Comments on: In history revision, Microsoft now a friend of the valley http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Good Microsoft, Bad Google?? « Random Musings http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-601218 Good Microsoft, Bad Google?? « Random Musings Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:43:32 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/#comment-601218 [...] First Verturebeat’s Matt Marshall asks: In history revision, Microsoft now a friend of the valley? [...] [...] First Verturebeat’s Matt Marshall asks: In history revision, Microsoft now a friend of the valley? [...]

]]> By: Aydin Mirzaee http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-598376 Aydin Mirzaee Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:05:42 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/#comment-598376 Agreed... I remember that Simpson's episode where Homer tries to start an internet company and then Bill Gates kills his business... but, as you said, Matt, things have changed... A lot of people are cheering Microsoft on... I mean their transformation from a desktop giant to a big player in the internet space was amazing... bravo :) Agreed… I remember that Simpson’s episode where Homer tries to start an internet company and then Bill Gates kills his business… but, as you said, Matt, things have changed… A lot of people are cheering Microsoft on… I mean their transformation from a desktop giant to a big player in the internet space was amazing… bravo :)

]]> By: dave mcclure http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-596920 dave mcclure Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:37:32 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/#comment-596920 really interesting observations matt. and i think spot on for the most part. fascinating how microsoft has changed from overlord back to underdog. (altho there was also a time in the late 80's / early 90's where microsoft was an earlier underdog too). consistent tho with everything that Microsoft has been about since its earliest beginnings, is this story is about *developers*... this time, perhaps thru Facebook's platform, instead of the Microsoft Windows platform. as dominant as Google is / has been, i still don't think they've really got inside the head of the developer community, and that's still an opportunity / challenge for them to figure out. perhaps a little healthy competition will make the GOOG pay more attention on that front, and i hope they are successful in making progress there. - dave mcclure really interesting observations matt. and i think spot on for the most part.

fascinating how microsoft has changed from overlord back to underdog.

(altho there was also a time in the late 80’s / early 90’s where microsoft was an earlier underdog too).

consistent tho with everything that Microsoft has been about since its earliest beginnings, is this story is about *developers*… this time, perhaps thru Facebook’s platform, instead of the Microsoft Windows platform.

as dominant as Google is / has been, i still don’t think they’ve really got inside the head of the developer community, and that’s still an opportunity / challenge for them to figure out. perhaps a little healthy competition will make the GOOG pay more attention on that front, and i hope they are successful in making progress there.

- dave mcclure

]]> By: Ghillie Suits » In history revision, Microsoft now a friend of the valley http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/comment-page-1/#comment-596640 Ghillie Suits » In history revision, Microsoft now a friend of the valley Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:05:10 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/26/in-history-revision-microsoft-now-a-friend-of-the-valley/#comment-596640 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptMicrosoft has long been known for its predatory behavior: It would strike a partnership with your start-up, to get an inside look at your technology — and then build an in-house clone to snuff you out of business (Read Jerry Kaplan’s … [...] [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptMicrosoft has long been known for its predatory behavior: It would strike a partnership with your start-up, to get an inside look at your technology — and then build an in-house clone to snuff you out of business (Read Jerry Kaplan’s … [...]

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