Well I’m taking the plunge and installing Windows Live Essentials.  I’ve been a big fan of Windows Live but as has been the tendency with Microsoft these past few years, they let Live die on the vine a little bit and I found myself migrating to Google apps more and more.

What Microsoft needs to do is relearn what made them so successful in the first place: Commitment.  Microsoft was notorious for sticking with things until they got it right.  Now, heh, even I don’t worry about Microsoft “stealing” ideas from us because I’m confident we’ll outlast them. Some exec there will get promoted or transferred or retire and the project will just fade away.