http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/05/20/is-microsoft-relevant-anymore/ Interactive marketing and e-commerce strategy blog for the local, mobile, social web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/05/20/is-microsoft-relevant-anymore/#comment-118 Is it time to hop on or off? » thinks Wed, 23 May 2007 05:09:31 +0000 http://timpeter.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=183#comment-118 [...] Now is the only time you get. Sure, Mike Arrington is in a pissy mood about now. He’s bummed that the good ol’ days have rolled up their tents and headed for the hills. Evidence like Wallstrip selling out after nine months and the whole Microsoft/aQuantive hook-up suggests he’s right. Right? Is it silly money being thrown in everyone’s faces? I don’t think so. Oh, there’s some silly money going around - see the Microsoft deal mentioned above - but the rest is a question of perspective. I recently spoke at a conference and got asked by a veteran business owner whether his company’s 50-year investment in building its brand, its customer service standards, and its customers’ loyalty was doomed because it hadn’t invested heavily in technology, whether that train had left the station. As Seth Godin points out so effectively, the train only pulls away when you decide not to get on. [...] […] Now is the only time you get. Sure, Mike Arrington is in a pissy mood about now. He’s bummed that the good ol’ days have rolled up their tents and headed for the hills. Evidence like Wallstrip selling out after nine months and the whole Microsoft/aQuantive hook-up suggests he’s right. Right? Is it silly money being thrown in everyone’s faces? I don’t think so. Oh, there’s some silly money going around - see the Microsoft deal mentioned above - but the rest is a question of perspective. I recently spoke at a conference and got asked by a veteran business owner whether his company’s 50-year investment in building its brand, its customer service standards, and its customers’ loyalty was doomed because it hadn’t invested heavily in technology, whether that train had left the station. As Seth Godin points out so effectively, the train only pulls away when you decide not to get on. […]

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