Archive for January, 2008

Microsoft has just released what will likely be its last iteration of Windows as we know it. The software juggernaut is maturing and a few of its grey hairs are showing. So, as Microsoft passes through another phase of maturity one has to stop and ask what lasting lessons have we learned.
During my regular morning read of the daily news last week I ran across the story about Microsoft’s recent stunt announcing the release of their new Vista operating system. They used colorfully dressed acrobats to scale the walls of a seven story building in downtown NY and hang the Microsoft Vista logo on the side of the building. From the pictures, I got the impression that I was watching the Blue Man Group meeting Richard Branson on its way to the Cirque de Soleil - a fitting stunt for a marketing savvy juggernaut.

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