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  • Wiki risks

    I've not seen this Channel 9 video yet, but plan to - it's a interview (part 2 of 2) with MSDN team members discussing Korby's baby, the MSDN Wiki: "Don't know about you people, but I look at community involvement as being a great thing for everybody. However, I'm not the one...
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 04-10-2007

  • Apparently, Microsoft is dead. Again.

    Apparently, Microsoft is dead . Again. Don doesn't think so . And, you know, he's got a point: "For the record, Microsoft is growing revenues at over $4 Billion a year and is on track for $50 Billion this year. If that is dead I know a lot of companies that would like to be so dead."
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 04-07-2007

  • Old skool FUD dressed up as transparency

    Scott, I'm sorry, but this looks like old skool FUD dressed up as transparency. Tell me how I'm wrong :-)
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 04-07-2007

  • Microsoft's MSDN Forums - community building

    Josh Ledgard, a program manager in Microsoft's Developer Division, has posted some details on the challenges in supporting the large number of Microsoft developers. What strikes me here is the 'transparency' of Josh's post in terms of publicly stating the some of the goals set for the...
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 04-02-2007

  • Last night margaritas, last day @ MSFT

    Today's my last day at Microsoft , ending with an exit interview. That should be fun... Last night I had the chance to catch up with a few Softies over a few margaritas. Thanks for the send-off guys!
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-30-2007

  • Thank you Microsoft, Hello Bungee Labs

    Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain Why am I quoting this? Well, my desire for new adventures...
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-26-2007

  • Adobe on Apollo Compeitors

    Very interesting post by Andrew Shebanow (senior computer scientist at Adobe), reflecting on some of the reactions and comments he's heard since Apollo went alpha , including comparisons made with other offerings (Microsoft's WPF , Dekoh , Joyent Slingshot + magnetk , Yahoo! Widgets and Firefox...
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-25-2007

  • Microsoft and Google join OpenAjaxAlliance

    I missed this yesterday, but biggish news in the Ajax-o-sphere - Brad Abrams and Brandon Le Roy announced Microsoft is joining the OpenAjaxAlliance . From the press release : ""Microsoft is joining the OpenAJAX Alliance to collaborate with other industry leaders to help evolve AJAX-style development...
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-21-2007

  • Now my wife will become a Cisco customer instead.

    More acquisitions news: this time Cisco will acquire WebEx . I find this particularly interesting as my wife has been WebEx WebOffice customer for some years now. She runs a small business and in 2001 she was looking for her own intranet-type workgroup functionality : track customers through a customized...
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-15-2007

  • Getting the Microsoft / TellMe deal done

    Following yesterday's confirmation that TellMe Networks will be acquired by Microsoft, this morning I read an article by Ina Fried based on an interview with the Mike McCue CEO of TellMe, an ex-Netscape exec ( via Dan Farber ). I'm highlighting this because the article provides some insight into...
    Posted to Alex Barnett blog (Weblog) by alexbarnett on 03-15-2007
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