Via Internet News: Ray Ozzie made his first major appearance in the role of Chief Software Architect of Microsoft before the company's annual financial analyst meeting.
His speech centered around software as a service, but perhaps more notable was who wasn't at the day-long meeting: the man he replaced, Bill Gates.
CEO Steve Ballmer said Gates was "someplace in Africa at this stage enjoying his vacation."
That alone is newsworthy, as Gates set the bar for workaholic endurance few could match. But Ozzie handled the duties well, continuing Microsoft's mantra of software as a service and almost sounding like Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff at times when discussing how to help users get a job done.
"Since our historical success has been PC-centric, it's only natural to think that we might have taken a PC-centric view of how to fulfill these experiences," he said.
"Even in cases where the experience is best delivered by writing applications for the PC, when considering the overall user experience that we're trying to achieve, we now start with a service-centric perspective."
Since his arrival at Microsoft last year via the acquisition of his company, Groove Networks, Ray Ozzie has been very good about getting Microsoft into the online services field.
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