Author: mvellon

  • The Decline and Fall of Microsoft? Part 1.

    Back when I first left college and got a job, I worked for Hewlett-Packard. HP was a great place to learn engineering, to become a good manager. HP was a large, slow moving company however, so for many people, the next step was to go and apply those skills elsewhere. In my case, the faster…

  • …and then I started writing again…

    About four years ago, when I started my company (Centeris, back then; Likewise Software now), I started a blog describing our early challenges. I maintained it faithfully for about six months, recounting the saga of getting funded, hiring people, getting an office, firing people, etc. Right about then, I started reading about the legal ramifications…