Microsoft Plays The Underdog
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In the fall of 1997, I was interviewing Bill Gates at a conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Suddenly the door to the room we were using sprung open, and William H. Neukom, then Microsoft's general counsel, rushed up to Gates and pulled him from the room. I later learned what the urgency was about: A...
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By Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 19--If you talk to a hard-core techie who's a user of the Linux operating system or one of the zealots who worship Apple's Macintosh, you won't hear many nice things said about Microsoft.
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The software giant may be developing a Windows Mobile OS-based competitor.
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With CEO Steve Ballmer as the point man, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has taken the offensive in its ongoing confrontation with Linux and the open-source community.
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Pity Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). For all the grief we give the company about its failure to plug security holes in its software, its historical problems with the blue screen
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It was a matter of minutes before news of Microsoftâs bid jumped from front pages to the vibrant world of technology blogs. Hereâs some of the more interesting thoughts so far.
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Microsoft has been accused of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer browser to Windows.
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SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- Seeking to be more competitive with Microsoft Corp...
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Let's argue both sides of Microsoft by the water cooler.
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FEW global companies have managed to make themselves as unpopular as Microsoft. Its defence consists of variations on: &quot;The reason nobody loves us is because weâre so successful.
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Despite Microsoft&#39;s many woes, the honchos got a bump this year. Considering the company&#39;s outlook, their next may be a ways off.
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These low-ranked stocks aren't dogs. They're underdogs!
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Microsoft, long stuck in third place behind Google and Yahoo in the search wars, suddenly boosted its share of the market last month by playing a shrewd game of chicken.
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Redmond's desktop software dominance faces an uprising of alternatives from the likes of IBM, Google and Yahoo.
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Europe's latest shot across Microsoft's bow shouldn't faze investors.
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Microsoft is in trouble.  And with the release of Leopard, it looks like it will only get worse for the software giant.
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Microsoft Corp. is facing growing pressure from open-source software across every segment of its businessâa competitive threat that could have significant consequences for its financial future going forward