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Google's antitrust throwdown

Google's antitrust throwdownWell...I too am unconvinced that this takeover thing is good in any sense. Personally, I think where anti-trust is going to come in is not over search, but over the portal, IM and webmail dominance it'd give Microsoft. Mind you that presumes that the userbase for these services...

Tags: Web browsers, Corporate law, INTERNET, Microsoft Corp., antitrust, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Interesting JC, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-02-04

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A minority opinion ....

A minority opinion ....Who said Windows can't ....... run on a 64 way multi-core system without a hitch. I didn't. I merely pointed out the flaws in the author's methods. I was the one arguing that each OS has it's place. You ran off on a...

Tags: Operating systems, .NET, OPEN SOURCE, Named Pipes, Microsoft Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux, flaw, Unix

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

The HD DVD predicament

The HD DVD predicamentFollowing the computer industryThe Author said: "That suits hardware manufacturers just fine as it it provides them the opportunity to sell playback devices multiple times to the same customers as new features obsolete older players."That model suited the computer industry really well and, although slowed somewhat, still...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-08

Facebook's Orwellian customer service

It's well known that corporate culture and tone are set by top management. Many of my colleagues enjoy riffing on Oracle as being the embodiment of CEO Larry Ellison's variation of the Art of War. But I think even Larry would be appalled at the way Facebook behaves. ...

Tags: Facebook, Customer Service, Jon Swift, Scoble, Techmeme, E-mail, Public Relations, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-11-01

IBM's Linux contributions

IBM's Linux contributionsRE: IBM's Linux contributionsHonestly Murph.To find something you actually have to look for it,and if you look at the marketing bull sites, youfind marketing bull. Just try to look at these 3places, mentioned below.http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux with things like PAVE which lets you run x86 Linux ...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, IBM Corp., contribution, IBM Linux

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

Sun's storage move

Sun's storage moveLet's face itSun bought a lemon!Storage Move as a Reaction to ERP WoesThis is interesting. I'd be curious to know where you get your information on the culture clash.Part of that clash was technical. StorageTek had previously invested in and streamlined a Siebel CRM solution. Sales...

Tags: Sales strategy, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems Inc., storage

Discussion threads 2007-10-09

One neck to choke

One neck to chokeOn the other handLet's say you have Company A that decides to run WebSphere on top of AIX and Company B that decides to run WebSphere on top of RHEL. WebSphere is certified to run on both OSs.Now lets say you have an issue with an...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, vendor environment, vendor solution, IBM AIX, IBM WebSphere

Discussion threads 2007-10-04

And on the Microsoft legal circuit...

And on the Microsoft legal circuit...Tick, tick, tick[i]California and a handful of other states told the judge overseeing Microsoft's compliance with the terms of its antitrust settlement with the U.S. government that the Consent Decree has done little to curb Microsoft's anticompetitive behavior.[/i]And this matters any more -- how?Come November,...

Tags: Linux, Corporate law, Processors, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

Exploding heads in the open source community

Exploding heads in the open source communityIt would be better if MS would just use the BSD or MIT license, they aresimple, and very friendly to proprietary software, you can even make proprietary extensions that you do not need to release.But, all eyes are on Microsoft here. It is more...

Tags: Quality, open-source community, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2007-08-02

Thoughts on HTC's iPhone competitor

Thoughts on HTC's iPhone competitorAlternatives can be more customizable at lower costThe fact is that Apple makes its money on hardware run by their unique OS. Most makers of phones don't do that.Profit has to be their like every company main concern. MS alternatives, like Linux, allow more...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, Window Mobile, platform marketplace, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone, phone maker, High Tech Computer Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2007-06-08

Things we need to learn more about

Things we need to learn more about#5 PhonicsI was one of the first students subjected to a phonic alphabet. The year was 1966 and "Hooked on Phonics" was called ITA. This experiment lasted all of a few years, until results started showing a disturbing trend. Although Phonics allowed for children...

Tags: Vertical industries, government, identity

Discussion threads 2007-05-17

Free the Windows Mobile UI

Free the Windows Mobile UICover your eyes......because you are not going to like what you'll see:[url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/apple-should-pull-plug-iphone/story.aspx?guid=%7B3289E5E2-E67C-4395-8A8E-B94C1B480D4A%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo]FYI[/url]So says John Dvorak.[url=http://www.starryhope.com/tech/apple/2007/10-ways-the-nokia-n800-is-better-than-apples-iphone/]10 Ways The Nokia N800 Is Better than Apple's iPhone[/url]Thank youzToo LateMicrosoft parroting Apple again after both an iPod and OSX knockoff, is not going to look good. Windows has a much...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, phone, Apple Inc., cell phone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, keyboard, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-04-26

Drive-by Vista hacking

Drive-by Vista hackingCalm down.......yes, the speech interface is a potential attack vector, but it IS only a speech attack, which doesn't have a huge attack surface.I wrote this blog because I thought the exploit was funny, not that I thought it was on par with the great internet worms of...

Tags: voice, exploit, speech recognition

Discussion threads 2007-02-01

A challenge in fraud detection

A challenge in fraud detectionLinks? NT.http://picalo.org/http://picalo.org/Phishing?Usually on a lark I enjoy the occasional conspiracy theory, and my conspiracy antennae just twitched.One could mistake your post for a talent search.I can imagine a situation like this:Husband: "Geez, this professor has this great idea, and it's beyond vaporware--he's got it prototyped. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Bid-rigging, software

Discussion threads 2007-01-15

Download movies to your XBOX 360

Download movies to your XBOX 360John, Just thought I'd mention... OTOn Thanksgiving, "Star Trek:New Voyages" released their next web-isode "To Serve All My Days" guest-starring Walter Koenig. Not quite up to stuff with the previous episodes, but interesting.What to do with video on the XBox 360? Nothing, but you had...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Apple Inc., movie

Discussion threads 2006-11-26

CNN makes it official; Zune is ugly

CNN makes it official; Zune is uglyThere goes your JC opportunityCriticism of MS like that does not go unnoticed in Redmond.You might be saying what everyone else is thinking but even ZDNet/CNet's Erica Ogg put it kinder "One feature getting lots of attention, but little consensus, is the color."With George's...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, CNN, ipod, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-11-16

Some HD DVD News

Some HD DVD NewsHang on John, why the dissing of Mpeg-2Yes I know it requires a larger file but I see no real improvement in quality of other formats. Given that content creators have to go in search of stuff to put a DVD (useless commentatry, deleted scenes, etc.)...

Tags: Consumer electronics, HD DVD, Digital video, HD-DVD, DVD, MPEG-2, VC-1

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Packing and moving

Packing and movingXcuse me Murphy, but..."Specifically, the publisher I'm talking to is talking to Sun about co-sponsorship and I'd like them to get the message that this thing could sell at least a couple of hundred million copies. "It smells in here Murphy... Do you need a larger pair of...

Tags: Thin clients, Insurance, Microsoft Windows, Sun Microsystems Inc., thin client

Discussion threads 2006-07-24

The Microsoft embedded freight train

The Microsoft embedded freight trainOne thing JohnWinCE and Windows Embeded are not the same thing. Pleae refrain from using the terms interchangeably in your posts.Customizing code someone else controls is like remodeling your apartment.Every improvement you make only benefits the actual owner, who may decide to raise the rent...

Tags: Embedded Linux, Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft development tools, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows CE, Microsoft Windows, operating system

Discussion threads 2006-06-29

Mainframes, IFL, and Linux

Mainframes, IFL, and LinuxMainframes suckand if UNIX hadn't been Balkanized and Gerrymandered, it would have knocked mainframes out of the IT world forever. Mainframes have one advantage that UNIX doesn't - there's no forking . . .Black & WhiteIf there isn't a high level of blogging response, it's probably because...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, Linux, mainframe

Discussion threads 2006-05-16