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Is "market share" thinking "old school" thinking?

Is "market share" thinking "old school" thinking?HealthA fragmented market is a healthy market. You can compare it to an ecosystem: a great variety of species is best. Domination of one species poses risks: diseases, plagues.So we can say that the operating system market shows a healthy trend, but is still...

Tags: Desktops, PC Market, Free Market, Market-Share, O/S, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-25

The App Store is not a free market

The App Store is not a free marketFreeIt is funny to see people complaining. The FSF guys wanted a world where software was free. In this day where people go to work at their IT job and create free software on the side is now the world we live. Open...

Tags: App Store, Apple Inc., free market, marketing

Discussion threads 2008-12-19

Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we are

Consumers might not be ready for netbooks, but we areand then in 2015...after a generation of high school leavers are very familiar with Linux and other FOSS apps, businesses will be able to start switching to Linux without the need to retrain new starters.Then in 2020 when this generation are...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Free Market, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cuts

AMA does partisan battle over Medicare cutsFor those that said "Don't Care", you had better!I have a parent going through a serious illness and on Medicare/Medicaid right now.Let me tell you, it's a nightmare folks. The last thing we need is doctors priced into not giving a damn...RE: AMA...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Benefits, Insurance, Medicare, health care, Medicare cut, AMA

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISO

The U.S. voted no on Microsoft Office standard at ISOHoly Spin, you must be dizzy![B]Those advocating greater sales of products other than Microsoft Office see this as their best opportunity to prevent the free market from operating as expected,[/B]There was no free market, this may well be the start of...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., ISO, free market, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-03-02

Offshore outsourcing: The latest mileposts

Offshore outsourcing: The latest milepostswatch tech companies push for more H1-B visa's nowTech companies will now push for more H1-B visa. Their goal being to flood the market with programmers creating an over supply and thereby lead to depress wages.Meanwhile tech companies CEO's get multi-million dollar pay packages without getting...

Tags: Outsourcing, Leadership, Benefits, indirect subsidy, Free Market, cheap labor, subsidy, Companies, innovation, offshore outsourcing

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Johnny can so program

Johnny can so programProgrammingToo bad you get paid by the word. It's not that Johnny can or can't program. Our programmers are paid less than a medial mid-level manager who doesn't know his a** from his elbow. Besides, the real engineers don't waste their time on simple logic these daize,...

Tags: free market, General Motors Corp., Microsoft Corp., programmer

Discussion threads 2005-05-11

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Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Open source needs successful champions

Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...

Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN

Mega - Corps who cares...Mega-Corps are a drone workshop with oh no layoffs,pay cuts and we are not worthy.No thanks, smaller companies where the free market is exercised is the future.

Tags: Workforce management, Microsoft Corp., layoff, Mega-Corps, Palm Inc., MSN, Sun Microsystems Inc., Motorola Inc., Intel Corp., Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Survey: IT workers eyeing security certifications

No government healthcareIf the Gov goes with this socialist health_care scheme it will be the end of the free market.With Billions in waste from fraud in medicare/medicade and welfare running rampant with no checks in place.All we need is this community leader telling people we need to go TRILLIONS more...

Tags: security, security certification, survey

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

How fast can remote monitoring move?

Ler's use mu computer and my iPhoneMay sound nuts, but my notebook mine happens to be a Mac and my iPhone have the ability to work with a lot of medical devices - IF the makers build the connectors and write the software.I can enter my blood sugars on an...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Smart phones, Doc, monitoring, patient, computer, EKG, phone, Apple iPhone, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions

Search tools more than important!!!Good that mostly everbody knows that in business life nothing works without e-mail and even that important is a reliable and fast search tool for Outlook! One of those is Lookeen It has so many features which lighten your work that is amazing. It works with...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Mail.app, Entourage, Web, Xobni, Microsoft Outlook, Apple Macintosh, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Make room for another e-reader as Creative shows off prototype

Market is ripeFor Chinese factories to crank out more hardware and suck more dollars out of the middle class.Clue in America.Transition product I do believe that e-book readers are largely a transition product which will eventually be made more or less obsolete by advances in netbook/smartbook etc. technologies. Multiple devices...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, E-books, e-reader, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: E-book readers

In the second half of 2009 we saw some major updates to the market leading ebook readers, followed by announcements of new products coming at the end of 2009 and into 2010. We now see wireless and touchscreen functionality being added to these electronic readers, as well as access to...

Tags: Touch Screen, E-book Reader, Keyboards, E-books, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Components, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-01

What's the hurry? You can still see Miami from the plane.

Add another choiceHarry, you need to add another choice on your survey."If the climate [b]IS[/b] warming, it is part of a natural cycle and has very little to do with mankind's actions, and there is very little that we can do to affect it."another choice being added--Harry FullerFuller, why the...

Tags: launch-pad, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Microsoft refreshes Bing for touch phone users

but...nobody's 'touching' bing!No luck with bing for M$....even after they bribed people with cash back!Strategery"FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!??!!?? FULLY SUBSIDIZED WITH A PLAN! That is the most expensive phone in the world, and it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard!"But, we'll create a customized version of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Bing, touch phone user, phone, phone user, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?

My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...

Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-30