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Oracle roils enterprise vendor landscape with its move to acquire BEA

Someone had to pull the trigger, and few companies could better leverage and extend the value of BEA than now-public suitor Oracle. On Friday Oracle announced a bid of $17 per share in cash for BEA, a 25 percent premium over BEA's closing stock price on Thursday, or $6.7 billion,...

Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Speculation, Loser, Business Structures, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Open Source, Finance, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-10-12

TechCrunch's Arrington shares his winners and losers

TechCruncher Mike Arrington opened the second day of The Future of Web Apps Summit with his picks of Web 2.0 winners and losers and gives advice to wouldbe startups. He also announced the next blog in the TechCrunch family, which will cover enterprise products. Winners got acquired: Writely, del.icio.us, Userplane,...

Tags: Web 2.0 Winners, loser, TechCrunch

Blog posts 2006-09-14

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The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?

The empire strikes back: Can Microsoft's ads cure my Vista psychosis?180 million soldMany buyers are selecting more expensive versions. Microsoft revenues are up extraordinarily. Despite Apple's ads and sales, PC sales are up significantly.And the SP 1 release usually helps sales.You might consider that the reputation you discuss...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft revenue, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, Apple Inc., Vista psychosis, psychosis, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Zune

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me

Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), App£e, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Apple is not the real enemy of open source

Apple is not the real enemy of open sourceGodwin's Law is now in effectGodwin's law: whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress.Loser.Apple is the official NAZI PARTY of Open Source.Where is http://opendarwin.com? It's GONE.Apple SUPPORTED the whole OSx86 project, then THEY reneged- There...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Digital media, Godwin, Apple Inc., open source, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Students and the browser war

Students and the browser warI switched, rather than foughtYou don't mention Opera, which although has very little market share, so does Lamborghini in the auto market, yet few would dispute the pedigree and quality of those cars.I used Firefox until the updates for the extensions came more slowly and fewer....

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, IE Tab, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-07-06

Bill Gates bids farewell

Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Top-visited US broadcast TV show websites in 2007

Rank Network Website Average Market Share 1 FOX American Idol 14.01% 2 NBC Deal or No Deal 13.33% 3 ABC Dancing with the Stars 7.33% 4 CBS Survivor: Micronesia 4.78% 5 FOX America’s Most Wanted 3.86% 6 NBC...

Tags: NBC, Web Site, Web Site Development, TVs, Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Microsoft Office, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Office Suites, Software, NB

Blog posts 2008-06-27

NBC Universal Store (gadget)

Introducing the NBC Universal Store and Google search bar gadget. Featuring a wide selection of products from DVDs, soundtracks, apparel, jewelry and more from todays hottest televisions shows with products from: Heroes, The Office, My Name Is Earl, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, Scrubs, The Biggest Loser. Its easy to...

Tags: NBC Universal Inc., Sidebar Gadgets, Cloud Computing, DVD, TVs, Consumer Electronics, Microsoft Office, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-27

Why I still prefer Internet Explorer

Why I still prefer Internet ExplorerWell everybody is entitled to their opinionHowever, I was expecting an argument as to why you as a user preferred IE. Instead I got why you as a programmer like IE. Well that's kind of like going to a restaurant and having the waiter tell...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, CSS, JavaScript

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Have you tried the IHOP diet?

Have you tried the IHOP diet?Where this diet challenges...I do agree that W.H. Kellogg is spinning in his grave. His call for lighter breakfasts a century ago has been the basis of diet kant ever since.But my own life agrees with this diet's premise. A good breakfast keeps the snack...

Tags: IHOP, breakfast, carbohydrate, diet

Discussion threads 2008-06-22

eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball?

eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball?Spin out PayPal or Skype???Someone's not doing their homework!! Those two properties are equally (or more?) valuable to Microsoft than eBay's "core" auction biz. M$ would love to have the predominant method of web payment...not to mention Skype for its "Mickey-phone". ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Linux, Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., merger ball, belle, merger

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

The end of Microhoo

The end of MicrohooIt's not over yet, but......but a Yahoo buyout doesn't seem terribly likely at this point. I won't say "it's over", though, until after the Yahoo shareholder meeting, since if Icahn wins, he'll certainly try to change MS' collective mind. I figure the chances of Icahn...

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Competion

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Kozinski's porn site: Nobody's business if he do?

Granted, it's got to be embarrassing for Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski to have his private porn stash exposed – especially when presiding over an obscenity trial. But in an editorial, the L.A. Times, which broke the story, asks this question: So what? ...

Tags: Porn Site, Judge, Kozinski, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-13

Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaput

Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaputWhat happens if...Icahn's slate wins this is still a serious possibility and MS still isn't interested in buying, or would only be willing at a greatly reduced price? I would think that Icahn would have no choice but to run Yahoo...

Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Yang, Google Search, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Google calls for hike in H-1B visas

Google calls for hike in H-1B visasThey immigrate because their country sucksThere's plenty of ways to make money in their own country.The Internet is computers talking to computers.very wellHow about lobbying for changing the H1-B process this way:1.increase the application fee since they displace Americans that paid taxes and loans...

Tags: Benefits, Google Inc., H-1B, information technology, Microsoft Windows, salary, hike, application fee

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Does business really oppose universal coverage?

Does business really oppose universal coverage?Oh please. Not another government bureaucracy..run with the efficiency of the Post Office. Far better, in my view, to leave health care in the hands of the consumer. But do it in a way that encourages competition, not the way it is...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Top programs for product placement on broadcast TV in Q1 2008

Program Network Total # Occurrences The Biggest Loser NBC 3,977 American Idol FOX 3,291 The Apprentice NBC 1,646 Deal Or No Deal NBC 1,603 Extreme Makeover Home Edition ABC 1,011 Big Brother 9 CBS 1,011...

Tags: NBC, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Microsoft looks to buy search share (again)

Microsoft looks to buy search share againDidn't work last time, won't work this timeWho cares if the great Bloatfarm offers you 25 cents off? Do people quit Amazon for 25 cents off at Barnes & Noble?Even so, if the slagheap does it, google is much more powerful in search...

Tags: Engineering, Financial accounting, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., slagheap, MSFT

Discussion threads 2008-05-21