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Sun, Dec 26 2004 15:22 bradley

What are your top ten issues for 2005?

Directions on Microsoft released it's “Top 10 Issues that Microsoft has to overcome for 2005” and included in there were a couple that caught my eye in Silicon's version:

• Better security - "despite laudable efforts by Microsoft, such as drop-everything-else code review, security is still a problem… In fact, the bad guys seem to be winning."

• Doing a better job of convincing customers they can get more out of their software by deploying newer versions.

and lastly

• Making the PC a home entertainment hub, not trailing integrated digital lifestyle approaches at the moment led by others, notably Apple.

That one caught my eye in particular because everyone that I know that has a Media center edition computer says it does EXACTLY that.  Now while “I” would love it to natively be a domain member out of the box [you can do it if you install it from stratch] the reality is, in my opinion the product is already there but like the Tablet PC, the “ooh ahh” of getting it out in the marketplace needs to be majorly worked on.  The display I saw at CompUsa the other day underwhelmed me a bit.  You almost need to have a living room set up to showcase this.

So read that list.  Do you agree?  What are “YOUR“ top ten issues for 2005 that you'd like to fix?

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# re: What are your top ten issues for 2005?

Monday, December 27, 2004 6:51 PM by bradley

:)
Susan,
What you say may be true and may even be prophetic, but the "Home Entertainment" space is a marketing target few can ignore.

- If any lesson has been learned over the past few years, it's that whereas before more money was made selling to reliable paying businesses who were willing to pay for justified increases in productivity, today that is not the case. Today, the Consumer wags the Technology dog, most successful products today start off by becoming a Consumer hit before businesses decide to commit.

- Microsoft already has significant partners who have committed resources to attempting to this marketing target. Everyone is pooling resources towards a goal they can agree on.

No one really knows why the Home Entertainment Center hasn't taken off already (everyone who owns a TIVO should already be stepping up but hasn't), but if someone can figure out the magic, there's a ton of money to be made.

And, maybe even as a member of a Windows Domain.
:)

Tony