George Colony, president of Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass., said, "This may be in preparation for rather massive layoffs."

"They're scrambling around," said George Colony, president of Forrester Research Inc., a consulting firm in Cambridge.

"Microsoft is trying to change the face of corporate computing over the next three or four years," said George F. Colony, president of Forrester Research Inc.

"Ellen Hancock is a mismatch in speed," said George Colony, president of the Forrester Group, a Cambridge, Mass. consulting firm.

"There is risk, but the threat tends to be vastly overstated," said George Colony, president of Forrester Research Inc., a consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass.

George F. Colony, its chief executive, said Forrester's sales force would shift its focus to more specialized market niches.

These are good moves," said George Colony, president of Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass. "He's doing the right thing.

"I don't know why he didn't do this two years ago," George Colony, president of Forrester Research in Cambridge, Mass., said.

"In the old days, advertisers had to chase buyers," said George F. Colony, the chief executive of Forrester Research.

"This just prolongs the agony," said George Colony, president of Forrester Research, a Cambridge, Mass., computer consulting firm.