Michael,
Ozzie's CSA and was CTO. Ballmer's CEO. They both answer to
the board.
Aah, then he perhaps IS the guy who could certainly affect
change in the
right (whatever that is) direction rather than continuing an angle of
the company that perhaps isn't correct (whatever that is)!!
I see many apps moving to technologies like Air and Silverlight,
ultimately, which offer a web-based but rich-client-like experience,
with the advantage of cross-platform.
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Bill Arnold wrote:
Michael,
I think, for now, the better course of action is just to sell products
and see where we stand in 5 or so years. MS is eventually going to have
to do something about VFP's continuity, and I think they know that. Best
resolution: turn it over to some team that
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Rick Schummer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Is that why Microsoft is so lackluster? They are merely an army of
yes-people that aren't going to speak up if they see something wrong?
Paul, you and I have obviously must have met or know different people at
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Bill Arnold
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Michael,
Ozzie's CSA and was CTO. Ballmer's CEO. They both answer to
the board.
Aah, then he perhaps IS the guy who could certainly affect
change in the
right (whatever that is) direction rather than continuing
Michael,
I think, for now, the better course of action is just to sell
products
and see where we stand in 5 or so years. MS is eventually going to
have to do something about VFP's continuity, and I think they know
that. Best resolution: turn it over to some team that will take it
over
Ray says that the world is a changing.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/the-ozzie-memo
—software-is-dead-long-live-the-web/
Would you write software to do the vertical you do for use on the web
instead?
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Memphis TN
Stephen Russell wrote:
Ray says that the world is a changing.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/the-ozzie-memo
—software-is-dead-long-live-the-web/
Would you write software to do the vertical you do for use on the web
instead?
I'm definitely using a web-based database, with a fat
Unfortunately, I was unable to see this site from my business machine.
When I looked into it, the site wanted to register 13 scripts.
I declined to accept them all.
Andrew Stirling
01250 874580
http://www.calcpay.co.uk
HMRC Accredited UK payroll program
Stephen Russell wrote:
Ray says that
Andrew Stirling wrote:
Unfortunately, I was unable to see this site from my business machine.
When I looked into it, the site wanted to register 13 scripts.
I declined to accept them all.
I don't even see the article! What crap.
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Stephen posted a bad URL. Here's a correct URL sent as tinyurl to avoid
word wrap.
http://tinyurl.com/3zsuu3
Malcolm
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Malcolm Greene wrote:
Stephen posted a bad URL. Here's a correct URL sent as tinyurl to avoid
word wrap.
http://tinyurl.com/3zsuu3
Malcolm
No no, I fixed his bum link, and it still shows nothing...verified by
your good URL above.
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Malcolm Greene wrote:
Stephen posted a bad URL. Here's a correct URL sent as tinyurl to avoid
word wrap.
http://tinyurl.com/3zsuu3
I just see the ads...no article content.
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Malcolm Greene wrote:
Stephen posted a bad URL. Here's a correct URL sent as tinyurl to avoid
word wrap.
http://tinyurl.com/3zsuu3
Nope, it is still an empty article (Firefox on Mac).
Paul
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Strange. It worked for me this morning. (No snide remarks pleaseg)
Try this page - the link in question is one of the most recent articles.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/
Malcolm
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nope, it is still an empty article (Firefox on Mac).
Try:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22
and click on The Ozzie Memo -- no, wait, that's broken, too, there's
ugly bits in the URL. Try (watch the wrap!)
Malcolm Greene wrote:
Strange. It worked for me this morning. (No snide remarks pleaseg)
Try this page - the link in question is one of the most recent articles.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/
There was a comment on MyMesh.com about Web 3.0.I didn't realize
that Web 2.0 was
Ted Roche wrote:
snipped
Nothing to see here, move along...
I thought Ozzie's memo from 2005 [1] was more insightful, though it's
quite dated now. I think the Borg is assimilating him...
[1] http://www.scripting.com/disruption/ozzie/theinternetservicesdisruptio.htm
Does this come as a
MB Software Solutions General Account wrote:
Does this come as a shock that he or any other Microsoftie toes the
company line? After all, that is his livelihood and bread/butter.
They're paying the bills. To go against the hand that feeds you is
asking to be fired and potentially having
Paul McNett wrote:
MB Software Solutions General Account wrote:
Does this come as a shock that he or any other Microsoftie toes the
company line? After all, that is his livelihood and bread/butter.
They're paying the bills. To go against the hand that feeds you is
asking to be fired and
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 3:35 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does this come as a shock that he or any other Microsoftie toes the
company line? After all, that is his livelihood and bread/butter.
They're paying the bills. To go against the hand that feeds
Calvin could do virtually anything with VFP I'm sure, but the powers above
him said enoughno
more on that product...start working your wonders in DotNet instead.
Or you could say he took an opportunity to work on something that was not a
20-year old codebase,
and work on something
Is that why Microsoft is so lackluster? They are merely an army of
yes-people that aren't going to speak up if they see something wrong?
Paul, you and I have obviously must have met or know different people at
Microsoft. I have not met a
single yes-person, and in fact, I can say most of the
Ted Roche wrote:
Ray Ozzie (http://www.crunchbase.com/person/ray-ozzie) holds the
position of Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates former position, is
an Officer of the company and answers to shareholders and the board.
He's also had a couple of successful ventures (Notes, Groove) that
don't
Rick Schummer wrote:
Is that why Microsoft is so lackluster? They are merely an army of
yes-people that aren't going to speak up if they see something wrong?
Paul, you and I have obviously must have met or know different people at
Microsoft. I have not met a
single yes-person, and in
Paul McNett wrote:
Rick Schummer wrote:
Is that why Microsoft is so lackluster? They are merely an army of
yes-people that aren't going to speak up if they see something wrong?
Paul, you and I have obviously must have met or know different people at
Microsoft. I have not met a
single
Rick Schummer wrote:
Calvin could do virtually anything with VFP I'm sure, but the powers above
him said enoughno
more on that product...start working your wonders in DotNet instead.
Or you could say he took an opportunity to work on something that was not a
20-year old codebase,
and
MB Software Solutions General Account wrote:
Paul McNett wrote:
Rick Schummer wrote:
Is that why Microsoft is so lackluster? They are merely an army of
yes-people that aren't going to speak up if they see something wrong?
Paul, you and I have obviously must have met or know different people
How's thatclear now?
Sure, so did you get a chance to take your happy pill? gdr
Rick
White Light Computing, Inc.
www.whitelightcomputing.com
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I was mostly trying to slap MB's insinuation that Microsoft is an army of
drones, not agree with
him.
Sorry Paul, I obviously missed your sarcasm. Poor grumpy MB, getting smacked
around this evening.
g
Rick
White Light Computing, Inc.
www.whitelightcomputing.com
www.swfox.net
Rick Schummer wrote:
I was mostly trying to slap MB's insinuation that Microsoft is an army of
drones, not agree with
him.
Sorry Paul, I obviously missed your sarcasm. Poor grumpy MB, getting smacked
around this evening.
g
Well, I also got to call MS 'so lackluster'. How could I miss
Rick Schummer wrote:
I was mostly trying to slap MB's insinuation that Microsoft is an army of
drones, not agree with
him.
Sorry Paul, I obviously missed your sarcasm. Poor grumpy MB, getting smacked
around this evening.
g
Oh no pity neededI deserved that for being ambiguous at
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