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Microsoft: We won't be evil, either
So, Microsoft has been moving from M$ to Microsoft, or at least trying. One of their first steps is to change the company perception in the consumers mind. Well, that is a pretty big task and I truly believe they are making software free (SQL Studio Express, Visual Studio Express editions, Virtual PC, etc) to get rid of the $ in their name.
Now that I’m “back” into Microsoft technologies (started out with Frontpage if that’s considered a technology; j/k), I am closer than ever to Microsoft and becoming active in the .Net User Group maling list so this is all very interesting to me. I’d def’ like to see Microsoft turn the wheels and become the great company we know they can be and continue to innovate in ways that improve…well…life, since we’re all connected through this thing called the Internet anyway.
Ok…enough of my ramblings. Read the article (excerpt and link below) and checkout the announcement on Microsoft’s site here Announces Principles to Guide Future Development of Windows.
“We’ve learned that people care not only about what we do but about how we do it. So, our goal today is to be principled, transparent and accountable in our design of Windows as we go forward now and in the future. The principles that we’re announcing today assure customers, our industry and regulators alike, that Microsoft is committed to developing Windows in ways that advance innovation for consumers and preserve important and robust opportunities for competition.”
Read more here.
Posted by John C. Bland II on July 21, 2006 9:48 AM | Permalink
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