Comment Feed for Channel 9 - Ping 21: Gates & Ballmer talk Chrome, MS Office edits Google Docs, MS Retail, Natal is hiring http://ecn.channel9.msdn.com/o9/previewImages/100/479783_100x75.jpg Channel 9 - Ping 21: Gates & Ballmer talk Chrome, MS Office edits Google Docs, MS Retail, Natal is hiring The bees aren't the only things buzzing this summer- Microsoft is making headlines left and right! Here are some of the big stories this week: Apple wants Laptop Hunter ads pulled Gates talks about Chrome ...and Ballmer talks about Chrome! MS Office to edit Google Docs Let's shop Microsoft! Project Natal is hiring ...plus a farewell to Max. (for now) en Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:45 GMT Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:45 GMT Rev9 Re: Ping 21: Gates & Ballmer talk Chrome, MS Office edits Google Docs, MS Retail, Natal is hiring Heh, Aplle vs MS. I'm actually about to buy a new laptop. And I'm going for Macbook Pro. I admit, I'm still going to run Windows on it and yes, it's gonna be windows development machine. But the reason I'm buying a Macbook Pro is so I can run any sort of OS I want - OSX, Windows, Linux. I mean, maybe Scott H may afford 4 different laptops, one for home, one for going out with the kid, one for when going to Africa and one that he gets sponsorship for from MS. I'm just a random dude, I want a good value for good money, I'm getting a Mac.

 

Regarding Gates and Ballmer talking about Chrome OS. My 60 yrs old mother doesn't have a clue about SSD, HDD, 800MHz vs 633MHz RAM, she doesn't care about Windows 7 score, she doesn't play games, she doesn't use Word or Outlook. All she cares for is to run her computer every morning, have the broadband running, check the email, read some news. For that she doesn't need a Windows PC with anti-spyware, anti-virus running. She's using Linux at the moment, she's very happy and if I could get her a Google Chrome OS with a support that would be just perfect.

 

... and what Ballemr says is always funny. I was really disappointed when I didn't see him running out on the stage sweating, doing his monkey act, screaming "partners, partners, partners!" during WPC. That would be sooooo funny, but he failed.

 

Regarding MS stores. I wish you luck guys, really. I just hope it's not gonna end up like "where do you want to go today" and the majority of the people is going to say "right, I'm heading to the coolness of Apple, the store on the other side of the road".

 

Fingers crossed for project Natal. I think XBox, next to SQL Server is the best product that MS ever made.

 

This is my personal opinion, it has nothing to do with the company I work for.

posted by radg

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Well actually it's more like vaporware and Windows Mobile since Chrome OS is just an announcement, not anything real.

posted by joechung

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posted by rhm

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posted by PaulMest

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posted by maxx.erik

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_%E2%80%93_Ohio_State_rivalry

posted by intelman

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posted by maxzuck

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posted by maxzuck

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sorry to see you go max, maybe laura and paul can come visit and do a remote ping Smiley

 

posted by aL_

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Office Live Workspaces is cool but I have yet to download the client component yet that syncs my online file to my desktop.

 

Hope all works well for you Max at Stanford!

 

Man, Ping gets better every week!

 

posted by Outsider1969

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posted by Laura10

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posted by maxzuck

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Also, you make the rather bizzare statement that Microsoft has found that having multiple OSes didn't work. You may want to do some product research about the company you work for. Microsoft currently has: CE, Mobile 6, Vista and Server 2008. XP has platform specific versions, such as Media Center, Tablet Edition and various Embedded versions. For Google to have one version of their OS for phones and another for netbooks, seems rather obvious due the different demands of both devices. Balmer has proven himself to be a bit of an idiot when it comes to his statements regarding things he doesn't like, but I don't think you should blindly walk in his footsteps just because he is your boss.

PS Haas rules.

posted by Echto_Gammut

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posted by maxx.erik

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You're welcome...the TMI buzzer was pretty good in the beginning..or was it a "went overboard" buzzer?

I dunno...

 

BTW- After the reading the article, I understand what Ballmer is getting at about the multiple os thing, but isn't the whole idea of "cloud-computing" allowing the web to be a major platform for future apps? I'm I wrong about his assumption?

posted by Outsider1969

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posted by maxzuck

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posted by Outsider1969

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This idea is  provided free, the next one will cost you. Wink

posted by ecofriend

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posted by Saman

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