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Channel ambition is not a conspiracy

A monopolistic practice occurs when two sides are offering the same deal and one side gets all the business. But in this case both sides were not offering the same deal. Microsoft offered channel support, Linux a hearty handshake and rhetoric about freedom. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Channel Ambition, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-22

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News to know: Apple, iPhone 3GS; Google Voice; Blu-ray; Bartz

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Hiner: Apple thumbs nose at Palm, reports 1 million iPhone 3G S units sold in 3 days CNBC:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Voice, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Blu-ray, Carrier Strength, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Channel ambition is not a conspiracy

Channel ambition is not a conspiracyI'm still trying to understand.......how people had their hopes dashed about Android at Computex. If you read any of the Android sites most were quite excited about what was being shown. I'm still not sure I understand your coverage of the event as opposed to...

Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Linux, PC, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-22

Metrics of open source success

Metrics of open source successYou can work for accomplishment and validationI would rather have my 50 hours a week generate a paycheck for myself.And the more money I earn, the more I can do with it for both me and my extended family, things I really enjoy doing and that...

Tags: open source, open-source success

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

Whatever happened to CMP?

When this decade dawned, the big three technology news publishers were International Data Group, Ziff-Davis and CMP Media. Now, Ziff-Davis has been split into multiple pieces, including this site owned ultimately by CBS. And the initials “CMP” are nowhere to be found. The business that brings you...

Tags: Acquisition, Information Week, CMP Media, United Business Media, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Thin Clients, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-09-09

Xbox 360 HDMI Conversion Kit

Unlike every version of the PlayStation 3, the first batch of Xbox 360 consoles didn't include an HDMI-out port. Yes, firmware updates eventually added 1080p output via the console's component cables--despite the fact that the matching inputs on most TVs didn't support that resolution. HDMI eventually came to the Xbox...

Tags: Game players, HDMI, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, adapter, cable

Product reviews 2008-06-02

Misusing open source in a good cause

The great scientist and futurist Freeman Dyson has an important essay today in the New York Times. (Picture from Wikipedia.)He writes about green technology, science built on biology, overtaking gray technology, science built on chemistry and physics. He writes about creating new forms of life to solve intractable problems, about...

Tags: politics, Government, General, education, Development

Blog posts 2007-07-01

Will WebEx Connect challenge SFdC's AppExchange?

Financial results from on-demand collaboration vendor WebEx got a warm welcome yesterday on Wall St, which bid up the stock price 21% over the course of the day. The reaction was probably down to simple financial metrics: WebEx maintained its growth momentum, increased its operating margins and said it expected...

Tags: Ecosystems, Collaboration, WebEx, WebEx Communications Inc.

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Is there an economics of demand-side scarcity?

There's a debate about the meaning of economic scarcity going on all over the Web, most recently set off by Chris Anderson's "Economy of Abundance" talk at Pop!Tech, that David Hornik and Ross Mayfield have commented on and Doc Searls began talking about a while back when he introduced the...

Tags: Chandler

Blog posts 2006-10-27

PC makers eye consumer electronics all over again

PC makers eye consumer electronics all over againDid a little market research on this topicFound people weren't interested unless I could provide a product under $200 and %70-$80 being the sweet spot. This currently is not possible.Now if Quality programming ever came on TV again then maybe. But Reality TV...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, reality show, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-09-22