Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business NewsRead business stories from seattlepi.comOctober 2005: "Internet Software Services"- (Found June 24, 2008 ) In this message, Gates laid out Microsoft's new strategy of incorporating online services into its software, and broadening its business to pursue more advertising revenue. The memo is also notable for recognizing the expanded strategic role of Microsoft executive Ray Ozzie, who was still relatively new to the company. Less than a year later, Gates announced plans to step down from day-to-day duties and named Ozzie to take his place as chief software architect.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/367727_gatesmail16.html?source=rss April 1987: "Microsoft is 1"- (Found June 24, 2008 ) In a message to his top executives, Gates marks the moment that the company passes Lotus as the largest software company: "Of course their sales may go past ours again and it's not really our goal to be 1, but I do get a real kick out of the fight that their big distraction of being the largest is being taken away BEFORE WE HAVE EVEN BEGUN TO REALLY COMPETE WITH THEM," he writes.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/366658_gatesmail2.html?source=rss Technology Briefing- (Found June 24, 2008 ) UW names new vice provost to TechTransfer department ... Snippets ... Supreme Court steps in on LinkLine's AT&T lawsuit ... Yahoo adds program to help employers with recruitment ... Ticketer Fandango buys Disney's Movies.com ... Startup that built product for Google sues search company.http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/368150_tbrfs24.html?source=rss |