The Gates and Ozzie Memos - deja vu all over again

Michael Gartenberg | November 09, 2005, 07:27 AM

Not as earth shattering as the headlines have made them but read for yourself. Dave Winer has a source who sent over copies of the Gates and Ozzie memos.

Interesting reading but no real surprises here. In fact, to some extent we've seen it before. Gates more than anyone understands the importance of being proactive and not reactive. He understands that while these new service offerings aren't a direct threat today, they well could be over time. The key is to leverage the strength of the core Windows and Office platforms and use that as base to extend into these new areas. Microsoft has proven that it can withstand a sea change as great as the original Internet tidal wave, this is a further extenstion of that philosophy and always keeping an eyes on what forces of the market can potentially disrupt their business.