I had to post this one … Mini Microsoft, the very (very very) sharp Microsoft (employee?) critic finally grants Microsoft a positive analysis and a very good one I have to say … Microsoft has turned the corner and read why :
… I’ve got to say: in my opinion, Microsoft has turned The Corner.
You know The Corner.
The one that gets us off of pothole ridden Vista Avenue (one street over from Lincoln in Blue Velvet). The Corner that requires Microsoft to shed some of the fat it has layered on recently just to make the turn without flipping. The one that requires a bit of humility for past failings (the aforementioned Vista, Xbox losses & red-ring, Zune’s market performance so far, WinMo asleep at the wheel, no coherent brand strategy, search lagging behind for so long, the abandonment of IE after IE6, a confused developer story, a bungled Yahoo! acquisition attempt, etc etc etc).
The Corner that perhaps doesn’t get us out of the bad neighborhood, but is at least pointing us in the right direction. What has helped make the turn?
- Windows 7
- Bing
- Silverlight
- IE EU chutzpah
- …and award worthy, coherent ads that aren’t a demonstration of how best to destroy millions of dollars quickly. …
… Now we have the potential to start shaking this off and achieving solid, if not stellar, results.
- Microsoft is Getting Things Right This Time
- Bing, the Imitator, Often Goes Google One Better
- Google vs. Bing: Bing holds its own in search-off
- Looking Beyond Its Old Vista, Microsoft Emits a New Aura
- Microsoft up as Goldman adds to ‘Conviction Buy’
This is happening, too, while the shine on Google is dulling. Rather than pulling an Apple on us anymore, Google has picked up the nasty habit of pre-announcing technology. Guys, you stole the wrong playbook. And, uh, we don’t want it back. Plus the government’s gaze has moved from the fallen-working-on-redemption of Microsoft to the obvious domination of Google in search and information strong-arming. A dose of the medicine Google’s now getting:
- Why Google Is Stealing Apple’s Ideas (Googlers, you do not want the Apple fan boys mad at you. Trust me on this.)
- Google’s Microsoft Moment
- Google OS: TechCrunch dubs Linux a ‘big ol’ bag of drivers’ If you add an OS to Chrome, it’s an OS
- Google OS: Let’s all take a deep breath and get some perspective (truly a landmark in the Return of Fake Steve Jobs). …
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