Very interesting post on RB by Teacher23 relating to our potential MSFT connections.
By: teacher23
Reply To: None Saturday, 15 Jan 2000 at 10:18 PM EST
Post # of 149823
MSFT/GATES + EDIG??? Buried in the text of the USA Today article posted by wtmgyes (#149725) are three paragraphs that really peaked my interest.
"The era of big, smart, software-laden PCs - Microsoft's golden era - connecting to a pretty passive Internet is ending. Next comes an era of many different devices, often with tiny bits of softwar, connecting to an Internet that's loaded with software."
"Microsoft must seriously commit to making an operating system that can work on any device. Its Windows CE, ostensibly for consumer electronics, is flailing, largely because Microsoft has taken a PC mentality to develop CE, unable to give up the ghost of its heritage. 'The world is not about PCs anymore,' investor Staenberg says. 'And now Microsoft is really saying that.'"
"Microsoft's next stage might also be defined by what it's not. While Microsoft says it will need a lot of partners in the new world, Gates and Ballmer say the company will not go out buying media companies, a la America Online buying Time Warner this week. 'I see our key role as focusing on softwar,' Gates says. That might be taken as a recommitment to Microsoft's core."
The key statements that stand out to me are these.
1. Next comes an era of many different devices, often with TINY BITS OF SOFTWARE (edig???), connecting to an Internet that's loaded with software.
2. Microsoft must seriously commit to making an operating system that can work on any device. (EDIG already HAS that OS).
3. Microsoft says it will need a lot of partners in the new world. (EDIG would be a great partner).
More dots on our page...time to seriously start connecting them, don't you think????
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