Newsletter Archives

• A voice from the past

  Posted on April 22, 2019 at 15:27 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I’ll just drop this here and quietly slip back into the background.

  https://twitter.com/stevesi/status/1120401701117231106

  Tech Help bluescreen, Steve Sinofsky

• More Microsoft exec departures mark end of a Windows era

  Posted on January 2, 2014 at 21:23 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Some surprising conclusions about the future of Windows — and Microsoft.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch. 

  Microsoft News Antoine Leblond, Grant George, Jensen Harris, Jon DeVaan, Julie Larson-Green, Steve Sinofsky

• Steve Jobs vs Microsoft’s Sinofsky: Vision vs hindsight

  Posted on March 7, 2012 at 23:31 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Steve Jobs and Steve Sinofsky approach system design from two completely different – radically different – points of view.

  The result is what you see: a string of successes with Office and Windows 7, but now a Windows 8 that’s neither fish nor fowl.

  I call it steering a boat by its wake.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Steve Jobs, Steve Sinofsky, Watson, Windows 8

• Is Windows Phone really under Sinofsky?

  Posted on February 4, 2012 at 07:56 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft says “no” but I wonder who they think they’re fooling.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Apollo, Steve Sinofsky, Windows Phone

• When it comes to Microsoft stock, it’s good to be Steve

  Posted on October 4, 2011 at 18:33 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  The real story in Microsoft’s Proxy Statement isn’t Steve Ballmer’s 2% pay raise.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Microsoft News Steve Ballmer, Steve Sinofsky

• Microsoft? Winning? Guess who’s behind it

  Posted on September 19, 2011 at 23:10 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  My ode to Steve and The Gang of Four.

  InfoWorld Tech Watch.

  Windows News Grant George, Jon DeVaan, Julie Larson-Green, Steve Sinofsky

• Investor calls for Ballmer’s head – but who will replace him?

  Posted on May 26, 2011 at 23:09 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  David Einhorn wants a big piece of Steve Ballmer. He’s heavily invested in Microsoft, but thinks MS’s board should give SteveB the heave-ho.

  Interesting possibility. See my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog.

  Microsoft News David Einhorn, Steve Ballmer, Steve Sinofsky

• Will Ballmer bail after banking big bucks?

  Posted on November 9, 2010 at 15:15 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  I just kept getting this feeling of deja vu.

  See my InfoWorld Tech Watch blog. [UPDATE: the original link went to the Phuket Internet speed reporting site. Sorry ’bout that!]

  Windows News Bill Gates, Brad Silverberg, Jim Allchin, Ozzie, Ray, Steve Ballmer, Steve Sinofsky