071. Resolving NetDocs v. Office
"‘Brian [MacDonald] would like to roll out NetDocs aggressively'...But MacDonald is meeting resistance from Steven Sinofsky.” –BusinessWeek Online, Oct. 30, 2000
With the announcement of .NET, Microsoft was overflowing with projects, many not yet products, destined to become the next big thing in one area or another. Everything had a “Net” somewhere in the name and everything was in the press or in an enterprise strategy deck. There was plenty of optimism, but collectively the company was well ahead of itself. T…