Gates' Replacement says Microsoft Must Simplify

Javaman59 writes "This article in The Australian newspaper describes the background and the agenda of Ray Ozzie, Bill Gates' replacement as chief architect at Microsoft. The creator of Lotus Notes, he's a high-calibre technologist. From the article: 'Ray's a programmer's programmer .. He's much closer to an uber-engineer, whereas Bill hasn't been a programmer for a number of years.' Ozzie is also driving Microsoft to simplify its software: 'Complexity kills .. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration.' He's not the only brilliant programmer in the world, but he does have Microsoft's resources behind him."

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Re:"Exchange started out good and only got better"

[LibertineR]

No, I have no idea, I only worked in the product group. That means I have no idea? Okay. Exchange was a replacement for Microsoft Mail and Calendar, and during its inception, SMTP was not on the agenda, idiot. The fact remains that it did what it was supposed to do FROM THE BEGINNING, and kicked the crap out of ALL of its competitors, while gaining a foothold in corporate America, as Notes servers were kicked to the curb. DENY THAT! I am STILL waiting for mail someone sent me on a Notes server in our test lab 14 years ago. Think the attachment will come through too?

Re:You gave away your market share, no one took it

[LibertineR]

Andressen, is that you?