May 1, 2007
Ray Ozzie in Las Vegas
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Todd Bishop tracks down Microsoft CTO in Sin city.
“Can Microsoft succeed at its broader online strategy if its Web search service remains a distant third in the market? That was among the questions I got a chance to ask Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, during an interview Monday afternoon at the company’s Mix 07 conference.”
Tech Target
Kevin Fogarty blogs about a letter he received regarding Sun’s ill-advised promotion the excluded the channel.
“As a principal partner of a Sun Microsystems reseller, my sales people are asking what our response should be to the large number of our customers that have been contacted directly by Sun inside sales people regarding the huge discount they can get on Sun servers, storage, and other products at Sun Store.”
If you build it; jobs will come
Pink Slip
Maureen Rogers is a Boston-based blogger with experience in high tech layoffs.
“Well, I know that all sorts of places believe they can give their locales a big economic boost by investing in an if they build it they will come attraction that will bring in big tourist money. After all, in this era of globalization, when all the job-jobs (manufacturing, back office, x-ray reading, and text-messaging) go overseas, what have we all got left other than as a destination?”
