Another Belated Microsoft Memo

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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Failed to exploit?

[ScrewMaster]

This time it's web-based software using technology such as AJAX (that MS 'invented but failed to exploit').

No problem ... I'm sure that systems running Microsoft's implementation of Ajax will be successfully rooted^H^H^H^H^H^H^exploited in short order.

Re:More MS BS?

[Mancat]

Whatever. Unix is a giant web of copycat implementations. We may love it, but it goes without saying that very few unique innovations have taken place in the Unix world for the past decade.