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Mary Jo Foley

Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek, and Baseline. She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates era (John Wiley & Sons, 2008). She also is the co-host of the "Windows Weekly" podcast on the TWiT network. Got a tip? Send her an email with your rants, rumors, tips, and tattles. Confidentiality guaranteed.

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Microsoft-Novell: Oracle's the elephant in the room

There's no way anyone can tell me that this Microsoft-Novell deal isn't all about Oracle

November 2, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

Might Microsoft and Novell make a deal?

Less than a month after the death of long-time Microsoft adversary and Novell founder Ray Noorda, might Microsoft and Novell find common ground? It sounds wild, but it's not impossible. I can think of a few areas where such a partnership would make sense.

November 2, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Enterprise Software

Three new Microsoft Web sites worth mentioning

Microsoft has launched three new (and unrelated) Web sites worth checking out.

November 2, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

Business launch of Vista and Office 2007 is November 30

Invites went out to press and analysts on November 1. Microsoft's business launch of Windows Vista and Office 2007 is on for November 30 in New York City.

November 1, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

Microsoft adds still another compatibility tool to Vista arsenal

Does Microsoft know something about app compatibility and Windows Vista that the rest of us don’t? Is there some compatibility bombshell the team is waiting to drop on or before the business launch of Vista and Office 2007 in New York City on November 30?

November 1, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows

Microsoft floats a new Shared Source trial balloon

Microsoft traditionally has used its ten-year-old Windows CE platform as a testing ground for source-code code-licensing strategy. On November 1, the company took another step in this arena by making its Windows CE 6.0 kernel available under a new element of Microsoft's Shared Source licensing program.

November 1, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Open Source

'Project Max' is now officially closed

"The Max Project has concluded." With that simple statement, Microsoft's Max team announced that it is done with beta testing Max, its photo-sharing application that was designed to showcase Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

October 31, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows

Microsoft revamps its Office Live line-up

On November 15, when Microsoft makes available the final version of its three Office Live service offerings, there will be a few surprises.

October 31, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

SQL Server 2005 SP1 won't work with Vista

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack (SP1), which Microsoft made available for download in April 2006, won't work on Windows Vista or Longhorn Server, Microsoft is warning users and partners.

October 30, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

Will Office 2007 get a 'kill switch,' too?

Microsoft all but admitted earlier this month that the company is building a “kill switch

October 30, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

Consumer Vista licensing confusing? Check out the biz licensing

If you think the consumer Windows Vista licensing terms are confusing, the business licensing ones are even more complicated.

October 30, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows

Microsoft introduces a new freebie

Slowly but surely, Microsoft is looking to grow its user base by giving away entry-level SKUs of its products. The latest freebie: Office Accounting Express 2007, the new, low-end of its not-so-popular small-business accounting software.

October 29, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Microsoft

Will Web 2.0 ultimately kill Windows?

Microsoft Co-President of Platforms and Services Jim Allchin shares his thoughts on Windows Live (which, along with Windows and developer tools also falls under his organization); competition with Google and Apple; and why a client-based version of Windows won’t ever completely disappear, regardless of how successful Web services become.

October 29, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows

What did Microsoft learn from Vista?

Here's Part 1 of my Q&A with Windows chief Jim Allchin, where the outgoing Microsoft veteran talks about what Microsoft learned in developing Windows Vista, and how the company intends to apply some of those lessons with Windows, going forward.

October 27, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Windows

Is growing headcount by 40% really the best way to catch Google?

The most interesting piece of information from Microsoft's Q1 FY 2007 earnings, in my mind, was the loss posted by the company's Online Services Business unit.

October 27, 2006 by Mary Jo Foley in Google

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