Could Windows on a thumb drive = Microsoft StartKey?
Mary Jo Foley: In reading News.com's Ina Fried's blog post about Microsoft mulling the delivery of Windows 7 on a thumb drive, I couldn't help but remember Microsoft's StartKey project. StartKey was a Microsoft project to deliver a "Windows companion" on a stick. I wrote about Microsoft StartKey last year. My sources described it to me, at the time, as a "Windows companion on a stick."
Fri Jun 26 10:55:18 PDT 2009
No vertically-focused Microsoft Office on the docket (for now)
Mary Jo Foley: A report in Advertising Age earlier this week, entitled "Microsoft to Create 'Office Suite' for Advertising," had me wondering whether Microsoft had decided to pursue a strategy I first heard about years ago: Creating customized versions of Office for specific vertical markets. But it looks like this isn't the case, after all.
Fri Jun 26 07:28:52 PDT 2009
Redmond's revolving door: Two more execs depart
Mary Jo Foley: A couple more Microsoft veterans are leaving the company, Microsoft acknowledged this week. Bing big-wig Hugh Williams and networking veteran Jawad Khaki are both officially moving on to new things.
Fri Jun 26 06:48:16 PDT 2009
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