Matt Rosoff
Matt Rosoff
asking customers knows putting sales talks time
I think they thought of putting in a more sales-oriented person (Johnson) who talks to customers all the time and really knows what they're asking for.
boost move
I think it's exclusively a move to boost the brand.
business consoles given hardware microsoft model
Given the business model for the consoles the more Microsoft can backload those hardware sales, the better it is for them financially.
blitz ink launch less marketing mean red require software
Getting to profitability will require a big-name software launch while withstanding a concentrated marketing blitz from Sony. Anything less could mean years of red ink ahead.
business charge contact customer customers executive importance leadership people smart technical views wants
He wants to put people in charge who have a lot of customer contact and really know what customers want. He understands the importance of having smart technical people, but I think he views executive leadership as more of a business role. We'll see how that works.
advertising double five microsoft online surprised three
I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft could double (its online advertising revenue) in three to five years.
believes businesses deliver microsoft services
Microsoft believes it can deliver services that businesses are really demanding, integrating them better with one another and with Microsoft software,
agency biggest cannot concern core dictate government precedent
Microsoft's biggest concern is the precedent whereby a government agency can dictate what it can and cannot put into its core product.
deal gets microsoft worse
If it gets worse and Microsoft doesn't deal well with it, they have a problem.
access content geeky home network people question store
The question is: Will people really store content on the PC, set up a home network and then access content over the network? That's still a pretty geeky thing to do.
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Europe says you can't use one monopoly to compete in other markets unfairly. Microsoft argues that Windows is a unified product and no government should have the right to say what it can or can't include in the operating system.
areas clear delivering improvement product room timely
There's room for improvement in areas such as clear product roadmaps and delivering timely updates,
decided lead letter similar
Even if they don't violate the letter of the law, if competitors think that it's doing something similar to what's been decided earlier, it could lead to another lawsuit.
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Content owners may not take advantage of what Microsoft is doing? They could bypass the PC altogether, or come up with some other type of system.