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The purpose of Chrome, and how it may be good for Microsoft
05 September 08 07:43 PM | john.mullinax | 6 Comments   

Started this as a comment on Larry Digan's blog here , but it ended up so darn long I decided to make it a post on its own right here. A few more thoughts on Chrome. Just my 2 cents. -John ... More than anything else, Chrome strikes me as a "trojan horse" Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft, strategy, S+S, Software + Services, Future

And the winner of the BillG - signed Guitar Hero guitar at ODC 2008 is...
14 February 08 06:45 AM | john.mullinax | 5 Comments   

As I mentioned here , we held a raffle earlier today to give away a Guitar Hero III guitar, complete with Bill Gates' autograph, at the Office Developers Conference 2008. The guitar played a part in the FedEx demo during BillG's keynote kicking off the Read More...

Filed under: S+S, Software + Services, Billg, ODC2008, OBA, FedEx

BillG Keynote at ODC -- see the video and screenshots from the FedEx demo
11 February 08 09:34 PM | john.mullinax | 16 Comments   

If you weren't at ODC live to see BillG's keynote, you can see the video here. [Note: updated link so it works again.] Also, FedEx showed a number of cool things during BillG's keynote at ODC today. The demo was really packed, so there wasn't a lot of Read More...

Filed under: S+S, Software + Services, Billg, ODC2008, Office, OBA, FedEx

FedEx joins BillG on stage at ODC 2008 to announce FedEx QuickShip, and show off Office as a platform, S+S
11 February 08 06:33 PM | john.mullinax | 7 Comments   

(Update 1:41pm PST: See screenshots and video here !) I'm at the Office Developers Conference 2008 this week, and BillG is on stage doing Q&A, having just finished the keynote. A number of the highlights involved FedEx. In fact, FedEx SVP David Zanca Read More...

Filed under: S+S, Software + Services, ODC2008, Office, OBA, FedEx

S+S Example #1: Ford Work Solutions
08 February 08 08:01 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Computers and software can do lots of interesting things, and more every day. While I love websites -- I don't want to be completely constrained to them. For example, i like having things like Zune , my smartphone , Windows Live Writer , etc. as part Read More...

Filed under: Cars, Microsoft, Automotive, in-vehicle software, ford, rfid, S+S, Software + Services, SYNC

steelcase blog: Docs for Change…, The Tao of OBA and S+S
15 January 08 05:06 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Saw this today. Mark Greiner, who runs Steelcase's "Workspace Futures" team spoke at a Transformation, a Symposium on Innovative Health Care Delivery recently at the Mayo Clinic. Among the speakers that stood out to Mark was Michael Howe, CEO of MinuteClinic. Read More...

Filed under: S+S, Software + Services, consumer value stream, OBA

Microsoft's Software + Services strategy in 10 minutes or less...
16 November 07 10:00 AM | john.mullinax | 5 Comments   

I got an email recently asking me to present Microsoft's Software + Services strategy at an internal Microsoft meeting recently. The challenge: keep it under 10 minutes. After the session it occurred to me that a lot of folks might get something out of Read More...

Filed under: Microsoft, S+S, Software + Services

Platform vs. Cool? My take on Apple's business strategy...
09 October 07 04:03 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Technorati Tags: Strategy , Apple , innovation , business , software + services , S+S Interesting article about the iPhone here .  Although entertaining to read, I disagree with the premise.  It did get me thinking about the Apple business strategy, Read More...

Filed under: innovation, apple, strategy, business, S+S, Software + Services