Comments on: Windows Live Rant

By: Karel Donk

Karel Donk — Wed, 10 May 2006 03:26:31 +0000

I don’t think he threw away his developers schtick. They mentioned that developers are still going to be important. He just added advertisers to it. And regarding skepticism, it seems Microsoft will be following a dual strategy with Live. For most of the Windows Live services, there will also be paid versions, or functionality you have to pay for, apart from the free stuff. So if it turns out they can’t make enough money off of ads, one of the possibilities is to start charging for services.

By: Paul Montgomery

Paul Montgomery — Wed, 10 May 2006 01:49:53 +0000

You just got through saying how skeptical you are about advertising. Coming from a man who’s prepared to accept all sorts of ridiculous 9/11 conspiracy theories, your skepticism must be strong. So what do you have to say about Ballmer throwing away his “developers, developers, developers” schtick and instead running around waiving his arms in Madison Avenue saying “advertisers, advertisers, advertisers”?

By: Karel Donk

Karel Donk — Wed, 10 May 2006 00:50:37 +0000

you mean, about them ALSO going into advertising? what’s wrong with that?

By: Paul Montgomery

Paul Montgomery — Wed, 10 May 2006 00:45:17 +0000

So when are you going to address Ballmer’s comments about Microsoft becoming an advertising agency?

By: Karel Donk

Karel Donk — Tue, 09 May 2006 02:14:51 +0000

nah, even though it looks like the opposite, i’m being very objective about this.

By: Paul Montgomery

Paul Montgomery — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:58:56 +0000

Bloody hell Joker, you really do suck a lot of Microsoft cock.