Category Archives: Microsoft

WinFS, Integrated/Unified Storage, and Microsoft – Part 1

Posted on February 14, 2013 by halberenson

People have been bugging me to write about Integrated Storage for some time, and with Bill Gates having just disclosed that failure to ship WinFS was his biggest product regret  now seemed like a good time.  In Part 1 I’ll … Continue reading →

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Quick note on Surface Pro being sold out

Posted on February 10, 2013 by halberenson

I have no idea how many Microsoft had available yesterday but I did want to make a few observations: Microsoft Stores had been giving away Surface Pro reservation cards for the week before availability.  My local store ran out of … Continue reading →

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Microsoft is, and deserves to be, judged by a different standard

Posted on February 10, 2013 by halberenson

The Microsoft Surface Pro went on sale yesterday and immediately sold out, leading many pundits and other observers to declare the launch a failure.  Meanwhile the Surface RT has sold an unknown number of units (because Microsoft won’t reveal actual … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Office for Linux: Are people asking and answering the wrong question?

Posted on February 7, 2013 by halberenson

Ok, rumors out today that Microsoft is considering releasing Microsoft Office on Linux.  Cue immediate reaction that ranges from skepticism to outright hostility that anyone would repeat such a rumor.  And the most negative reactions are coming from people I … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Microsoft on the Surface Pro

Posted on February 6, 2013 by halberenson

No this is not a true review.  I’ve had all of 20 minutes playing with a Surface Pro in the Microsoft Store.  I happened to hit the store just before the end of the work day when it was quiet, … Continue reading →

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Another little “shopping” trip to Best Buy and the Microsoft Store

Posted on February 6, 2013 by halberenson

With release of the Surface Pro imminent, and word on the street that both the Microsoft Store and Best Buy already had units on display, I made another stop at both of my local outlets.  I know I sound like … Continue reading →

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Microsoft and Dell, more and less than meets the eye

Posted on February 5, 2013 by halberenson

Just some quick commentary on Dell going private and Microsoft’s participation in that process. Let me start with something that should be obvious even if it isn’t.  There are personal relationships here that exist just about nowhere else in the … Continue reading →

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More Surface Devices (Part 2)

Posted on February 3, 2013 by halberenson

In Part 1 of this topic I mentioned that Microsoft is going after “areas where they can identify scenarios and user requirements that are going unmet by both competitors and the OEM community”.  So what are some of those areas … Continue reading →

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Surface Compression

Posted on January 30, 2013 by halberenson

Yesterday I Tweeted the suggestion that one could use NTFS compression to gain more storage space on the Surface or other Windows RT tablet.  People quickly pointed out there are a number of questions around, and potential issues associated with, … Continue reading →

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Outlook RT for Windows RT

Posted on January 29, 2013 by halberenson

A few days ago Mary Jo Foley  reported that Microsoft was testing an Outlook client for Windows RT.  She also reported on some of the internal controversy around this move, and I wanted to add some analysis to this apparent situation. … Continue reading →

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