Short for "Microsoftie," a person who works for Microsoft.
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- Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales
- Over-reaction of marketThis Apple news will be diluted once Windows7 ships this week. Plus, with the new Zune HD and Windows Mobile 6.5, Apple's days are definitely numbered. Microsoft is poised to take control of all markets once and for all. I would sell AAPL if I were a shareholder...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- News to know: iPhone OS 3.0; Text messaging; Social search; Morro; Palm
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public Matthew Miller: iPhone OS 3.0 update fails connecting...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public
- Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup publicRE: Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup publicI think "take public" is a bit confusing -- I assumed this was an IPO!Sabatical - HR need to challenge this policyI hope investors in CrowdEye did their due diligence on the founding team.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Former Softie to take real-time social-search startup public
- Ken Moss, a former General Manager of Microsoft Search, is set to take his new "social search" startup public on June 18, if all goes as planned. CrowdEye, a "custom-built social search engine," tracks discussions on Twitter. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3
- Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3RE: Microsoft unveils Beatles Rock Band, motion controller at E3heres a dumb thing you can get a beatles game but you can't get their tunes on any online services.heh"The vast majority of people are just too intimidated to pick up a video...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-01
- News to know: VMware; IE 8; Google; 3D Web
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Facebook responds to redesign concerns; Changes are coming Mary Jo Foley: VMware picks up yet another former...
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- VMware picks up yet another former Softie
- VMware picks up yet another former SoftieThe key word is "former"as in "We at VMware like to hire those that no one else wants"?
- Discussion threads 2009-03-24
- VMware picks up yet another former Softie
- At the rate it's going, VMware is going to be Microsoft's alumni clubhouse No. 1. On March 24, VMware announced it had hired former Softie Richard McAniff as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7
- Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- Another former Softie joins VMware
- Another former Softie joins VMwareAnother former Softie joins VMwareWhat is this, one-in one-out week?It's looks like football to me where they're trying to get all their staff moved around before the transfer window closes. :o}RE: Another former Softie joins VMwareI can see why VMWare want as many Softies as...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Another former Softie joins VMware
- A year ago when I wrote that former Microsoft manager -- and current VMWare CEO -- Paul Maritz was getting the old band back together, I had no idea how many members would end up reuniting. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Netbook security risks?
- Netbook security risks?Netbook security risks?Having linux on the netbook is an automatic security risk. Linux lacks any central management as you stated, but in its very design lacks security. It leaves the telnet port open. Its required to check the installed application version for each package - remember...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-02
- Microsoft give students the finger, once again
- Microsoft give students the finger, once againHere`s my takeI have a theory that explains why MS did that.1. Windows Vista and the currently circulating build of Windows 7 have Windows Defender as a bundled application. It is a pure antispyware product. If you look at the current client security applications,...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
- Look who's running VMware now
- Former Softie Paul Maritz has a new challenge on his hands: Competing head-to-head with his former employer in the virtualization space. by Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so often
- Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so oftenYou failed to explain...WHY rebooting in necessary.It's because of the Windows architecture. It is so monolithic that it can't recover from simple application errors. When one thing goes wrong, it is a snow ball effect. Other OS's do not suffer nearly...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-28
- IT catfight in Portland, OR
- IT catfight in Portland, ORSacraficeMy company just finished an ERP release, successfully!It takes whole company sacrifice and requires separate Change Management groups to come to power to lead staff and executive management with the project and the temporary sacrifices in business process and political ownership. It takes years of...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Windows 7: What will Microsoft reveal this week? Touch
- Is this week the week that Microsoft finally will shed a bit more light on what's coming in Windows 7? Istartedsomething.com blogger Long Zheng recently reported that Microsoft is planning to show off Windows 7 at the D6 conference in Southern California this week. But given the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe Lightroom gets another champion
- What's Microsoft want with Adobe Photoshop guru Mark Hamburg, who recently joined the Redmond juggernaut? Hamburg a programmer who has been part of the Adobe Photoshop team since version 2.0 and helped lead the Photoshop Lightroom one, is now a Softie, as News.com's Stephen Shankland reported on...
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- News to know: Salesforce and Google; LiveMesh; Cloud computing; Linux
- Notable headlines: Phil Wainewright: Salesforce and Google team to conquer the enterprise Garett Rogers: Google announces SalesForce integration with Google Apps Techmeme Mary Jo Foley: The big reveal: Live Mesh Statement: Blockbuster proposes to buy Circuit City ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Former Softie getting the old band back together?
- Former Microsoft platforms chief -- who, these days, is heading up cloud computing at EMC -- might be trying to get at least some of the old Microsoft band back together again. According to a few different sources who asked not to be named, Maritz has hired...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
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