Michael wrote:

I came across this post today and thought I would pass it along.

"Microsoft is discontinuing its Essential Business Server EBS product family, company officials said on March 5, and have decided against releasing an EBS 2010 product. by Mary Jo Foley"

Would anyone care to comment on this?

Suzanne writes: "Microsoft is offering its own version of technology acquired last year that offers cross-platform access to the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System Team Foundation Server (TFS) application lifecycle management (ALM) platform."

Here is an intersting one:

"Microsoft Corp is aiming to launch two phones that will be sold by top U.S. mobile operator Verizon Wireless in late spring or early summer, a person briefed on the matter said on Thursday."

My Aunt thought this was interesting.

Do you?

Amber writes: "The vulnerabilities are rated "important" and affect the Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office productivity suite. by Ryan Naraine"

My father said he heard this on the radio.

he wants to know what you think.

My sister told me about this.

"Seventy percent of the 40,000 people who work on software at Microsoft are in some way working in the cloud, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday at the University of Washington."

"Microsoft will have a relatively light Patch Tuesday next week, fixing eight holes with two bulletins, but a fix for a zero-day VBScript vulnerability is still pending."

"Microsoft plans to spend $9.5 billion on research and development this year, which a senior executive said Thursday is more than any competitor."

Rachel told me about this and I found this story about it at WWW.COMPUTERWORLD.COM on Friday.

"IDG News Service - Seventy percent of the 40,000 people who work on software at Microsoft are in some way working in the cloud, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday at the University of Washington."

While Windows 7 offers a respite from advances by feisty rivals Apple and Google, the future for Microsoft likely looks a lot like it does for those competitors: mobile.