What if there were an alternative for Microsoft Word that would install and open in 6 seconds, read and write Microsoft Word .doc files and run on Macintosh, Microsoft Windows or Linux computers? asks Michael Robertson.
Microsoft Pulls On The Reorg Boots
The company’s Platform & Services Division (PSD) has been reorganized into an eight-headed organization aimed at aligning “Windows and MSN assets with Microsoft’s overall Live strategy.”
Yet Another Microsoft Killer Debuts
AjaxWrite offers a functional word processor compatible with Microsoft Word documents, and even exports documents into PDF.
Microsoft Shaking Up Windows Division Management
According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is reorganizing some of its managers, bringing Steve Sinofsky to the Windows Division over from Office, in an attempt to instill the same reliability Office development has on Windows development.
Microsoft: too business oriented to get Web 2.0?
Kaliya, Identity Woman, says that to Microsoft we are just customers. “It seems to me that their language regarding those of us who use their stuff – customers. Individuals who buy stuff most notably not creators.”
Microsoft Takes Aim At IBM
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer unveiled Thursday a $500 million promoting Microsoft software for “people-ready business”.
Microsoft Adding to Portfolio
This from the Rocky Mountain News… Microsoft Corp. is in the process of acquiring Boulder-based remote-sensing company Vexcel Corp. for an undisclosed sum.
Microsoft Settles With New Yorkers For $12
Microsoft has settled with the state of New York for $350 million.
Microsoft Spending Big To Beat IBM
The business market for software just became a little more heated, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced a $500 million marketing campaign to try and boost Microsoft’s fortunes at IBM’s expense.
Three Times The Microsoft Legal Issues
I’ve got three tabs open with Microsoft legal issues, so its time to unload them all at once, real fast: