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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (178698)	7/16/2004 3:45:21 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (178698)	7/17/2004 8:38:41 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Lizzie, RE: "the fact is enterprise software (services) is dead completely- no startups, even." The enterprise has shifted to the mobile worker. The mobile worker is the new enterprise. There's tons of innovation that could be done there. This downturn is really more about a lack of innovation than anything else. I personally think someone should knock on Jeff Reikes (MS) door and tell him to create an office productivity startup (as a support to what's already in Redmond), but locate the startup in Silicon Valley where it can thrive like a startup, but call it something else so it's not incumbered by the Microsoft brandname. (Meaning the QA cycles can be shrunken and the startup would have the necessary walls to protect itself from the natural tugs of other divisions). There are just a lot of things that could be implemented to make corporations and mobile workers more efficient, when you consider the billions of dollars other companies are wasting due to their workflow methodologies for one. But it's definitely not just that one simple example, there are so many other inefficiencies you can see in corporate America that could be cleaned up by some enterprise/mobile sw/service. Just the quick, creative practical stuff that startups are so good at getting out. Innovation may have been slowed by a needed focus on viruses, security, whatever, etc. If so, it's probably time to unencumber it. Replace enterprise with mobile enterprise, and the innovation options are endless. Sometimes I think Microsoft should buy out Yahoo and do something creative there, though Yahoo is costly. Probably better to start something fresh. Regards, Amy J