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Mac
the beta seems fine
MICHAEL said:
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Mac
the beta seems fine
John Barnes said:
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Mac
What do you mean by WLMD? Weapons of Live Mass Destruction?
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Cal Bear '66
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MICHAEL
Well, with a *profit* of almost $5 billion last quarter, $12.6 billion
last year, $28 billion in the bank, and one of the highest profit
margins in the Fortune 500- seems they aren't spending enough
to innovate. What exactly are they "innovating", anyway? Do tell.
Microsoft had more profit last year than Wal-Mart, IBM, Berkshire Hathaway,
Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, UPS, HP, Dell,
Cisco, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Home Depot, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner,
Intel, Merck, Phizer, Johnson & Johnson, and many others. If you were to
look at these companies, most of them had revenues that dwarfs Microsoft's,
and yet they make less money. Like the behemoth Wal-Mart. It took
$351 billion in revenue to make a profit of $11.2 billion. Microsoft had a
profit of $12.6 billion on revenues of $44.2 billion. Of course, you may be
thinking that's a good thing for investors, it should be- but, Microsoft's stock
hasn't moved in almost 8 years.
Perhaps, those that might invest, are waiting for Microsoft to do
something truly "innovating". But to do that, Microsoft will probably
just buy the innovation.... they could put that enormous cash stash to
some good use.
I don't think it would kill Microsoft to let folks retrieve their email
for free from a non-adware email client... especially, with their own
product. Gmail and AOL/AIM mail let you get your mail free with
any email client. Coincidently, both companies saw surging ad revenue
last quarter. We all know about Google's tremendous growth, but
AOL has actually started to turn things around.... mostly because of
their "free everything push" attracting users to their content, and unlike
the late 90s and early 2000s, there's real ad revenue to be made by
these websites now. I wonder what's MSN's problem? Looks like
Microsoft might try to solve that problem by buying Yahoo.
Losing money is never a good thing, but being too stingy, greedy,
and afraid to spend money can have negative consequences, too.
Sometimes, giving away something can help create product loyalty,
and spread some goodwill among your customers.
-Michael
* John Barnes:
last year, $28 billion in the bank, and one of the highest profit
margins in the Fortune 500- seems they aren't spending enough
to innovate. What exactly are they "innovating", anyway? Do tell.
Microsoft had more profit last year than Wal-Mart, IBM, Berkshire Hathaway,
Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, UPS, HP, Dell,
Cisco, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Home Depot, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner,
Intel, Merck, Phizer, Johnson & Johnson, and many others. If you were to
look at these companies, most of them had revenues that dwarfs Microsoft's,
and yet they make less money. Like the behemoth Wal-Mart. It took
$351 billion in revenue to make a profit of $11.2 billion. Microsoft had a
profit of $12.6 billion on revenues of $44.2 billion. Of course, you may be
thinking that's a good thing for investors, it should be- but, Microsoft's stock
hasn't moved in almost 8 years.
Perhaps, those that might invest, are waiting for Microsoft to do
something truly "innovating". But to do that, Microsoft will probably
just buy the innovation.... they could put that enormous cash stash to
some good use.
I don't think it would kill Microsoft to let folks retrieve their email
for free from a non-adware email client... especially, with their own
product. Gmail and AOL/AIM mail let you get your mail free with
any email client. Coincidently, both companies saw surging ad revenue
last quarter. We all know about Google's tremendous growth, but
AOL has actually started to turn things around.... mostly because of
their "free everything push" attracting users to their content, and unlike
the late 90s and early 2000s, there's real ad revenue to be made by
these websites now. I wonder what's MSN's problem? Looks like
Microsoft might try to solve that problem by buying Yahoo.
Losing money is never a good thing, but being too stingy, greedy,
and afraid to spend money can have negative consequences, too.
Sometimes, giving away something can help create product loyalty,
and spread some goodwill among your customers.
-Michael
* John Barnes:
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Dave
Windows Live Mail Desktop...
no ads in right now...
no ads in right now...
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Brandon Taylor
I don't see why you're fussing about it. I use Microsoft Office Outlook
2003 for my (Windows Live) Hotmail. It has had a few bumps in the road, but
everything seems fine.
Brandon Taylor
P.S. Does Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 still have Hotmail support?
2003 for my (Windows Live) Hotmail. It has had a few bumps in the road, but
everything seems fine.
Brandon Taylor
P.S. Does Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 still have Hotmail support?
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mikeyhsd
I use Hot Pop to read hotmail from WM.
www.fitsoftware.com
(e-mail address removed)
Any way to have Hotmail download to Windows Mail?
www.fitsoftware.com
(e-mail address removed)
Any way to have Hotmail download to Windows Mail?
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Gary VanderMolen
Well, I got an undeletable news post stuck in the Windows Mail Outbox.
So, it's not strictly a mail problem. Also, Block Sender doesn't seem to
work in news, not as well as it did in OE anyway.
Gary VanderMolen
So, it's not strictly a mail problem. Also, Block Sender doesn't seem to
work in news, not as well as it did in OE anyway.
Gary VanderMolen
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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Gary VanderMolen said:
As far as I can see, Block Sender does not work at all in news in WinMail.
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Julian
Frank Saunders said:
It does for me.
This group was becoming unusable (probably their intent) by the volume
of Linux spamming until I blocked a few names and now there a lot better
signal to noise ratio.
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Guest
Why wasn't it just included with Vista instead of the ineffective Windows
Mail?
In my opinion, Windows Live Mail is just Big Brother and I am NOT paranoid.
Mail?
In my opinion, Windows Live Mail is just Big Brother and I am NOT paranoid.
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Guest
Thunderbird is not the better choice: it has just as many problems.
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Guest
AMEN!
Mac said:
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Guest
MS Outlook costs money. I have it because it came with my Dell Axim.
In addition, Vista should have a warning: does not play well with others.
Outlook 2003 does not work well in Vista. I have too many problems with it
to make it worthwhile.
In addition, Vista should have a warning: does not play well with others.
Outlook 2003 does not work well in Vista. I have too many problems with it
to make it worthwhile.
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Someone
Actually, you can check your free hotmail accounts using Thunderbird.">