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Rob Glaser: Why Microsoft has (pretty much) stopped innovating | |
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| Time: 23:32 EST/04:32 GMT | News Source: TechFlash | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Public opinions about Microsoft's general predicament are a dime a dozen these days. A few of them contain nuggets of wisdom, but it's rare to read one as well-reasoned or interesting as this one, made public today as part of the launch of the widely publicized Quroa question-and-answer site.
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 6/22/2010 9:24:56 AM |
| I can smell the impending microbot ad hominem attacks all the way from Canada. |
| #2 By 23603 (74.198.12.14) at 6/22/2010 9:33:27 AM |
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"The author: RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser "
RealNetwork...LOL I am actually surprised that they still exist. Yep...nothing to see here guys, move along. Oh and by the way, what about : Kinect ? The whole Unified Communication platform? There PBX replacement in CS 14? This post was edited by EQ23 on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 09:34. |
| #3 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 6/22/2010 12:33:30 PM |
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All I need to know about Glaser's judgement I read here:
"Glaser, an outspoken supporter of the Obama administration ... " ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/01/glaser_steps_down_as_real_ceo.html |
| #4 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 6/22/2010 1:25:58 PM |
| Wow, not even 10 minutes went by before I was proven correct. |
| #5 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 6/22/2010 3:01:44 PM |
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I get the sense that MS has largely stopped innovating in the consumer space. It's a very cut-throat market and, face it, they're not very good at it. I see MS like IBM focusing on business services and business solutions that don't interest most casual observers (and certainly don't make headlines at Gizmoto).
Innovation in the business space guarantees continued success with very little competition. The consumer market is very fickle and I for one would argue that there is little or no money to be made on consumer software unless it is linked to hardware vis a vis Apple on the Mac/iPhone (or more generally say games on XBox/PS3). Recently, I was at the UCLA Student Store. I would estimate that there are three small shelves devoted to software on all OSs. Consumer software is dead or dying (that includes movies/TV/music). Why bother? |
| #6 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 6/22/2010 3:16:46 PM |
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#4 LOL.
You sure champion people with a record for lying and/or poor judgement. Why should I pay attention to people who are liars and/or biased? |
| #7 By 1896 (68.153.171.248) at 6/22/2010 3:52:27 PM |
| I am glad that the "usual one" has once more confirmed that the mother of the ignorants is always pregnant................. |
| #8 By 23603 (96.20.121.224) at 6/22/2010 9:12:53 PM |
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Big CHEERS for Latch..
He proved is point!!! HOURRAY |
| #9 By 92283 (70.67.3.196) at 6/22/2010 9:29:10 PM |
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"The argumentum ad hominem is not always fallacious, for in some instances questions of personal conduct, character, motives, etc., are legitimate and relevant to the issue."
And in the case of Richard Clarke and Rob Glaser, questions of personal conduct, character, motives are indeed legitimate and extremely relevant to the issue. Especialy when pimped by self admitted liar and Microsoft hater Latch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem |
| #10 By 11888 (174.119.28.209) at 6/22/2010 11:42:02 PM |
| This place has become so retarded that I've decided to block it at the firewall. |
| #11 By 143 (96.28.66.92) at 6/23/2010 3:31:41 AM |
| What is innovation in today's terms? Taking a existing technology and sell music on it. |
| #12 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 6/23/2010 9:48:49 AM |
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#10: You know your morbid curiosity would get the better of you.
#11: Depends on who's defining the word. To Microsoft, innovation means taking a Malibu Stacey doll and putting a new hat on it. It means taking something someone else made and making something similar in a lovely shade of brown. |
| #13 By 9589 (66.153.167.146) at 6/25/2010 2:12:26 AM |
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Real Networks??? I thought they were dead - years ago . . .
As I recall, it has been what . . . a decade, Real Networks was one of the most irritating software products that one could install on a PC. Once installed, you would have to go through the preferences nearly line by line turning off all the crap it tried to do once installed. It appears its failed, fired, former CEO is just as irritating as the product that his company created. Meanwhile, like many many competitors - if you could even call Real Networks that - it is dead and Microsoft just keeps producing great software products. Another, news "story" with something - anything to do with Microsoft - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz |
| #14 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 6/25/2010 11:36:52 AM |
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#13: Yes, and yet another non-rebuttal by a microbot with no facts but lots of smears. It's all too sad and predictable.
I find it hilarious that every microbot in this thread has absolutely nothing to offer other than smears because they're entirely unable to counter any of Glaser's argument. And by hilarious, I mean pathetic. |
| #15 By 23275 (68.117.163.128) at 6/28/2010 9:23:40 AM |
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Those asserting that Microsoft isn't innovating haven't been paying attention.
Distracted by the bevy of applications that frankly aren't very interesting, that have moved to the web (while ignoring that Microsoft, too, has the same offerings), industry pundits have failed to take note of what Microsoft is doing, and for a long time, what it has already mastered. It's a bit strange, too, when right in front of them, each of the company's competitors is already licensing and using their software - the very software that they'll find it very difficult to replace, or compete with - in essence, confusing tactics for strategy. First, Microsoft is not a products company - it is a platforms company and to understand them and what I am writing here, one has to recognize the difference. Apple is a products company and the nature of products stipulates that they have a defintion, a purpose and parameters that are largely closed. Platforms by their definition must be open and they are. Second, "sync" is the key that opens all doors. Microsoft's competitors, to access "cloud" services use Microsoft's ActiveSync. They license it. ActiveSync, while many focus on Exchange support (that's Microsoft's hook), is so much more. It is "sync" and it is the set of tools used to sync far more than Exchange email. Microsoft has been working on Sync for a very long time and they have it down. Sync does far more than replicate objects and one would be well to understand just how comprehensive and powerful it is. No single profile fits all types within the market and very granular hybrid solutions that mix and match (even within the smallest of companies, or families) hybrid types is what is needed and it is this that Microsoft has been focused on. If you're interested in discussing this, let me know. |
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