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Tag Archives: Technology
Priceless Indeed
Amidst news of Amazon’s apparent surrender today in the war with Macmillan over ebook pricing, the highlighted book on Macmillan’s home page is Priceless, subtitled “The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)”: I haven’t read … Continue reading
iPad Observations
Quick thoughts: It is a Big iPhone Looks nice, but more evolutionary than revolutionary. Price better than expected, but still won’t be racing out to buy one. Expectations were impossible to meet, but Apple gets a lot of blame for … Continue reading
Live SkiFree or Die
Hey, I actually get this obscure xkcd reference: We did three Entertainment Packs for Windows soon after Windows 3.0 came out (tagline: “Not the most fun you can have with Windows, the only fun”). Each had about eight games. Some … Continue reading
It’s Microzilla Time
It is time for Microsoft and Mozilla to make peace and together face their common enemy: Google. For Mozilla, Google is both sole patron and now direct competitor, which is at best strategically awkward. Firefox market share has plateaued. They’re … Continue reading
PHuW!™
I have a theory that companies peak soon after they make big, bold, public and very round revenue forecasts of fifty billion or more. Basically, they’re so busy trying to grow to the sky they miss important changes in the … Continue reading
Less Lobbying, More Bug-Fixing
Attention Mozilla: less lobbying, more bug fixing. Is Safari worth trying on Windows?
Windows XP Really is Immortal
Yesterday I was wondering how Microsoft will price Windows 7 for the netbook market and speculated that Microsoft could always keep offering the immortal Windows XP if necessary. And just like that, the edict came down from upon high. This … Continue reading
Notes from the Super Heavyweight Bout
A few observations on the super heavyweight, no-holds-barred, ultimate cage match between Google and Microsoft. Some of these have been rattling around in my head for a while so please excuse my inability to embrace the real-time “what are you … Continue reading
Fixations
Microsoft (market cap $182 billion) is fixated on Google. Google (market cap $122 billion) is fixated on Facebook. Facebook (market cap ~$3 billon) is fixated on Twitter. Who or what is Twitter fixated on? Revenue? Uptime? Oprah? Rolling up the … Continue reading
From an Undisclosed Location
Somewhere, the team of guards that has been keeping Scott McNealy gagged and under lock and key in recent years has been doubled and they’ve taken to sedating him to ensure he doesn’t pop off about the prospect of IBM … Continue reading
