This title is a tale of two stories. On the one hand you have YouTube, which is the world’s favorite place to post a video on-line. On the other hand you have Silverlight, Microsoft’s entrant to compete against Adobe Flash. The big question is how does one affect the other. This to me is one of those [...]
Archive for June, 2010
I have read a number of books on the oil industry while I have had time off. It seemed every book I read referred glowingly back to “The Prize” as a book of epic proportions. Having read this book I can say those reviews are justified. Yergin takes one through the history and evolution of the oil industry. [...]
I try not to delve too much into the political arena my blog but this is a subject I have thought about many times in my career at Microsoft. What spurred this on? Unfortunately an old friend who has gone through a rough patch in life that has taken him down some dark and unfortunate roads. One of [...]
Early on in my career at Microsoft a battle opened up between Oracle and Microsoft over who was going to deliver on-demand TV. The idea being that the customer could control their viewing experience and see the content they wanted delivered when they wanted it. Microsoft started up a project code-named ”Tiger” to deliver this new service. [...]
I am sure a lot of my former Microsoft colleagues will look on this title with horror and possibly even shame and anger towards Hans Hoffmann. Everything Microsoft has accomplished over its 30+ years existence can be traced back to the vision and success of the Windows Operating System. On top of this all Microsoft has [...]
