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- Most in industry letting Gates go quietly
- Most in industry letting Gates go quietlyHow does it make you feel?Bill how does it feel to have so little respect and admiration in the IT industry?A sad legacy, but you do have your money.Liar LiarWell, from a steadily accumulated knowledge on the workings of Gates over his years since...
- Tags: Business ethics, PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Bill Gates, Like McNeally, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., industry, ethics
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
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- Sun's Jonathan Schwartz: Consumers, not IT, driving markets
- Sun's Jonathan Schwartz: Consumers, not IT, driving marketsSo, growth is going to happen.And Sun has avoided gaining revenue on that growth by preventing sales of worthwhile technologies.Why? because with all that money around, Sun must receive some of it. Somehow.Quoting:“It’s not a guarantee, since we offer free and...
- Tags: Strategy, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., information technology
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Morton: no merging of OpenSolaris with Linux
- Morton: no merging of OpenSolaris with LinuxMore marketing oriented hypeIt is all very well for Morton to attempt to trash Sun at a Linux conference, but we have to understand where he comes from. Open Solaris is a competitor to Linux, and it is a very solid product which...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Open Solaris, OpenSolaris, Sun Solaris, Linux, Morton, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- Gates to Harvard grads: pay it forward
- Gates to Harvard grads: pay it forwardGates to Harvard grads: pay it forwardWell deserved, congrats go out to Bill Gates. This shows what hard work, dedication, and a vision of the future can get you. We should all strive to be like him.I'll agree to that. And...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Bill Gates, Harvard, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-07
- Leopard delays - What's the big deal?
- Leopard delays - What's the big deal?Waiting on Leopard and MacBook ProI am waiting on both Leopard and an update to the hardware of the MacBook Pro. The ATI X1600 just isn't good enough for the quality gaming I plan to do. Hopefully AMD will get the new...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Notebooks, REAL Innovation, Leopard, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-04-16
- SAMP makes sense for Sun
- SAMP makes sense for SunDo you think the new hardware...... has contributed to Sun's profitability and thus to its stock price?Do you think that the thousands of layoffs at Sun under Mr. Schwartz's regime have been coincidental, or might have something to do with the open source strategy? Wall...
- Tags: Workforce management, Investment, Real Life, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- Gates Foundation expands U.S. libraries initiative
- Gates Foundation expands U.S. libraries initiativeNationalize the Gates FoundationReform is necessary. The Gates Foundation was criticized last week end in both the LA and Seattle Times and then yesterday on a PBS radio channel. There is a disconnect between the Foundation Goals and how funds are invested. A good example...
- Tags: Reform, Gates Foundation
- Discussion threads 2007-01-19
- Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff berates Microsoft in internal email
- Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff berates Microsoft in internal emaillets see how long salesforce.com will last."No one can turn back time, and the Pandora’s box of services is now opened. New companies being funded on Sand Hill Road are not software companies but services companies."And these service companies are selling...
- Tags: Sales force management, Software as a Service (SaaS), e-mail, End Game, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Marc Benioff, software
- Discussion threads 2006-07-11
- Say what? A look back at Gates' pearls of wisdom
- Say what? A look back at Gates' pearls of wisdomMissed this gem"Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time"Source: BBC News (January 24 2004)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3426367.stmHe has simply changed our world forever...Well...for good or other he he has changed the world we live in and if he want's...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, pearl, capitalism, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
- Gates: Microsoft will keep Google honest
- Gates: Microsoft will keep Google honestLets see what others have to say about MSJohn Dvorak writes in his piece "The Microsoft malaise":"This only scratches the surface of the Microsoft malaise. Now if the investment community sees light at the end of this tunnel good for them. I sure don't see...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-05-03
- The fall of McNealy: the end of an error
- The fall of McNealy: the end of an errorSun and softwareWhen Sun wanted to switch all of their hardware to use SPARC chips (from the MC680x0 chips), they knew that they needed a way to assure their customers that the move wouldn't be painful. They worked hard with many...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Sun Microsystems Inc., software, Sun Sparc, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-25
- Sun: Four years to go in x86 transformation
- Sun: Four years to go in x86 transformationhelps them if they support x-86 servers with Windowsdoesnt make much sense to not sell Windows because its the server OS with the largest market share. They could sell more x-86 servers if they sold Windows servers and workstations. Not supporting Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sales strategy, Processors, Operating systems, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Corp., X-86, Intel x86
- Discussion threads 2006-04-17
- Sun releases open-source Sparc designs
- Sun releases open-source Sparc designsSun's open source effort is bound to doomThe technology of open source is by no means of cutting-edge, like buggy Linux kernel, firefox and so on. Advanced technologies will never be open, look at Windows, Office, Google search engine etc. The only reason why Linux becomes...
- Tags: Processors, Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Microsoft Corp., Cutting-Edge, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Sun Solaris, server
- Discussion threads 2006-03-21
- Tales of an Apple/Sun merger
- Tales of an Apple/Sun mergerWhat will the "phone" be in the futureThe WiMAX Steamroller if the mobile spec is ever rescued from being held hostage by the IEEE, will generate WiMAX handhelds in the near future (2 years). I hope Apple is seeing this and doesn't do something stupid like...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Telecom & Utilities, McNeally, WiMAX, Apple Inc., Sun merger, Sun Microsystems Inc., merger
- Discussion threads 2006-01-12
- Java stir puts Sun in a spot
- Java stir puts Sun in a spotHold them horses just a minute."A flaw-free version of the JVM software is available on Sun's Web site..."No, they have a version with no known flaws. All software has flaws...Not so easy, is it?Sun's finding out what Microsoft has known for a long...
- Tags: Java, Nothing, flaw, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris
- Sun plans patent protection for open-source SolarisMan, Microsoft has to hate this. They attack Linux, and they just dirvecustomers into the open arms of Scott McNeally.Schwartz seems a bit jealous.I wish he would get on with it and we will see which method of licencing is better. GPL has worked...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Free Software, Sun Studio, GPL, Schwartz, Balmer, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, IP, Microsoft Corp., StarOffice, Linux
- Discussion threads 2004-11-18
- Sun, Microsoft to outline alliance
- Sun, Microsoft to outline allianceFunny to watch Microsoft pretend they are cooperating.Sun, trying to make everything compatible, interoperable. Microsoft wanting to have everything proprietary, Window only, but they can't say that. They have to pretend. Microsoft will be working like mad behind the scenes trying to figure out to break...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., alliance
- Discussion threads 2004-11-17
- Sun ponders Solaris for Power, Itanium
- Sun ponders Solaris for Power, ItaniumSolaris on Itanium would make Sun formidableIf McNeally wants to turn the company around, he should align with Intel for the high end, big iron segment of his business. Power is IBM proprietary.In this way, he will have most of his bases covered. AMD64...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Processors, HP-UX, IBM POWER5, IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, Intel Itanium, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-07-21
- Microsoft posts work-around for IE flaw
- Microsoft posts work-around for IE flawThe final step[i] "It is a permanent change, but it is an interim step--we are still in the middle of our investigation,"[/i]The final step at the end of my investigation:http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/Goooooooo MicrosoftWay to go Microsoft. I knew they would come through once CNN reported that we...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., flaw, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2004-07-02
- CIO Jury: Will Microsoft change its ways?
- CIO Jury: Will Microsoft change its ways?Not for Rent"I think Microsoft will turn to software rental as the only way to get access to their software. Licensing checks will be real time, every time the software is used," A licensing model like that would eliminate the use of Windows for...
- Tags: Government, INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-03-25
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