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- Too many companies have it all wrong
- Too many companies have it all wrongGood ArticleI totally agree. One thing that's really bad is the whole customer lock-in mentality: Hook them, and then lock them into non-neutral solutions. Then we charge for the extras because it becomes impossible for the customer to switch.And I'm not...
- Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Searching, Mediocrity, Caching Server, Bill Smith, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., advertisement, BellSouth Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-12-15
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- Twitter Trust #Fails
- There's a big difference between a 'Trust Fall' and a 'Trust #Fail' to use the increasingly tiresome valleygirl slang #word Twitter users assign to stuff that doesn't meet their high standards. A 'Trust Fall' is a trust-building exercise often conducted in turns in...
- Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Metal Sludge, Corporate Communications, Team Management, Marketing, Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Web 2.0 Expo: Recommended sessions for social business
- It's about that time to gear up for Web 2.0 Expo (#w2e) next Tuesday through Friday at Moscone West in San Francisco. I am excited about the content that TechWeb / O'Reilly Media, Inc., has produced and I have put together the following schedule for myself. Why should you care?...
- Tags: Web, Social Media, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Will a move right get health reform done?
- Will a move right get health reform done?the key lies with the SenateThe senate filibuster can easily sink the bill.Taxing health benefits makes a lot of sense since they amount to tax free money in the pocket for individuals as of today.If the reform succeeds everybody but the lawyers and...
- Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, Benefits, Taxes, HEALTHCARE, filibuster, move right, health care, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- IBM buying Sun Microsystems makes no sense, it's a red herring
- IBM buying Sun Microsystems makes no sense, it's a red herringDatabases galoreIBM has a pile of databases besides DB2, like IMS, the Informix products, Universe/Unidata, Cloudscape also called Derby and JavaDB, etc. MySQL is accretive to share, at least, and IBM is well-versed in maintaining multiple database product lines.only IBM...
- Tags: Servers, Databases, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-18
- Microsoft says crisis will impact tech
- The way economists see it, there's the financial economy and the "real" economy. While Wall Street is in a genuine crisis and there's clearly been a tightening of credit, it's not clear that the collapse of the investment banks has severely impacted non-financial companies yet. But while...
- Tags: Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- TechCrunch50: Day 1
- When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups to present their idea to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the press. This year,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Marissa Mayer, Entrepreneur, Video, MySpace, Qik, Meghan, Arrington, Vitamin Water, Calcanis, Mahalo, Blueprint Multicore, OpenTrace, E-mail, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Magna Charta: Welcome Back, Ross Perot
- So, EDS is gone again, subsumed by HP. But, lo and behold, H. Ross Perot is back, just in time for the presidential elections. Now, you can view his slides about the dangers of the federal deficit and debt online, any time you want. Or, hear him posit...
- Tags: Ross Perot, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Curing what ails Microsoft
- Curing what ails MicrosoftYou are the firstNTDid anyone ever tell you that you look a littlelike Tucker Carlson on MSNBC fromerly CNN?Pagan jimWhat you describe......is inherent in any large organization look at the US Government, but your suggestions are good ones, nonetheless. Any plans to fight unnecessary code duplication...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Quality, Microsoft Corp., Amiga, Commodore, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Digital cameras and forgotten memories
- Digital cameras and forgotten memories.....No but the complete reliance on technology for everything, every moment, every day is. Humans need to be outside, to experience life and it's smell, touch and taste. The advent of technology has silo'd the modern man so much that he is more out of touch...
- Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, digital camera, camera, memory, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Gallery: Bill Gates says good bye
- In his last full day on the job at Microsoft, Bill Gates gives a teary farewell to the staff. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Bill Gates, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Andy Smith, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer
- Image galleries 2008-06-27
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the mostBrilliance = Techie + Financial ManagerialI think one of the reasons Microsoft has been so succesful is that Bill Gates was adept not necessarily the best at both spectrums: the techie and the business side. Witness General Motors under the "Smith" bean counter tenure:...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Recruitment & Selection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?
- I just bought an electric guitar, ostensibly for my 5-year old, who requested one for his birthday, but really as an early graduation and Father's Day gift for myself. I didn't spend much; I found a good deal on an Epiphone "starter pack" and had myself an amp and...
- Tags: Standards, Kid, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Photos: Bill Gates shows off 'TouchWall'
- At Microsoft CEO Summit 2008, Bill Gates shows off a new multi-touch user interface technology. by Andy Smith
- Tags: Multi-touch, Bill Gates, Photograph, Microsoft TouchWall, Andy Smith, touch screen, Touchwall, Microsoft, Microsoft CEO Summit
- Image galleries 2008-05-14
- Bill would penalize companies that aid net censorship
- The Global Online Freedom Act, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), would penalize companies who facilitate other countries censoring the Internet. Call it the anti-Yahoo law. "American high-tech firms have produced the technology and know-how that has led to a modern-day information revolution," Smith said...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Beijing, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Why we still hate Microsoft
- Why we still hate MicrosoftPlease tell me my political agenda?I was very careful here not to state my own feelings toward Mrs. Clinton, or Mr. Clinton. I merely passed on what those who distrust both feel, and compared it to the reasons people have for distrusting Microsoft.It's a free world...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Why we still hate Microsoft
- Call it the Clinton effect. I'm not trying to be political here. But what seems to upset most people about Hillary Clinton, and Bill Clinton for that matter, is this habit of parsing. Barack Obama is not a Muslim as far as I know....
- Tags: Brad Smith, Microsoft Corp., Hillary Clinton, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Microsoft's Chief Counsel Brad Smith urges open source rivals to compromise on IP issues, co-exist peacefully
- Microsoft General Counsel and IP chief Brad Smith got a round of applause at the Open Source Business Conference Monday for showing respect to the open source community -- but he faced some tough questioning from those in the bazaar. One attendee asked how...
- Tags: Software, Brad Smith, IP, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Google warns that Microsoft could monopolize the Internet with Yahoo
- Google's SVP of Corporate Developer and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond posted a statement about Microsoft's bid for Yahoo. The gist of the statement is that Microsoft could "attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal influence over the Internet that it did with the PC." ...
- Tags: Innovation, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-03
- Why Microhoo: To stop the Google machine
- I am on the conference call with Steve Ballmer CEO, Chris Liddell CFO, Kevin Johnson President PSD, and Ray Ozzie Chief Software Architect. Chairman Bill Gates is sitting this one out, a sign of his pending departure from the day-to-day grind in Redmond. We have...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Stock, Data Centers, Research & Development, Microsoft Office, Social Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-01
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