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Another Belated Microsoft Memo 232

Posted by Zonk on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:26PM
from the better-late-than-never dept.

fiannaFailMan writes "Bill Gates has sent out another memo heralding the latest big development in the industry, as he sees it. This time it's web-based software using technology such as AJAX (that MS 'invented but failed to exploit'). The Economist says 'As in previous cases, what is new is not the idea itself, but the fact that Microsoft is taking it seriously.' Zach Nelson of NetSuite decided against writing a memo. 'Writing memos is cheap,' he says, whereas 'writing software is a whole lot harder.'"

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Memo (Score:5, Funny)

by Donut2099 (153459) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:28PM (#14067857) Journal

Note to self: learn to write software

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Just imagine... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:35PM (#14067898)

...how powerful and profitable Microsoft would be if they weren't always five years late to the party.

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unseen memo by Bill Gates (Score:4, Funny)

by digitaldc (879047) * writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:39PM (#14067914)

Memo to self-

Stop writing memos.

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Re:Open Love Letter To Bill Gates.. (Score:3, Funny)

by boarder8925 (714555) writes: <thegreentrilby@@@gmail...com> on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:39PM (#14067923) Homepage

Dear Anonymous Coward,

Let me just say that—

Sorry, Billy got a BSOD. He'll send his message momentarily.

And by momentarily, I mean in no less time than 72 hours.

;)

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Failed to exploit? Nah. (Score:4, Funny)

by abscondment (672321) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:46PM (#14067952) Homepage

Oh, they managed to exploit it [microsoft.com], albeit indirectly.

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Re:Another dupe (Score:3, Funny)

by tehwebguy (860335) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:46PM (#14067957) Homepage

yes, amazing. zonk dissapears for a while, comes back, posts 2 dupes in a day.

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Re:Memo (Score:5, Funny)

by Tackhead (54550) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @07:55PM (#14068004)

> Note to self: learn to write software
Addendum: Make sure someone fucking buries the next NetSuite and fucking kills the next Zach Nelson before the lunch with Ballmer. Buy stronger chairs, too.

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Never stay up past 11:35am (Score:2, Funny)

by DigitalHammer (581235) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:07PM (#14068055) Journal

Did anyone else first read the title as "Another Baleeted Microsoft Memo"? :/

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Another memo (Score:5, Funny)

by psykocrime (61037) writes: <mindcrimeNO@SPAMcpphacker.co.uk> on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:09PM (#14068060) Homepage Journal

Zonk has sent out another memo heralding the latest big development in the industry, as he sees it. This time it's web-based software using technology such as DUPES (that Slashdot 'invented but failed to exploit'). The Economist says 'As in previous cases, what is new is not the story itself, but the fact that Slashdotters are taking it seriously.' Commander Taco of Slashdot decided against writing a memo. 'Posting dupes is easy,' he says, whereas 'professional quality editing is a whole lot harder.'"

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Re:Never stay up past 11:35am (Score:2, Funny)

by WilliamSChips (793741) writes: <full@infinity.gmail@com> on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:17PM (#14068091) Journal

No, if it was a baleeted memo, it would be "Dear Bill Gates, How do you type with boxing gloves on?"

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Re:AJAX and Comet (Score:4, Funny)

by T-Ranger (10520) writes: <jeffw&chebucto,ns,ca> on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:25PM (#14068123) Homepage

True, but when the US Congress gets around to changing the number of days in a week to reduce the dependence on forign oil, you friend will only have to upgrade the server, not a bazillion web browsers out there.

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lmao @ Mark Benioff (Score:3, Funny)

by fbg111 (529550) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:26PM (#14068126)

From TFA: This prompted yet another memo from Marc Benioff, the marketing-savvy boss of Salesforce.com, a leading proponent of the software as a service model. If Microsoft were serious about Web 2.0 and Microsoft Live, he suggested helpfully in an internal memo sent to the press, it should rename its traditional software Microsoft Dead. Web 2.0, he said, was not about old companies constrained by their legacy products but new firms such as, naturally, Salesforce.com, Writely, Numsum, Zimbra and Goffice.

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Re:In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

by B3ryllium (571199) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:29PM (#14068137) Homepage

Maybe they'd call it a "Miki" and get sued by Disney, and both companies will drive each other into bankruptcy?

We can only hope.

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Re:Who owns it? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:29PM (#14068140)

Who owns AJAX?
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY 10022.

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Re:AJAX and Comet (Score:0, Funny)

by VATechTigger (884976) writes: on Friday November 18, 2005 @08:38PM (#14068170)

Does this mean listing the Microsoft Frontpage 97 experience on the resume wont get me in the front door. Damn....

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Memo (Score:5, Funny)

Just imagine... (Score:3, Funny)

unseen memo by Bill Gates (Score:4, Funny)

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Failed to exploit? Nah. (Score:4, Funny)

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Never stay up past 11:35am (Score:2, Funny)

Another memo (Score:5, Funny)

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