Leaked Memo Gives Microsoft New Direction?

daria42 writes "An e-mail memo sent from Microsoft chairman Bill Gates to top execs at Microsoft has been leaked, revealing the executive wants his company to hurriedly change its focus and start to tap online advertising and services as new revenue sources. In the e-mail, Gates cites another, earlier memo, sent from MS exec Ray Ozzie, in which Ozzie also warns MS of the importance of focusing on the online medium. 'It's clear that if we fail to do so, our business as we know it is at risk,' Ozzie wrote. 'We must respond quickly and decisively. We should've been leaders with all our web properties in harnessing the potential of Ajax, following our pioneering work in OWA (Outlook Web Access),' he continued. 'We knew search would be important, but through Google's focus they've gained a tremendously strong position.'"

Comments

Re:AJAX just another name for the same old?

[VJ42]

To us brits AJAX is known for been a cleaning product

I'm a Brit aswell, but I always link AJAX to the Dutch football team

Re:AJAX just another name for the same old?

[Lucan_UK]

ahhh.. Im not a huge follower of football, so apologies :) anyway.. if we keep this thread going we'll be modded off topic im sure :)

Isn't it time for a distributed POSIX standard?

[master_p]

Let's get rid of AJAX and web browsers. What is needed is a distributed portable operating system standard, that Microsoft and all the companies follow.

Re:Don't give 'em ideas

[SilverspurG]

Why? Are you threatened by it? Maybe you're afraid of getting poked. Either that or you have a fetish for typing the word "e-penis". Maybe you're being derisive and hoping that, psychologically, I'll be intimidated by your references to sexuality and human body parts. You'd be watching for signs of that intimidation in upcoming posts to see if I were chagrined or less dominant.

You're fucking pathetic. Trolls playing mindgames. Where'd you get your psyche degree--online Uni?