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Windows 7 And Twitter-Bing: Microsoft Again King For A Day
Posted Oct 22, 2009 01:00pm EDT by Henry Blodget in Investing, Internet, Software and ServicesThe last few years for Microsoft have been tantamount to abject humiliation.
Windows Vista bombed, once-declared-dead Apple roared back to steal computer-and-mind-share, Windows Mobile disappeared, and a decade of futility on the Internet continued.
But now, for a day, Microsoft is king again.
Windows 7, an operating system that even Redmond skeptics describe as "great", launches with enormous fanfare. So eager are customers to get their hands on the thing that it's already the best pre-order selling product on Amazon.
And then there was yesterday's Twitter-Bing integration. Not only was Microsoft the first major search engine to take this obvious and important step, the announcement forced an embarrassingly lame response from search giant Google: A blog post promising that, someday, it would offer Twitter integration, too.
Will Bing's Twitter integration allow Bing to gain real share again Google?
Unlikely.
But this and Windows 7 demonstrate that, at least for a day, Microsoft's competitive mojo is finally back again.
69 Comments
Mike - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:32PM EDT
After working with Windows 7, I must admit that Ray Ozzie and team have a real winner. The new features are great
ezshooter - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:33PM EDT
Windows and Microsoft in general have a bad reputation. The public is bitter for being forced to buy new software and hardware for so many years because of Gates monopolies. Windows 7 is supposed to be Vista without the bugs. I like Vista, but it did have a lot of bugs.
Sina - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:38PM EDT
Instead of paying for a bloated software like Windows use more user friendly, more powerful and Free (as in freedom) operating system like Linux: 1. http://www.ubuntu.com 2. http://www.debian.org ...
Sina - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:39PM EDT
Instead of paying for a bloated software like Windows use more user friendly, more powerful and Free (as in freedom) operating system like Linux: 1. http://www.ubuntu.com 2. http://www.debian.org ...
Terry - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:42PM EDT
Buy Gold/Silver/Platinum as the metals are BUG FREE and will have value when they decide to launch Windows 8.
Jen - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:44PM EDT
This changes the landscape on the search. Although Goog probably don't care right now, what's the implication of search on Twitter and Facebook?
Steven - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:48PM EDT
Microsoft finally retained the next generation of executives & engineers requisite to compete, - successfully. - SCD, 'Street Search Advisors.'
Simon - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:50PM EDT
Microsoft has always, and always will, produce low quality software: Dirty-Operating-System, all buggy incarnations of Windows, sluggish Pocket PC, overheating X-Box, leap-year-bricked Zune, .... When will people learn? How many patches before giving up on an OS?!? Pay for Mac or save money and get Ubuntu.....
Steven - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:50PM EDT
Microsoft finally retained the next generation of executives & engineers requisite to compete, - successfully. - SCD, 'Street Search Advisors.'
joepet2000 - Thursday October 22, 2009 02:06PM EDT
I've pre-ordered Win 7 to upgrade my Vista laptop. Yes it costs $$ compared to FREE Linux but they don't compare. I've installed Ubuntu/Knoppix/SimplyMemphis/Vector/Elive and they are not any faster than Vista at boot-time on my 2 yr old Acer 2GB Laptop. In my opinion, the Win7 is 3 times more slick and easyb to use than the Linux products I've tried. Get Windows 7. And Linux is still free for a reason, you get what you pay for.
joepet2000 - Thursday October 22, 2009 02:08PM EDT
I've pre-ordered Win 7 to upgrade my Vista laptop. Yes it costs $$ compared to FREE Linux but they don't compare. I've installed Ubuntu/Knoppix/SimplyMemphis/Vector/Elive and they are not any faster than Vista at boot-time on my 2 yr old Acer 2GB Laptop. In my opinion, the Win7 is 3 times more slick and easyb to use than the Linux products I've tried. Get Windows 7. And Linux is still free for a reason, you get what you pay for.
Trader - Thursday October 22, 2009 02:21PM EDT
Microsoft have released great products lately... BING, WINDOWS 7... They are on right track.
Trader - Thursday October 22, 2009 02:21PM EDT
Microsoft have released great products lately... BING, WINDOWS 7... They are on right track.
Khaled - Thursday October 22, 2009 02:47PM EDT
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Yahoo! Finance User - Thursday October 22, 2009 02:50PM EDT
Henry: The BIG thing about Windows 7 is not a set of "features". Its perforamance of a particular kind: Battery life. Windows 7 is much less power consuming, and that is a big issue for individuals, Once you see it (hmm: nice!) and hear how much longer it keeps your PC alive on batteries - you'll want it.
Yahoo! Finance User - Thursday October 22, 2009 02:55PM EDT
Windows 7 HAS to be great. I have no doubt Microsoft has done a very good job here. The installation my be a pain in the back pocket but I think a lot of folks have been waiting to just buy new PC's with W7 installed. I'm a BIG Mac guy but good luck to Microsoft too. I think Apple will continue to inch up in ranks as well.
Stranger - Thursday October 22, 2009 03:23PM EDT
San - only idiots think that everyone else who doesnt have the same mindset is an idiot. Open source office is not even close to MS office in terms of capabilities. And by your definition, only a small % of OS users are not idiots! People out here just need an excuse to complain against MS - no matter how good of a job they do. Look at xbox 360, Zune HD, Win 7 and Big
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san - Thursday October 22, 2009 01:15PM EDT
Only idiots pay for an operating system...... http://www.ubuntu.com/ only idiots pay for MS Office...... http://www.openoffice.org/ only idiots pay for Photoshop...... http://gimp.org/