T15:30:02.948-08:002009-11-04T15:30:02.948-08:00800 more announced today "And that will be it...800 more announced today "And that will be it" according to the spokesman.<br /><br />http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=235768Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-59254900562823216342009-11-04T15:11:45.823-08:002009-11-04T15:11:45.823-08:00>>In fact my suggestion is not to disclose a...>>In fact my suggestion is not to disclose any information to anyone in MS. The situation is very bad and hostile in MS-Hyd.<br /><br />The India GMs are always getting new projects (to be cut later) and need warm bodies. If you've been acknowledging your India GM's insight to their manager or broadly to the group, I'm sure they will find you another job. Do a 1:1 with them, remind them how much they've taught you and how you've shared it with everyone else...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-70694072310345661872009-11-04T14:57:39.470-08:002009-11-04T14:57:39.470-08:00Layoffs at US Headquarters Sales in Issaquah began...Layoffs at US Headquarters Sales in Issaquah began today. Members of the Incubation Sales Team were affected.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-42979645599220014922009-11-04T14:23:34.357-08:002009-11-04T14:23:34.357-08:00>I'm sure there are many people who will te...>I'm sure there are many people who will tell me this doesn't matter, the same way there are people who wear quartz watches and think designer watches are ridiculous. Sorry, but you'll never "get it." The market does, though.<br /><br />I like your analogy. The only weakness is the iPhone 3G (with contract) is often cheaper than a Windows Mobile phone (with contract). There is no "premium designer price" for the iPhone. Unlike other Apple products, the iPhone is the low cost and best of breed smartphone. I'm sure this confuses the hell out of Ballmer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-92037298803804312402009-11-04T14:11:12.358-08:002009-11-04T14:11:12.358-08:00Huh, the layoff rumors turned out to be true. Wind...Huh, the layoff rumors turned out to be true. Windows Mobile lost some people, as did content publishing. Well, those two are really one group now. One of the Windows mobile layoffs was a poor preformer, but there was a really good employee let go as well. The booked conf. rooms seem to be a good indicator after all, despite the snide remarks from the person who suggested we use Magic-8 balls and Ouija boards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-5338117445276326442009-11-04T13:06:16.150-08:002009-11-04T13:06:16.150-08:00Been fired today in the UK. We are the #2 mapping/...Been fired today in the UK. We are the #2 mapping/local site in the UK (Multimap) were acquired 2 years ago, and are still the only profitable part of the Bing mapping/local business.<br /><br />TBH it's a release. In the 2 years, they could never figure out what to do with us, and we encountered politics and blockages at every level of engineering right up to senior management.<br /><br />If what i've seen is the general quality of managers in MSFT, then they are absolutely screwed...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555958.post-50715705739248207162009-11-04T12:46:13.439-08:002009-11-04T12:46:13.439-08:00800 more
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNe...800 more<br /><br />http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCNN048335520091104?rpc=44Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com