More on the Microsoft Commitment to Cloud Computing
October 8, 2008
The Cloud Computing News Desk at this hard-to-remember url ran Maureen O’Gara’s ” Ok, Boys, Cloud Computing Is in the Plan – Steve Ballmer” on October 4, 2008. (Note; when you click the link dismiss the pop up ad and turn off the video for the Windows Server 2008 ad. Pretty annoying, but it pays the bill I assume.) This is a good round up of the recent flurry of news about Microsoft’s commitment to Google-style computing. I tucked this article in my Microsoft architecture file. Three points struck me as particularly important:
- Vista continues to require PR support. The idea is to remove “lingering doubts” about that operating system. I find this interesting because Microsoft just gave Windows XP six more months to live and Apple Mac’s continue to creep up in market share, approaching 10 percent if I recall the last data I saw.
- Microsoft will out innovate Google. I will post on October 8, 2008, a May 2007, interview with a Googler who explains Google’s approach to innovation. The contrast between Microsoft’s mandate to innovate and the semi-chaotic approach at Google is stark. Check this Web for the posting called “Google Character and Its Innovation Method”.
- The inclusion of the full text of a July 23, 2008, memorandum penned by Mr. Ballmer that addresses the strategic initiatives underway at Microsoft. Very useful document with many nuggets; for example, “we’ll make progress against Google in search first by upping the ante in R&D through organic innovation and strategic acquisitions. Second, we will out-innovate Google in key areas…”
A happy quack to Ms. O’Gara for her article and to the Sys-Con team for publishing it. Now about those annoying pop ups.
Stephen Arnold, October 7, 2008
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