How Much Can Happen in One Week?
I think I lost my marbles. Last time I checked, Yahoo was playing footsie with Google, Carl Icahn was replacing Yahoo's board and all was well. Now Carl is being put in his place, Yahoo employees are jumping ship, Bill Gates is interviewed on TV and poo-poos a Microhoo deal, Ballmer makes announcement that he's ready for the straight-jacket and decides to go after Yahoo once again and the topper: the DOJ is investigating the antitrust implications of a Googlehoo deal.
Then the LOL punchline between Intel and MS: Intel, the giant chip maker and longtime partner of Microsoft, has decided against upgrading the computers of its own 80,000 employees to Microsoft’s Vista operating system, a person with direct knowledge of the company’s plans said.
The person, who has been briefed on the situation but requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of Intel’s relationship with Microsoft, said the company made its decision after a lengthy analysis by its internal technology staff of the costs and potential benefits of moving to Windows Vista, which has drawn fire from many customers as a buggy, bloated program that requires costly hardware upgrades to run smoothly.
“This isn’t a matter of dissing Microsoft, but Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista,” the person said. (NYT)
Returning to the beach,
Sid
Then the LOL punchline between Intel and MS: Intel, the giant chip maker and longtime partner of Microsoft, has decided against upgrading the computers of its own 80,000 employees to Microsoft’s Vista operating system, a person with direct knowledge of the company’s plans said.
The person, who has been briefed on the situation but requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of Intel’s relationship with Microsoft, said the company made its decision after a lengthy analysis by its internal technology staff of the costs and potential benefits of moving to Windows Vista, which has drawn fire from many customers as a buggy, bloated program that requires costly hardware upgrades to run smoothly.
“This isn’t a matter of dissing Microsoft, but Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista,” the person said. (NYT)
Returning to the beach,
Sid
