Comments on: TomTom and Microsoft take-over rumours http://www.edparsons.com/2006/07/tomtom-and-microsoft-take-over-rumours/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://www.edparsons.com/2006/07/tomtom-and-microsoft-take-over-rumours/#comment-447 Jim Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:52:03 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=274#comment-447 No, Oracle is the meanest of all corporations. As megalomaniac billionaires go, Bill Gates is pretty innocuous. And I wouldn't discount Microsoft as a consumer hardware vendor. I have a M$ brand USB optical laptop mouse that is, hands down, the best mouse I've ever owned. No, Oracle is the meanest of all corporations.
As megalomaniac billionaires go, Bill Gates is pretty innocuous.
And I wouldn’t discount Microsoft as a consumer hardware vendor. I have a M$ brand USB optical laptop mouse that is, hands down, the best mouse I’ve ever owned.

]]> By: Mark http://www.edparsons.com/2006/07/tomtom-and-microsoft-take-over-rumours/#comment-446 Mark Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:33:27 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=274#comment-446 If true, its certainly not good news, Microsoft are the meanest of all corporates, at the moment tomtom allows developers to create additional applications e.g. the MP3 player by opentom and the many free voices. would microsoft allow this? Anyway visit my site to download free tomtom voices, splash screens and lots more: www.gpsice.co.uk Mark If true, its certainly not good news, Microsoft are the meanest of all corporates, at the moment tomtom allows developers to create additional applications e.g. the MP3 player by opentom and the many free voices. would microsoft allow this?
Anyway visit my site to download free tomtom voices, splash screens and lots more: http://www.gpsice.co.uk

Mark

]]> By: Ed http://www.edparsons.com/2006/07/tomtom-and-microsoft-take-over-rumours/#comment-445 Ed Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:03:15 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=274#comment-445 Andrew, I agree I was a very happy user of a Series 3a for many years... Maybe this is all part of the iPod killer device rumour - the latest tom tom is not bad at playing mp3's ed Andrew,

I agree I was a very happy user of a Series 3a for many years… Maybe this is all part of the iPod killer device rumour – the latest tom tom is not bad at playing mp3′s

ed

]]> By: andrew larcombe http://www.edparsons.com/2006/07/tomtom-and-microsoft-take-over-rumours/#comment-444 andrew larcombe Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:42:01 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=274#comment-444 No, it was the other way around. Autoroute was a desktop product for many years before it was ported to the Psion Series 3. ISTR the Psion version was launched just *after* the MS takeover (and badged as a MS product), however development was virtually finished by the time of the takeover. ex-Nextbase (developers of autoroute) employee and (now) nostalgic for the days of the Psion! No, it was the other way around. Autoroute was a desktop product for many years before it was ported to the Psion Series 3. ISTR the Psion version was launched just *after* the MS takeover (and badged as a MS product), however development was virtually finished by the time of the takeover.

ex-Nextbase (developers of autoroute) employee and (now) nostalgic for the days of the Psion!

]]> By: dmac http://www.edparsons.com/2006/07/tomtom-and-microsoft-take-over-rumours/#comment-443 dmac Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:00:45 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=274#comment-443 Hmmmm have we not been here before? Did M$ not buyout Autoroute which ran on Psion handhelds and convert it into a desktop product? Hmmmm have we not been here before? Did M$ not buyout Autoroute which ran on Psion handhelds and convert it into a desktop product?

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