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Greed, Arrogance, Inexperience, and Stupidity: Greed, Arrogance, Inexperience, and StupidityWhen customers and vendors try to take advantage of one anotherMicrosoft or some of their henchmen are usually being profiled.It's just business as usual, you understand? Nothing personal as long as you shut up and sit down.; Tags: inexperience; Discussion threads 2008-06-19
The Mac snobbery, arrogance, confidence debate: The Mac snobbery, arrogance, confidence debateIs Apple, Inc. arrogant?Just watch the "Mac vs. PC" ad.RE: The Mac snobbery, arrogance, confidence debateFile this one under "Duh". All it takes is a few minutes reading "MS=Eeeeeviiiil" posts to convince you that, regardless of any technical merits to Apple products, Apple users are...; Tags: Desktops, Mac-user, Apple Macintosh, arrogance, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-03-09
The Mac snobbery, arrogance, confidence debate: In August 2007 I posted a piece asking if Mac users were smug and arrogant. Over 4,000 of you voted in the poll at then end of the story with 64 percent stating that Mac users are smug and arrogant. Then in October I asked if Apple, Inc. was arrogant....; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Arrogance, Apple Inc., Desktops, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-03-09
The arrogance of the OS majority: The arrogance of the OS majorityguess the proposition must be true?unless there's some web presentation screwup going on there don't seem to be any comments on this story since it's release on 25th January?seems that the arrogance spoken of in the story is so strong that no-one feels any need...; Tags: arrogance, operating system; Discussion threads 2008-03-06
Google's Eric Schmidt: "What kills a company is not competition but arrogance. We control our fate.": Ken Auletta's "The Search Party: Google squares off with its Capital Hill critics" article in the recent New Yorker has some good tidbits about how Google operates. He sits in on a product review meeting and speaks with numerous people at Google and close to company to paint a...; Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Arrogance, Productivity, Internet, Document Management, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2008-01-09

Apple arrogance - part II: Apple arrogance - part IIdouble lined...Those double lined ads are so anoying!I can't even continue to read what I was reading cus they get in the wayloloff topic?RE: JasonAssuming that the thunbs down votes you are getting is because people don't know what the rating system is for is arrogant.hover...; Tags: Leadership, Apple Inc., arrogance; Discussion threads 2007-10-04
Pleasantly surprised by Oracle: Over the last year, I've railed against Oracle for its arrogance in the face of major project failures. We're talking world-class, spit-in-your-face arrogance here.So, it was with pleasure that I read about work being done at Oracle's AppsLabs. The whole attitude is open, with a clear desire to produce...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Arrogance, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-08-13
Apple: Will corporate miscues bruise its image?: Apple: Will corporate miscues bruise its image?Excellent blog[i]Perhaps none of this matters to Apple fans.[/i]If you want proof of this, check out [url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=230] Adrian's Poll [/url] which shows that 24% of Apple zealots think that Apple should charge them [b]more[/b] for things that used to be free and have always...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital rights management (DRM), Desktops, Digital media, Micro$oft, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., arrogance; Discussion threads 2007-01-23
California privacy law kicks in: California privacy law kicks inSo just how arethe Californian lawyers going to enforce a United States (state level at that!) law on other sovereign nations?Again the arrogance of the American law makers is displayed.Well....like many new laws that come from Cali.... it will be a pick n choose... Arrogance?...; Tags: privacy law, arrogance, American Citizen; Discussion threads 2004-07-06
Bad laws, bad code, bad behavior: Bad laws, bad code, bad behaviorNo magic formulaCongress and much of the public is concerned with the depth and breadth of "objectionable" activities on the internet ranging from distribution of pornography to "theft" of music and video to pediphiles chatting with children in chat rooms. They try to change...; Tags: arrogance, Internet, U.S. Congress; Discussion threads 2004-05-11

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Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...; Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
'Rogue admin' thought he was protecting network and city: Paul Venezia at PC World has an exclusive insider account on Terry Childs, the rogue network admin who locked everyone out of the city's network. The story in essence is Childs is an extreme control freak who built and maintained an extremely complex network, perhaps...; Tags: Administrator, Network, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-20
Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termer: Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termerYahoo's BOD is desperate to save face in light......of their mistake of not selling to MS at $33/share. CNN announced today that Yahoo is now willing to sell at $33/share if Microsoft would offer it to them again.Yahoo's BOD messed up bad. All this "short termer"...; Tags: Corporate governance, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?: Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?Microsoft tried to buy AOL...... and Steve Case turned down Bill Gates. He wanted to buy Time Warner and own a movie studio instead. (Anachronism alert.)But in this case Microsoft buying AOL makes more sense. Time Warner can throw...; Tags: America Online Inc., MicroAOL, Microsoft Corp., Microhoo; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
How good is open source support?: How good is open source support?This why I do not want open source.I can never get help when I need it, and those that try to help have a very snobbish attitude, and like to say you are not learning because you do not want to learn.Well I can only...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launch: Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launchFabulous......so when can we expect to see all the indignant topics on Apple's release of a sub-standard product which failed to deliver on its launch date? I'm sure we can also expect to see the same level of vituperation as we've come to...; Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, rocky launch; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Wow! FCC to punish Comcast: Cable company arrogance is taking one on the cheek today. Amazingly, FCC chair Kevin Martin will recommend Comcast be punished for its infamous throttling of BitTorrent traffic. Just as Free Press and Public Knowledge had asserted in complaints to the FCC, Martin found that the company...; Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-11
VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper: It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks the company will be down for the count when they take their next hit, that essentially, the...; Tags: Software, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Bill Gates bids farewell: Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...; Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-06-27
Trojan exploiting unpatched Mac OS X vulnerability in the wild: Trojan exploiting unpatched Mac OS X vulnerability in the wildAny Software can be exploitedThis is just another situation that proves that any software can be exploited if someone wants to devote the time to do so. So to everyone that thinks that Mac OS is so much more...; Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, trojan horse, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, ARD, Apple Mac OS X; Discussion threads 2008-06-24