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The Return of the Revenge of the Webtop
From left to right: Microsoft’s Silverlight, Google’s Chrome OS and Adobe Systems’ AIR are all moving the web beyond the browser. As the oft-repeated story goes, in the latter half of the 1990s, Netscape co-founder Mark Andreessen boasted that Netscape … Continue reading
Interview with Microsoft President Stephen Elop
Knowledge@Wharton today published my interview with Microsoft Business Division president Stephen Elop. The discussion covered a wide range of topics, including Microsoft’s vision for “software plus services,” the importance of user experience, balancing antitrust concerns with product interoperability, and how … Continue reading
Battle of the RIA Stars
Tech journalists often garner criticism for casting the competition between technology companies in overly dramatic terms, typically involving the language of warfare. “The Browser Wars.” “Blu-Ray Wins HD DVD Battle.” And so on. I’ve been guilty of this once or … Continue reading
Microsoft’s Clouded Sky
At Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference on October 27 Ray Ozzie introduced Windows Azure, Microsoft’s foray into utility computing services. With this announcement Microsoft completes a sweeping collection of software and services. Once Azure is fully implemented, Microsoft software will run … Continue reading
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Silverlight 2 and Fuzzy Math
This past week Microsoft released Silverlight 2. While Silverlight 1.0 focused principally on online video applications, Silverlight 2 is the first version of Microsoft’s cross-browser runtime environment that serves as a fully expressive platform for developing rich Internet applications (RIAs). … Continue reading
Interview with Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie
Knowledge@Wharton today published an interview I conducted with Microsoft chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie. Our conversation covered a wide range of topics, including the future of operating systems, why Microsoft is struggling to catch Google in Web search, … Continue reading
Reuters and the New York Times on RIAs
The New York Times web site posted a Reuters article titled “Olympics Set The Stage For Emerging Web Tech Fight” about how Microsoft’s Silverlight is competing with Adobe’s Flash to become a major platform for both Web video and Rich … Continue reading
Kevin Lynch: Clearing the AIR
Knowledge@Wharton today published an interview I did with Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch. Lynch talks in depth about the origins of Adobe’s AIR platform and its potential impact on software developers, consumers, and business users. Lynch also addresses some of the … Continue reading
Internet Explorer 8: “There’s a lot more to come”
In a one-on-one interview earlier this month at MIX08 with Matt Lapsen, Microsoft’s Director of Product Management for Internet Explorer, Lapsen emphasized that the features included in the beta 1 release of Internet Explorer 8 are only a subset of … Continue reading
Scott Guthrie on Silverlight and RIAs
At the MIX08 conference in Las Vegas I spoke with Microsoft corporate vice president Scott Guthrie about the launch of the beta of Silverlight 2 and what it means for Microsoft’s foray into the arena of rich Internet applications. Guthrie … Continue reading
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