Microsoft's road to web services
Links to articles about Microsoft's involvement with web services, including the evolution of HailStorm, the genesis of .Net, and early moves towards subscription licensing
Microsoft Still in Control
April 16th, 2002
Microsoft is now fully on course to control the infrastructure platform for Web services, despite its inevitable climbdown on .Net My Services (formerly HailStorm)
Microsoft Stumbles As a Service
July, 10th 2001
In its struggle to dominate the emerging web services space, it is not only Microsoft's technology that is on trial; the company is also being assessed on its ability to perform well as a service business.
Microsoft Can't Give It Away
June 26th, 2001
If Microsoft can't turn even the ListBot email list management service into a viable commercial proposition, what does that tell us about its ability to monetise online services?
All Hail HailStorm?
March 20th, 2001
HailStorm is slated to play a vital strategic role in securing the Microsoft's continued market dominance, giving it a stranglehold over Internet computing. But can it succeed?
Have They Gone Mad at Microsoft?
December 28th, 2000
Microsoft's acquisition of Great Plains changes at a stroke its relationships with software vendors the world over. But it still makes sense.
Adapting to a New Era of Computing
June 26th, 2000
With the unveiling of its .Net strategy this week, Microsoft has made clear that it is already well-advanced along a path that most software vendors have barely begun to notice even exists.
Chief Architect of Software-as-Services
February 14th, 2000
In the brave new world of Internet-centric, software-based services, individual desktop computers are relegated to the periphery. Bill Gates' new job is to design a new operating system layer for the next, Internet-based generation of computing.
Microsoft to allow apps rental
February 1st, 1999
The news story that first revealed Microsoft's plans to introduce subscription-based 'rental' licensing across its entire server and application product range.
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