For Microsoft it wasn't about the money, it was about setting a tone.
To fight Microsoft it will encourage users to store their files not on their personal computers but on Google's remote machines.
Although I knew my heart was in non-profits, when I was offered the opportunity to be a part of Microsoft it was too tempting to decline.
When Nokia cast its lot with Microsoft it negotiated a "best of both worlds" deal, in which it was free to change just about anything in Windows Phone that it wanted.
For Microsoft it has a great OS on its side, but the battle is only just starting and they have a long way to go before any of them can claim victory.
Microsoft is also launching regional portals, and while it's not cool among Netizens to like anything Microsoft does, it is a force to be reckoned with simply because it IS Microsoft.
CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Asia Buzz: Let the Best Portal Win
We got a glimpse of it at Microsoft's booth during CES, and while it claims "Advanced Microsoft Windows operating software" it's not talking about SideShow.
ENGADGET: ESPN unveils The Ultimate Remote, is WiFi worth $300? HD
When it comes to Microsoft, it is still the net cash king in the world, after all its debts excluded, it still has a huge net cash about 50 billion dollars.
It didn't work when Microsoft did it with the WebTV in 1996 and it doesn't work on the Google TV.
ENGADGET: Editorial: What's wrong with TV, and what it might take to change it
As he sees it, when he started at Microsoft, it had a mere 7, 000 employees and it now has 100, 000.
VMware has already reacted cleverly by slashing the price for its hypervisor and persuading hardware firms to embed it in their machines, putting it on a more equal footing with Microsoft when it comes to distribution.
It's a proprietary standard, which will annoy some users, but Microsoft defends it thusly: the Surface is said to recharge in a little over two hours.
Analysts and media outlets have blamed Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, while Microsoft claims it has sold over 100 million Windows 8 licenses, and others have defended Microsoft and Windows 8.
It also easy to forget the fear that shook the nascent online CRM marketplace when Microsoft announced it was entering the space.
If that happens, it would give Microsoft the wedge it needs to play a central part in home entertainment apart from the personal computer.
Microsoft says it hopes to use the technology to enhance its Windows 8 operating system.
Microsoft laid it on quite thick with Windows 8, and the strategy is backfiring immensely.
FORBES: Has Windows 8 Failed As The PC Market Hasn't Boomed?
Microsoft said it sold more than 19 million game consoles through the quarter ending in March.
Microsoft says it will screen WP7 apps for both technical quality and objectionable material.
FORBES: Microsoft Explains Windows Phone 7 Design Restrictions
Hosting firm 3322.org's web domains were seized by Microsoft as it investigated a cybercrime gang.
Microsoft said it passed on to customers its lower cost for supplying Office 365.
Microsoft said it has identified three companies for the China program to run through June.
However, Microsoft said it could not endorse the patch from Zert or any other security firm.
Microsoft reported it sold about 200 million Office 2010 licenses over those six quarters.
FORBES: Don't Underestimate Microsoft But Watch Out For Margin Compression
Like Microsoft, it is about to discover that the gaming market is deadly serious.
In a statement Microsoft said it was "investigating" the bug and working on a permanent fix.
AOL's sudden vulnerability provides an opening for Microsoft as it wages a new assault online.
Steven Levy (Newsweek) suggests that Google Pack helps Microsoft because it's basically a service pack for Windows.
ENGADGET: Live coverage of Google Keynote with Robin Williams
Microsoft said it expected to sell 5 million Kinect units worldwide in 2010, after launching in November.
FORBES: Nintendo Claims Best-Selling Videogame System In US History
Microsoft said it expected to have the new version of the MS06-42 update ready by 22 August.
应用推荐