Josh Thompson

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    • Microsoft, Sun Do Well in Open Source Census [view article]
      How is it determined if the software was installed but not used. That is, I have software on my PC that I installed in order to try out the software and decided it was not for me. I didn't bother deleting it. This would be more common if the network admin installed the software and I couldn't delete the software even if I wanted to delete it. Oct 02 10:34 AM
    • Open Source Bloggers Don't Let the Facts Confuse Them When Attacking Microsoft [view article]
      Open Source has come to be known as 'free' because it is thought of as being developed by a community that shares all progress with the community. It all sounds like a beatles song. I have read that MSFT would rather foster a strong online community for the developers that they sell to because that is the positive effect of open source. Sep 24 11:22 AM
    • Running the Numbers: A Five-Minute Valuation of Microsoft [view article]
      MSFT is held down due to the pie-in-the-sky threats like Open Source software replacing MSFT's development products, Browsers replacing the operating system, GOOG's office software replacing MSFT's Office software, etc. These scenarios will never come to pass, but the weight of hope and fear these scenarios will happen is the wet blanket on MSFT's stock price. Sep 19 11:01 AM
    • Google Extends Its Web Search Lead [view article]
      Google is the king of the hill identical to Microsoft DOS. If GOOG cannot branch into other areas, they will eventually be spoken of in the same tense as MS-DOS. This will take the unimaginable to happen, but unimaginable is what the future is.
      Aug 24 06:16 PM
    • It's Official: Jerry Yang Has Won [view article]
      You knew your own bias because almost all your ideas included a disclaimer that started with "don't get me wrong" Your final gratuity to Yang was all insults to others. All emotion and little logic. I'm sure your sermon worked with the choir.
      Aug 06 12:57 AM
    • Enterprise Adoption of Vista Still in Single Digits [view article]
      The low adoption rate reflects an excellent source of future revenue. This is good news for future quarters. MSFT knew when they made all the behind-the-scenes changes in the operating system code alot of driver compatability issues would surface, so they decided to take all the hits at once with Vista. Soon it will be forgotten and the adoption rate will move on. Jul 24 08:43 PM
    • Microsoft's Six Year Wagon Rut [view article]
      Vista is what an Accountant would could a "big bath writeoff" This means put all the bad news [losses] out at once and then we'll be able to move on. The next version will not have the issues that were all worked out in Vista. That is, in the "big bath writeoff"

      Jul 03 12:35 AM
    • Life Without Microsoft Is Possible [view article]
      what investors are unsure of is Microsoft's future = what else could it possibly be?
      What you're saying about GOOG is a similar narrative to what drove MSFT's multiple so high 8 years ago that it is has taken 8 years for the growth to catch up.

      Jun 15 06:20 PM
    • Yahoo's Jerry Yang: We're Done [view article]
      If i were a stakeholder in Yahoo, this article would be very disconcerting for me. When the www game changes again, can Google also change or is Google going to stay a one-hit-wonder?
      May 29 01:43 AM
    • Yahoo/Microsoft: Much Ado About Nothing Until 'Google' Ceases To Be a Verb [view article]
      GOOG won this one, but with the rate of change, the question is will they win the next one. That is, when the world changes again, who will win the next time around.
      May 07 08:45 AM
    • Why Jerry Yang Needs To Drive a Beer Truck [view article]
      great article. many other authors are clearly biased almost with an agenda.
      May 07 01:00 AM
    • How Much Will Jerry Yang's Ego Cost Yahoo Shareholders? [view article]
      "Jerry, get ready to take it up the ying... Yang. "

      Good play on words.       May 04 01:50 AM
    • Microsoft Mission Shift: Software Is Dead, Long Live the Web - Ozzie [view article]
      "MS does not know how to work with Web. Period."

      i wish anything could be that simple, that black and white.       Apr 23 01:13 PM
    • Google vs. Microsoft: Software as a Service Battle Heats Up [view article]
      a bit more convenient having it in my portable, which operates anywhere anytime... not just when I can get connected to the Internet.

      valid point
      Apr 18 09:19 PM
    • Why Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft) Could Dominate Software-as-a-Service [view article]
      As long as MSFT has the 'poor me' attitude of the article's responders, Google will win. Luckily, MSFT has the attitude of 'we will respond' GOOG won a battle but the war never ends.



      Apr 18 05:43 PM
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