Overheard Online

But the spots were undeniably successful in one important regard: they were noticed and discussed. I suspect what sparked the panic is that the Seinfeld ads were too good, too accurate at capturing just what it is that Microsoft, as a company and brand, stands for: nothing.
Daring Fireball on Microsoft

I still believe that Windows 7 will be a flop. Why? Because of the company’s continued indifference to the legions of XP holdouts. Whether due to pride or stubbornness, Microsoft’s refusal to create a more accessible migration path from XP to Windows 7 is simply inexcusable. In the end, it will be its undoing.
InfoWorld on Windows 7

Microsoft: Is it too much to ask that one of the most powerful tech companies on the planet, with tens of billions of dollars at its disposal at any one time, with enough innate aggressiveness to scare a hungry bear away, and with a legion of techies the size of the a small army, to settle on a truly successful Internet strategy after–oh, let’s count–more than a decade?
All Things Digital on Microsoft

Google was a game changer 6 years ago, but that is an eternity in web-years. They’re looking more and more like Microsoft or General Motors when it comes to fresh innovation and execution. It’s like they’re trying to confuse.
Voltageblog on Google

BillG is not replaceable. No one is going to take his place at Microsoft. Bill’s culture fades day to day, unless the emerging leadership truly pushes forward with it as their own. But can they even live up to him? No. Time for a new culture, one that makes sense for our current challenges and that shows the level of quality of our leadership.
Mini-Microsoft on Bill Gates

This “buy ‘em up, sell ‘em off” strategy almost never works for anyone but the investment bankers who take their fees both coming and going. So as the silly battle continues around Microsoft and Yahoo, rest assure that pretty much whatever happens, you can expect to see a destruction in value rather than any “synergies” revealed.
Techdirt on Microsoft and Yahoo

More and more, it’s clear to me that Apple is just as evil as Microsoft, they’re just not as big and powerful (yet)… and they have better taste. Maybe I should give up on issue and just wait for my Android phone at the end of the year. It will be a truly open OS, and I’ll be able to download and run whatever the heck I want.
iBanjo on Apple

The hope here is that Windows 7 will be the must-have product that Vista wasn’t, and the company is busy touting that promise regardless. Bottom line? “Success” for Windows 7 will be stopping share erosion at whatever level it has dropped to by then.
MSFTextrememakeover on Windows 7

CNN Money asks: Is an Apple environment right for your small biz? Yes, if you’re not a moron. Look, I’m not trying to be some anti-Windows Apple fanboi. I’m not saying that a Mac is for everybody; I think everyone should give them a try and then think critically about switching. But when it comes down to choosing between upgrading your small business to Vista or switching to OSX, it’s kind of a no-brainer.
CrunchGear on Apple

Perhaps these three companies really do believe that digital delivery will usher in a brand new democratic, infinite-arcade era of gaming. But let’s not kid ourselves. The reason that Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are so excited about digital delivery is that it represents a future in which one company — them — has absolute control over the sole content distribution channel. And that’s a future we should be very worried about.
Wired on Digital Delivery