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Microsoft's fiscal 2010 battle cry: Growing our share

Microsoft's fiscal 2010 battle cry: Growing our shareMindshare comes firstIn past few years Microsoft has lost tremendous mindshare with mediocre products (Windows Vista, Windows Mobile)>The slogan should really be "Grow Our Mindshare" with good products. Market share will take care by itself.The reason for the Apple focus (despite small market...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mindshare, Apple Inc., mindshare, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

I... B... Wha?

I... B... Wha?I. B. AmazedYou have to think though, after the 90's the markets are flooded with consumer products based on technology. People associate with what they are exposed to. However in the 70's and better part of the 80's if you wanted a PC, it had to be "IBM...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Branding, Desktops, Operating systems, Mindshare, IBM Corp., Wha

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Google rejects GPL in new gPhone alliance

Google rejects GPL in new gPhone allianceNot reallyUnlike the typical MS-license, the Apache license allows developers to do pretty much whatever they want with the source code, to include releasing derivatives under the GPL the two licenses are compatible.Sounds just like Microsoft "open source".;-)Their code, their licenseSounds fair enough to...

Tags: Mindshare, Google Inc., alliance member, GPL, gPhone alliance, new gPhone alliance, alliance, open source

Discussion threads 2007-11-06

Microsoft, a mindshare marvel

Microsoft, a mindshare marvel95% of the marketand ONLY half of the mindshare? This is good?Flawed conceptMindshare is a poor metric. The only redeeming value it has it that it is long-running, hence can be trended. Counting page views is, at best, wide open to interpretation. BTW, mindshare...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Operating systems, SECURITY, Bad Publicity, Microsoft Corp., mindshare, Abbey, Mindshare

Discussion threads 2005-04-13

Apple's 'mindshare' off the charts, says ZDNet Research

Apple's 'mindshare' off the charts, says ZDNet Research'Big Guy' Comp-Businesses Sneer At Apple, But...Isn't it strange that absolutely no other tech company in the world turns heads like Apple Computer.Apple is rockin' now !I've been using M$ software ever since my first computer, a TRS-80 Model 1, in 1980. I...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mindshare, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2005-01-21

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Apple's app approval revolt: Will it matter? Maybe

Once somebody matches the ease of the App store,Create a desktop application which makes it brain-dead simple to buy, install, arrange, and sync software and multimedia content with the Droid and it will take off like crazy. That's about the only thing the iPhone has over the Droid at this...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Gartner Magic Quadrant lawsuit: Sour grapes or real gripes?

They should join the IIARMichael,Nice post, I agree with your analysis. As a bottom line, I think they should be more professional with their AR programme, maybe join the IIAR [u]http://www.analystrelations.org[/u] to benefit from best practices.See my earlier post on this:http://iiar.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/is-shooting-on-the-referee-productive/Merits of LawsuitWhile Gartner may have its own objectives, I...

Tags: Gartner Inc., IIAR, lawsuit, Sour Grapes, Gartner Magic Quadrant

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Vista/IE market share slide, Win 7/Firefox/Chrome surge

IE "Hit"I never understood this...."Internet Explorer?s market share also took a battering, dropping by a massive 1.26%, taking its market share to a new low of 65.7%. This is a huge hit for Microsoft."What kind of hit? IE could go away and MS wouldn't lose a dime because it seems...

Tags: Web browsers, MarketShare, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Chrome, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Pay to play: The vendor / analyst mating dance

Analyst Liability?Could you imagine if a customer held an analyst liable if their review/recommendation was markedly different than the customer's experience? I know your Devil's Triangle theory would make it near impossible to "pin" it on the analyst review, but it is an intriguing idea given the "mating dance" you...

Tags: Pay-to-play

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Smartphones: Is image really everything?

If you want to conquer the smartphone market there's a clear recipe to follow. Be smart, add a lot of hip and cool and stir in productivity. Bake in some marketing buzz and you can hold pricing and become a signature smartphone. That's the big takeaway from...

Tags: Phone, Palm Inc., Smart Phone, Smartphone, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Faceoff on Facebook: comparing all the official mobile clients

Why do a comparison and not actually test the BlackberryThe iPhone may have the mindshare, but Blackberry is still the smartphone sales top dog. No one in your office had a Curve, Storm or Bold for you to test? You had time to test the Nokia and the...

Tags: Handhelds, Smart phones, RIM BlackBerry, mobile, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Analysts: Sales of Palm Pre have slowed, could drag down company

Ah, nothing like leveraging one monopoly to destroy the competition!!!Ah, good old Apple! By leveraging its PMP / downloadable media monopoly to destroy the competition in the cell phone market, they are able to increase their profits at the expense of consumers. This is highly abusive, highly illegal, and I'm...

Tags: Operating systems, sales, Palm Inc., Pre, Apple Inc., less-restrictive, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Palm Pre

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too?

You've made me curious.... with the last sentences of your blog post. What invite-only places do you mean? And why wouldn't we know that they existed?RE: Kids are changing their online habits, will adults change too? "Now, they seem overrun with marketeers and I?m visiting less."The same is true with...

Tags: online habit, advertisement, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

How will Microsoft fix Windows Mobile? The Softies still aren't saying

How will Microsoft fix Windows Mobile? The Softies still aren't sayingIt won't slip . . .there's absolutely too much at stake. The mobile marketplace will depend on WM7 being released in a timely fashion. I for one would like to see this pink device come to fruition. There are legions...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Mobile applications, laptop hunter, Windows Mobile 7, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile, WM7, phone, Microsoft Windows, Softies, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

Microsoft Office Web Apps: No test build until August

Microsoft Office Web Apps: No test build until AugustIf this was GPL open source would you get your questions answered MJ?Answer: Most Definitely..MS' contradictory strategiesI don?t quite understand MS. On the one hand MS has a problem maintaining the relevance of Windows, and on the other hand, MS continually invests...

Tags: Web browsers, Web application, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Web browser, Microsoft Windows, terminal services, developer, strategy

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Another view on Red Hat's Virtualization Portfolio

Red Hat just trumpeted that its Virtualization Portfolio was just about cooked and ready to serve. While that announcement see Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Beta Draws Industry Interest did gather some industry comment, including that made by my colleage Paula Rooney (see Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta...

Tags: Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Brick and Click Stores: How Circuit City Could Re-Open Its Doors

Brick and Click Stores: How Circuit City Could Re-Open Its DoorsDon't care about the BS - PriceI always do my research online and then try to get the item. I don't care for the BS - no salesman, no "comparisons", etc.What would be great would be to take a...

Tags: Click Stores, Circuit City Stores Inc., Re-open

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?Current default search?So, after a week of Bing are you sticking with it or did you change back to Google?RE: My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?I made Bing my default search engine the day it was released...

Tags: Web browsers, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., search engine

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

With a $99 iPhone, will anyone buy the new iPhone 3GS?

With a $99 iPhone, will anyone buy the new iPhone 3GS?Of Course they willApple fanatics will by anything shiny and made by Apple!RE: With a $99 iPhone, will anyone buy the new iPhone 3GS?Nope. I'm on the waiting list for a Palm Pre. ;)Not when there is a depression...

Tags: 3G, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPhone 3GS, AT&T Corp., new iPhone 3GS

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Bing: a present day "Dogpile"

Bing: a present day "Dogpile"The Lady doth...protest....The in-browser video preview won me over as well as seperation by catagory search and related searches. Much better than Google in that regard.Bing: Live Search makeoverI see no difference between Bing's core search algorithms and Live Search's core search algorithms. I don't...

Tags: SEARCH, Handhelds, Bing, Google Inc., present day, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-01