Previous
Microsoft Memo: Linux Fight Backfiring
News Some of Microsoft's efforts to disparage open-source software such as Linux have backfired, according to a recent memo by the software maker. But those messages have failed to diminish the popularity of open-source programs such as Linux among...
[November 7, 2002, 9:33]
US Report: Java Seen As 'biggest Threat,' Judge's Memo Reveals
News Jackson also cited a memo by Microsoft Vice President Jeff Raikes that says, "the situation is threatening our operating system and desktop applications share at a fundamental level" and "Netscape pollution must be eradicated.
[September 15, 1998, 10:11]
Microsoft On Trial: DOJ Gives Heavy Memo Fire
News The memo continued: "Avoid hot or cold war with Netscape," Maritz wrote. Boies splashed a June 1 memo, from Microsoft Senior Vice President for Consumer Systems, Paul Maritz to Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates onto the screen in the courtroom.
[October 28, 1998, 9:19]
HP Memo Predicts MS Patent War On Open Source
News What appears to be a leaked internal memo from HP shows that the company expected Microsoft to launch a full legal assault on free open-source software (FOSS) using patent law. According to Newsforge, HP in the US has confirmed the memo's legitimacy.
[July 20, 2004, 13:00]
HP Memo: Thank You, Carly
News This is the text of a memo explaining the decision and pointing to the days ahead, sent to the company's employees by Robert Wayman, HP's CFO and acting chief executive. On Wednesday, Carly Fiorina stepped down as CEO and chairman of Hewlett-Packard.
[February 10, 2005, 12:45]
Leaked Memo Exposes Dell's Plans
News The leaked memo, which was jointly authored by Michael Dell, the company's chief executive, and his executive team, read: "The direct model has been a revolution, but is not a religion. Details were leaked in an internal staff memo, which also...
[May 1, 2007, 14:53]
HP Memo Predicts MS Patent War On Open Source
Talkback Typical of Microsoft. It simply can't see that Open Source is a response to it's inability to manage it's own product line, in terms of performance and security. The recent news about continuing security flaws in IE make this point best.
[July 20, 2004, 15:18]
HP Memo Predicts MS Patent War On Open Source
Talkback Oh. Gee.i guess the cat's outta the bag now! Once again Microsoft has proved that it shouldn't be attempting to write an operating system. What a shock! Maybe they should just get out of the software buisness altogether.
[July 20, 2004, 19:03]
HP Memo Predicts MS Patent War On Open Source
Talkback Let them come. I'll personally do everything I can to see that an anti-trust action is brought against them so fast it will make their arrogant little heads spin. If Microsoft can't compete in the business arena, maybe they need to get the hell out.
[July 22, 2004, 14:00]
Memo To CEOs And CIOs: IT Innovation Capacity -- Not IT Spend -- Is What Matters
White Papers The economics of IT are rooted in a firm's ability to match finite IT resources to business needs and requirements. CEOs should view the company's IT spend as a percentage of revenue as being merely the first step in determining what is an...
[July 10, 2007, 0:00]
Nokia Vs Orange
Blog A leaked memo has exposed the major rift between the handset manufacturer Nokia and the operators - Orange in particular - that supply most of its customer base. The leaked Orange memo states: "If Nokia declines this opportunity, we will need to...
[August 30, 2007, 9:32]
HP Exec Hits Back At Vote Critics
News Hewlett-Packard's chief financial officer, Bob Wayman, sent a memo to employees on Thursday explicitly denying the charge that HP improperly used company assets or coerced shareholders to win votes for its merger with Compaq.
[April 12, 2002, 11:44]
Political Correctness Puts Disk Drives In A Spin
News According to a memo apparently sent out by the County of Los Angeles, the standard designation used for connecting two disk drives to a single IDE port, which entails setting one drive as a "master" and the second as a "slave" drive, is an example...
[November 26, 2003, 14:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Come back to a delightful sight -- a 20-page internal memo from Microsoft adorning the Web. Of course, this memo is a delightful vindication of the power of open source and Microsoft's much-derided reflexes: it may also herald the beginning of open...
[November 7, 1998, 6:39]
'Halloween' - Was It Faked?
News But now that the post-"Halloween memo" revelry is subsiding, some pundits and industry officials are wondering aloud whether Microsoft possibly might have leaked the memos in order to prove to the US Department of Justice and the world at large...
[November 9, 1998, 9:46]
Gates Sees Disruputive Changes Ahead
News Aiming to stir up the same kind of momentum as his Internet Tidal Wave memo of a decade earlier, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has penned a memo outlining the challenges Microsoft faces from a host of online competitors.
[November 9, 2005, 8:15]
EA Execs Respond To Criticism Over Working Hours
News Electronic Arts, the computer game giant accused of punishing work hours, sent a memo to employees this week admitting a problem and promising workplace reforms. As much as I don't like what's been said about our company and our industry, I...
[December 6, 2004, 11:40]
Microsoft Email 'misunderstood' - SCO
News The SCO Group dismissed a leaked memo that connected Microsoft to $86m (£47m)in investments in the company, saying the author of the email misunderstood the venture deal. The memo appears to be a discussion of the compensation that Anderer received...
[March 5, 2004, 7:55]
Open-source Guru Claims Proof Of MS-SCO Link
News An open-source group has published a memo leaked from within SCO Group that appears to point to a much more extensive financial relationship between Microsoft and SCO than has previously been known. The memo suggests that Microsoft had a hand in a...
[March 4, 2004, 16:30]
Ballmer On Snacks And Software
News Ballmer's email memo is the second sent by a major Microsoft executive in what Microsoft plans to be an ongoing but periodic practice. Snack food, bugs and software, apparently, according to a memo he sent on Wednesday to the company's customers.
[October 3, 2002, 7:53]
