The Microsoft brand is getting pummeled overseas, in the music industry, and in the server market. Can you even estimate how much good will has been lost? Gates and Ballmer must get indigestion every morning as they scan the headlines … Continue reading
What’s interesting in the war of words between Bruce Chizen of Adobe and Dan’l Lewin of Microsoft is that Dan’l used to work at Apple and has a perspective from Apple’s old days that Microsoft software was essential to the … Continue reading
Among several Windows Vista patches released yesterday, Microsoft included one that lets iPods be disconnected without getting corrupted (see “Microsoft trying to make Vista iPod-friendly” by Ina Fried, CNET News.com). As I reported here and in my other blog (see … Continue reading
A brave new world shimmers on the horizon for many who are fed up with Microsoft’s grip on the computer industry. By the time Microsoft gets its act together with better system software, the Intel-based Mac will likely be dual-booting … Continue reading
The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into … Continue reading
Sing along! On the 12th day of Microsoft’s Christmas, Bill Gates gave to me: Twelve monthly patches Eleven vulnerabilities Ten security breaches Nine Vista promises Eight suits a-counterfeiting Seven point-“uh-oh” browser Six serendipities Five Mobile Palms Four acquisitions Three flaws … Continue reading
As I write this in Writely, the new web-based word processor build with AJAX technology, I’m amazed that it works at all. I’m using what seems to be a complete word processing application and document sharing environment — without installing … Continue reading
There’s battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong — Buffalo Springfield, “For What It’s Worth” (Stephen Stills) Tom Adelstein, editor of Lxer.com and an open-source software consultant, makes a good point in this O’Reilly weblog post, Why does … Continue reading