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March 1, 2007

Google's success was 'wake-up call' for Microsoft

  • Microsoft Chairman Ray Ozzie says he's been laying the groundwork for programmers to build Internet-based software.
    • By JESSICA MINTZ
    AP Business Writer

    SEATTLE — Watching Google Inc. rake in advertising revenue “was a wake-up call within Microsoft,” Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp.'s chief software architect, said Tuesday. He added that the software maker's plans extend beyond Web-based versions of desktop programs or a one-size-fits-all search.

    Ozzie, who has only made a handful of appearances since taking over the architect role from Chairman Bill Gates last June, told analysts and investors at a Goldman Sachs conference in Las Vegas that he has been laying the groundwork for programmers across the company to build Internet-based software.


     
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