The Ave.US has learned from contacts in Detroit, at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and staff working for the board of the Broadmoor Golf Club that Alan Mulally has been chosen as the new CEO of Microsoft. Mr. Mulally was the choice of many because of three things. Fir[...]
Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
October 7th, 2013 - 12:59 pm § in The Ave Scene
Balmer Blues: THE Ave banned from Microsoft Stores
I guess somebody in Redmond is reading the Ave. This site is now blocked if you try to connect form a Microsoft store. A friend in China tells me we are banned there too! Maybe I should add warning label te the front page? BANNED IN REDMOND Readmore about Microsoft on THE Ave.[...]
September 16th, 2013 - 8:23 am § in The Ave Scene
Is Mulally the new Microsoft CEO?
From AUTOCAR http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/early-departure-rumoured-ford-ceo-alan-mulally Ford CEO Alan Mulally may step down earlier than expected, according to reports from Reuters this morning. Mulally was originally expected to remain as Ford Chief Executive unt[...]
September 3rd, 2013 - 9:03 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Another Balmer Blunder … Microsoft Acquires Nokia’s Mobile Phone Business At Garage Sale
I thought retirement meant stopping. Now Mr. Balmer seems to have doubled down! Reuters reports that : Microsoft Acquires Nokia’s Mobile Phone Business For $7.2 Billion Nokia has collapsed into the arms of its boss’s former comppany … Microsoft. , Stephen Elop, who ran Microsof[...]
August 23rd, 2013 - 11:13 am § in The Ave Scene
Balmer Blues: Retirement
Steve Balmer has been fired! The media are being very polite about this but the message is clear … Balmer is leaving because of a failure to lead. He may be a wonderful business man .. probably would be good as the boss at IBM, Oracle, or SAP… but Microsoft is in competition with A[...]
August 14th, 2013 - 12:38 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Balmer Blues: Why are there Microsoft Stores?
Here in Seattle Microsoft is a pretty big thing .. we actually care abut our neighbors … my daughter married a Microsoft engineer. So I was pleased when Mr. Balmer opened a store in University Village .. even if the store was a faux copy of an existing Apple store a few across a parking [&hell[...]
August 7th, 2013 - 8:13 am § in The Ave Scene
Balmer Blues: Rupert Murdoch Drubs Steve Balmer
Balmer to rebrand SkyDrive after losing trademark skirmish to Murdoch’s BskyB. Microsoft is going to be rebranding SkyDrive, its cloud storage service, following its loss of a trademark battle with British Sky Broadcasting Group over the “Sky” name. A joint press release by [...]
July 25th, 2013 - 12:19 pm § in The Ave Scene
Google HUGELY One Ups Apple, Leaves Balmer in the Blues
Read about Google’s new $35 dollar device. This is a killer app for Google .. they may take over your living room … access to TV over the web, simple plug in device! The only trouble? GETTING ONE. At this price everyone is sold out … Amazon., Best Buy, and the Google store li[...]
July 11th, 2013 - 11:04 pm § in The Ave Scene
The Ave Scene … Mr. DelBene to retire from Microsoft.
Kurt DelBene, president of the Microsoft Office Division and husband of Susan DelBene, Congresswoman for the 1st CD, will be retiring. This is part of the reorganization plan announced by Steve Balmer Monday, but the possibility that this creates a new “power couple” oin DC and even [...]
Balmer’s Blunders, ctd
Now that Microsoft has bought out Nokia, Balmer’s company is trying to convince the world that the Windows Phones will win by somehow doing better marketing. The critics doubt this. Chris Silva, an analyst with the Altimeter Group, argues that “The app ecosystem is the least likely to be[...]