Comments on: Microsoft is Dead? http://timelesssky.com/blog/microsoft-is-dead anything under the sky Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:58:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/microsoft-is-dead#comment-479 sky Sun, 21 Oct 2007 06:53:52 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/microsoft-is-dead#comment-479 <a href="http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/10/microsoft-wants.html" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Wants 100 Companies, but to What End</a>? <blockquote> If Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer is to be believed, then it's a good time to flip a startup. During his Q&A at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday he made the ballsy claim that the company is prepared to purchase 20 companies a year, for the next five years.</blockquote> Microsoft Wants 100 Companies, but to What End?

If Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer is to be believed, then it’s a good time to flip a startup. During his Q&A at the Web 2.0 Summit yesterday he made the ballsy claim that the company is prepared to purchase 20 companies a year, for the next five years.

]]> By: sky http://timelesssky.com/blog/microsoft-is-dead#comment-288 sky Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:15:15 +0000 http://timelesssky.com/blog/microsoft-is-dead#comment-288 <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/webstartups.html" rel="nofollow">The Future of Web Startups</a> by Paul Graham. <blockquote>The greatest value of universities is not the brand name or perhaps even the classes so much as the people you meet. If it becomes common to start a startup after college, students may start trying to maximize this. Instead of focusing on getting internships at companies they want to work for, they may start to focus on working with other students they want as cofounders. What students do in their classes will change too. Instead of trying to get good grades to impress future employers, students will try to learn things. We're talking about some pretty dramatic changes here.</blockquote> The Future of Web Startups by Paul Graham.

The greatest value of universities is not the brand name or perhaps even the classes so much as the people you meet. If it becomes common to start a startup after college, students may start trying to maximize this. Instead of focusing on getting internships at companies they want to work for, they may start to focus on working with other students they want as cofounders.

What students do in their classes will change too. Instead of trying to get good grades to impress future employers, students will try to learn things. We’re talking about some pretty dramatic changes here.

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