Josh B Thompson

Should Microsoft Be Scared of ChromeOS?

> I'm usually a pessimist. I’m not when it comes to something like
> ChromeOS
your article clearly reads with a hyper pessimistic tone. The tone is clearly aimed at MSFT with your claim of discovering MSFT's destructor with GOOG being the keymaster.
Google [like you] is making the petty mistake of trying to 'get' Microsoft. They should make the right decision to serve their markets rather than being so petty. Only computer geeks appreciate the drama regarding MSFT.

Plenty of Upside Remaining for Microsoft

The tone behind MSFT's price is that OS's and Office Suites are the 1990's and the future is the browser. Even though this is false, the investment community clearly embraces it.
The future is probably the 3 screens and a cloud story. MSFT's mobile software has the weakness of having to work on many phones and phone interfaces. AAPL's software has to run on only 1 device and its single interface, that is a short term advantage for AAPL. Because AAPL brags about the quantity of apps available for the iPhone, I would like to see S. Jobs yell: Developers, Developers, Developers. Obviously, both companies see the value of application development; nevertheless, AAPL's system is much more closed than MSFT's.

Microsoft Investors Finally Get a Good Deal from EU Regulators

Has note the "behind the times" always been an issue with this legal issue? It would appear the desktop is no longer the center of playing field.

Microsoft Hides Poor Services Performance from Investors' Eyes

If SaAS was not going to take billions in loses to figure out, than it would be simple to duplicate. Windows Azure is an attempt to create hundreds of Salesforce.com ideas running on Azure [cloudless sky or sky blue]
That is what "developers, developers, developers!!" was all about, and now we've tweaked it to something unforeseen but same train of thought aka Azure.

Microsoft's WebsiteSpark: Free Software for Web Developers

Yes, it is foresightful of MSFT to feed the developer community. It reflects the thoughts behind Ballmer's infamous developers, developers, developers rant. He was emotional and also correct in communicating the importance of the developer community to his audience.

Microsoft Previews Google Apps Killer to Beta Testers

It appears Google tried a December 7th and awoke a sleeping giant. It may be incorrect to say Google has a browser strategy because Google only has the browser.
Microsoft appears to be trying the 'lock them in' strategy, this does create a lot of small needs to go unmet and gives rise to new competition. I hope Microsoft is not on its way to a new set of muscles that will be built and then cause weakness by protecting those new strengths. I hope Microsoft says they should build replacement offerings rather than wait for the competition to do the same.

Bing's Phenomenal New Visual Search

Very good especially considering it is the first version. MSFT is clearly in this match. They are responding back.

Bing Impresses with Visual Search

The comparison here is to Google. I can find what I want on Google, quickly and accurately, without waiting for animations to load

You can do the same with bing, the animations are an option not the default.

Bing Impresses with Visual Search

eye-candy instead of substance = isn't that a description of 90% of the web.

CPU-sucking garbage on my computer = isn't that a description of 90% of the web.

Typical MSFT = what's the difference between MSFT and typical MSFT. It's too vague to have any meaning except any preconceived ideas.

Who Benefited from Microsoft's Bing Cashback?

previous commentor is against discounts? That certainly is little guy, consumer friendly.

Is Buying Apple Today Like Buying Microsoft in 1998?

Apple has an extremely powerful, yet very simple to program class hierarchy as a code base versus Microsoft that has a messy, hard-to-code, unreliable and excessively backwards-compatible bunch of cruft?

Under bias in the dictionary is says: see above

Under fool in the dictionary is says: see above

Under I wish it were that simple it says: see above

Buying Apple Today: Like Buying Microsoft in 1998?

All MSFT stockholders in 1998 would not have seen it your way. Hopefully, MSFT stockholders of today are right, obviously, in 1998 they were wrong.

Buying Apple Today: Like Buying Microsoft in 1998?

The best thing AAPL does is wake up MSFT. A MSFT executive was just recently quoted as saying: "It's fun competing!" That was an eye opening statement regarding the culture of MSFT that shows for a long time MSFT thought of itself as having little competition.
An advantage MSFT has is MSFT is the only technical company that has the experience of dealing with the complexity and scale of their market share in the software world. It was the advantage IBM once had.

Microsoft vs. Apple - Which Is Worth More?

If Apple products are superior than why such a low price on their latest operating system? Clearly the premium price cannot be sustained due to alternative products are very similiar. Apple's new pricing strategy reflects the commoditization of Apple's offerings.

Is Google Sweating Bing or Just Feeling the Need for Speed?

If Google is reacting to bing, it reflects GOOG had become complacent. If GOOG were going strong, we would have noticed no change.