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Sage shows why bigcos can't be trusted with SaaS

Sage shows why bigcos can't be trusted with SaaSNot all software vendors are the same...Phil - love your characterization of how decisions probably get made at large companies like Sage. Very funny, but sadly probably close to the truth.However, not all established vendors are the same (though I know the...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, Phishing, Sage, software-as-a-service, bigco

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

The Web turns 15 - but are the bigco's ruining the party?

The Web turns 15 - but are the bigco's ruining the party?On the whole, worseAs many things get worse when they are heavily commercialized. Lots of good ideas carried to extremes and corrupted. I have to say though that the web is still the best way I know...

Tags: Channel management, bigco, EULA, originator, Web, BigCo

Discussion threads 2005-11-04

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Ice Cream Craze: Tycoon Takeover 1.0 (Windows)

Many years ago, a mysterious tycoon started BigCo and quickly became the dominant ice cream maker. Anna has decided to start selling ice cream and take on BigCo, but needs your help to scoop and serve her way to success! Ice Cream Craze: Tycoon Takeover puts you inside of Anna's...

Tags: Tycoon, Ice Cream, SpinTop Games, Anna, Time Management, Microsoft Windows, Games, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-04-11

Ice Cream Craze 1.0 (Windows)

Many years ago, a mysterious tycoon started BigCo and became the dominant ice cream maker. Since that time, all who have tried to contend with BigCo have failed. Armed only with an old ice cream truck and the wisdom of her grandma, Anna will try to defy the odds. Guide...

Tags: Tycoon, Ice Cream, GameFools, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-03-25

Multimedia publishing comes of age at DEMO 07

Ive just gotten home from DEMO 07 and Ive had a chance to reflect on the event and the companies who came to Palm Desert to spend six minutes on stage explaining why they exist, what problem they solve or opportunity they address, and why potential customers should care about...

Tags: Software, Blogs, DEMO, Demo 07, Ive, Vuvox

Blog posts 2007-02-03

Web Office Suite: best of breed products

There's been lots of talk recently about the Web Office - and who is building it. Microsoft released Office Live in beta last week, but it was never going to be a fully functional Office suite like MS Office is. Google has...

Tags: Web, spreadsheet

Blog posts 2006-02-21

Popular elements of a 2006 web site or service

A lot of the features and functionality of so-called Web 2.0 sites are now common elements in most current web apps and sites. It's really gone beyond what was labelled 'Web 2.0' last year, because so many mainstream websites are now using these elements. It's no longer a niche...

Tags: Web

Blog posts 2006-01-18

Best Web Companies and Innovators of 2005

I'm forever linking to my ZDNet blog from my Read/WriteWeb blog, so I'm sure it's OK to link to R/WW every once in a while. Best Web Companies and Innovators of 2005 is a follow-up to piece I wrote in 2004. Below is the list of 'winners', with the...

Tags: Web, Yahoo! Inc., 37Signals

Blog posts 2005-12-22

Major player wants to partner with Microsoft to take Google down a peg

Microsoft Program Manager Ian McAllister wrote about an intriguing meeting he attended "with some senior players at another Tier 1 internet company". The other company's representatives offered to "work together" with Microsoft, in order to prevent Google from dominating the Search and/or advertising business. Here's the whole post: ...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet company

Blog posts 2005-12-21

The Web turns 15 - but are the bigco's ruining the party?

James Boyle wrote that this month marks the 15th anniversary of the creation of the first web page on the World Wide Web. He pointed out that what makes the Web so great is what people have built on it over the last 15 years. An obvious statement perhaps, but...

Tags: Web

Blog posts 2005-11-03

Big Internet and Media companies eye Web 2.0

There's a lot of jockeying for position among the big Internet and media companies these days. David Berlind suggests there are two main camps developing: Microsoft/Yahoo/Real vs. Google/Sun/AOL/Comcast, with Apple the aloof cool kid doing its own thing (the Internet's version of The Fonz). John Battelle thinks that IM...

Tags: Web

Blog posts 2005-10-13

End of Web 2.0 Conference: Cautious Optimism and Cynical Buzz

For me the Web 2.0 conference has been really exciting and the air has been full of energy. But I'm new in the Silicon Valley, so I've been curious to listen to what other conference attendees have been saying. A lot of them share my enthusiasm, but there's also a...

Tags: Web 2.0, business model, dot-com

Blog posts 2005-10-08

The future of Internet markets

Kevin Werbach wrote a very thoughtful post on Web 2.0 market trends for the big Internet companies. He thinks we're potentially entering into an era of "competing integrated fiefdoms," much like the online services of the early 90's - AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy, Apple's eWorld. In other words, the big Internet...

Tags: Web, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2005-09-26

Remix this

First, a joke I heard about Google and Microsoft. The Google guy says they've been hiring people away from Microsoft. Then the Microsoft guy says they've been hiring people away from Google. Then he says, "Guess who's getting the better deal."Microsoft the white hat. You bet, folks. Microsoft not only...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Winer

Blog posts 2005-06-29