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Rory > Joel
Seriously, not only does Rory provide 10x more insight than Joel Spolsky's "I'm 10x Smarter than Anyone at Microsoft but My Software Still Sucks" blog, but he is a million times more entertaining. Take, for instance, his recent article about the Ballmer criticisms:
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Chris Pendleton on Where 2.0
Chris Pendleton has some interesting comments about Where 2.0, O'Reilly's mapping and local search conference:
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Business Week on Elop
Via JD:
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Ballmer Ain't Goin' Nowhere!
Contrary to a lot of talk lately, David Kirkpatrick--the Senior Editor of Fortune--thinks Ballmer is here to stay and that it is a good thing.
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More Calls for Ballmer to Step Down
Looks like Business 2.0 is in agreement [1] with Joel [2] that it's time for Ballmer to step down from Microsoft.
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Joel On Ballmer
"As of now, Microsoft stock is surprisingly quiet given the announcement that Bill Gates will step down. It should probably be going down. Ozzie is smart but not in the same class as Bill Gates. And it's really Ballmer that needs to go." [1]
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Adobe Earnings Down, Macromedia's CEO Gets the Boot
In today's non-Microsoft related news:
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Say Goodbye to Mr. Gates
Looks like bill will be stepping down from full time at Microsoft to focus on the Gates Foundation. Ray Ozzie and Craig Mudie will be taking over in his place.
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WinFx = .NET 3.0
If you haven't heard, Win FX is going to be known simply the .NET Framework 3.0. Ok, that makes sense. However, changing InfoCard to Windows CardSpace? Not so sure about that one...
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Windows > RedHat
via Scoble:
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SWF, is it Really Open?
So, Adobe is threatening to sue Microsoft in regard to supporting PDF and XPS in Office... I wonder what is going to happen with the supposedly open SWF format... It's a good thing Microsoft didn't follow JD's advice and integrate it into their products. But I wonder.... if Microsoft bundles WPF/E with future Vista or IE versions, will Adobe sue to remove WPF/E?
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Adobe Screws You Over
If you haven't heard about the whole Adobe nonsense lately, you should. Adobe is really doing a good job of being a little brat and complicating matters for millions of Office users around the world.