The Inside Scoop on Alan Mulally …. Alan Mulally’s selection as CEO of Microsoft occurred only after directors on Microsoft’s CEO search committee approached internal candidates and at least eight outsiders. The Wall Street Journal reported that the outsiders included candidate[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Seattle Scene’
October 17th, 2013 - 11:38 pm § in Science, The Ave Scene
Welcome to Seattle, How Mulally was chosen ….
October 17th, 2013 - 11:34 am § in Misc., The Ave Scene
Balmer Blues: Windows 8.1 … C-.
Microsoft’s release of 8.1 is a near failure. The biggest single issue for most users was the Start Menu … IT IS STILL NOT THERE! C- is a generous score! What Balmer’s buddies did is insulting to users who wanted the Start Menu to .. START PROGRAMS! Instead the bunglers at MS have [...]
October 13th, 2013 - 10:36 pm § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: CEO of Microsoft is Alan Mulally
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[...]
October 13th, 2013 - 9:32 pm § in The Ave Scene
The AVE Scene: Chittendon Locks Closed Down By Republican Terrorists
The Constitution dictates that all navigable waters must be kept open, BUT it says nothing about letting tourists and citizens see the boats going through those waterways. So we drove by there today … CLOSED BY ORDER OF THE REPUBLICAN TEA PARTY![...]
October 13th, 2013 - 2:56 pm § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Repricans Take King Crab Season Hostage
SEATTLE Crab Fleet Taken Hostage by Republican Patriots The Bristol Bay red king crab season is set to open Oct. 15, with a harvest of 8.6 million pounds, similar to last year. catch;At Pure Foods Fish at Pike Place Market, king crab is currently $34.50 per pound. “I could see it going up [...]
October 12th, 2013 - 11:35 am § in The Ave Scene
The AVE Scene: Oyster Fest May Not Happen in 2014
Cioppino at 2012 Oysterfest Will OysterFest 2014 take place? Oysters are one of the best things about Puget Sound … especially eating oysters. Now, there may be a need to panic. 1. The Oysters are dying! Last September, the Seattle Times ran a three-part story cal[...]
October 10th, 2013 - 9:43 pm § in Politics, The Ave Scene
Ed Murray … Mayor of Seattle!
Spent Sunday night at a meet up for Ed Murray … well worth the trip! There is no way in my words to express what Murray had to say. The questions .. even those of his supporters … were hard to answer. Sometimes made even harder because the person asking the question was too much of [...]
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 23rd, 2013 - 10:49 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Murray Moves Toward Being Mayor Ed
Publicola reports that Ed Murray picked up impressive endorsements from state Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D-37, SE Seattle) and former Southeast Seattle state rep Dawn Mason. While both Pettigre and Mason are African American leaders, I was especially impressed by the endorsement by Pettigrew, a moderate[...]
September 16th, 2013 - 9:56 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Seattle Mayor … Race or Rout?
State Sen. Ed Murray (D-43, Capitol Hill) leads incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn 52-30 in a KING 5/Survey USA mayor’s race poll released this morning.[...]