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Customer culture
It's the compromises that make a product great.
MarcoArment  Microsoft  Apple  from instapaper
october 2011 by andrewspittle
Goodbye, Cruel Word
Vignette about leaving Kicrosoft Word for better tools.
Microsoft  writing  software  design  from instapaper
september 2011 by andrewspittle
Earth to Microsoft: Don’t sell Bing.
"Do that by making customers of users. Sell premium search (and other) services, and provide hand-holding support."
Microsoft  DocSearls  from instapaper
july 2011 by andrewspittle
Why Microsoft bought Skype (Fanciful)
Dave Winer's idea of why Microsoft bought Skype. Smart analysis.
DaveWiner  Microsoft  Skype  business 
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Microsoft Buys Skype
Ben Horowitz reflects on his investment in Skype now that it has been bought by Microsoft.
business  BenHorowitz  Microsoft  Skype  venturecapital 
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it
Bing is copying Google search results, and they were caught.
search  Google  Microsoft  Bing  software 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
From iPhone to Windows Phone 7
A wonderfully detailed review of Windows Phone 7.
design  mobile  Microsoft  WindowsPhone 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
I AM OFFLINE! On Email Sabbatical from December 9 – January 12
Danah Boyd explains why she takes time offline every year.
email  lifestyle  DanahBoyd  Microsoft 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
Dawn of a New Day
Ray Ozzie's parting letter to Microsoft.
RayOzzie  microsoft  writing 
november 2010 by andrewspittle
May 26, 1995: Gates, Microsoft Jump on ‘Internet Tidal Wave’
Wired.com reprints the memo sent by Bill Gates to Microsoft employees about the internet. Dated 1995 it's remarkably prescient.
BillGates  Microsoft  software 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Google ditches Windows on security concerns
Money quote: “Linux is open source and we feel good about it,” said one employee. “Microsoft we don’t feel so good about.”
Google  Microsoft  Apple  software  business  security 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash
"The PC revolution is almost coming to an end, and everyone's trying to work out a strategy for surviving the aftermath."
apple  software  webapps  business  iPad  Adobe  Microsoft 
may 2010 by andrewspittle

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