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An interesting piece on Ray. While I will hold my opinions on Red Dog till it’s actually released, I’m a little indifferent about Live Mesh. My concern is and has been for the last few years the ability of synchronization across multiple platforms and systems for user/users. Obviously with so many different applications it becomes quite difficult, but there shouldn’t be a reason why I cannot easily synchronize my contacts under Outlook, Gmail, Mac, and my iPhone. In addition, why must I independently have my contacts in Facebook or LinkedIn be useless. It shouldn’t be necessary for me to update my address book contacts myself. I should be able to link my contacts to their Facebook and LinkedIn profiles to keep them updated. Obviously with the added bonus of editing any information I like. All of this should happen automatically and over-the-air(OTA).

The keynote speaker at this past summer’s TechReady conference-a gathering of 6,000 or so Microsoft engineers from around the world-was the company’s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie. This was not a routine appearance. Ozzie arrived at Microsoft in 2005, and the following year he inherited the title of CSA directly from Bill Gates. He was now the microprocessor of the Microsoft machine. But he had never addressed the semiannual conclave. His explanation? He wanted to wait until he had something big to show the troops.

Source – Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode