Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
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The proposed acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft remains the story of the week. Knowledge@Wharton editor-in-chief Mukul Pandya and I interviewed Wharton management professors Larry Hrebiniak and David Hsu about the deal earlier this week. You can read the exchange, "Microsoft and Yahoo: Does It Make Sense (and Will It Work)?" at http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1895 or download an … Continue reading The Microsoft/Yahoo Conundrum
Adobe Systems today announced that Kevin Lynch has been promoted to chief technology officer (CTO), with responsibly for "experience design and core technology" across all of Adobe's business units. Knowledge@Wharton interviewed Lynch shortly after he joined Adobe as part of the company's acquisition of Macromedia and Lynch was named Adobe's chief software architect and senior … Continue reading Kevin Lynch, CTO
USA Today has an interview with new Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen which includes his view of how Adobe hopes to "marry the power of the desktop with the Web" with applications developed with Adobe's AIR. As a concrete illustration of the type of functionality an AIR app could provide, Narayen points to Apple's iTunes: Look … Continue reading USA Today Interview with New Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen
Some ZDNet bloggers appear to be on a quest to get Microsoft's Ray Ozzie to communicate more. On November 21, Dan Faber asked "Where in the world is Ray Ozzie?." And now ZDNet's Microsoft columnist, Mary Jo Foley, observes that Ozzie isn't currently listed as a keynote presenter at this year's MIX conference. Foley's piece … Continue reading ZDNet Asks ‘Where’s Ozzie?’ One Answer: In Knowledge@Wharton
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