June 24, 2008
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Symbian, the company behind the popular proprietary mobile/embedded operating system of the same name, just turned 10, but it won’t see its next birthday. Nokia, which had long owned a substantial portion of Symbian, announced today that it would be … Continue reading
June 16, 2008
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No, I’m not going to say Vista. I see Vista as an organizational failure. Ballmer gets his share of the blame, but there’s plenty of blame to go around. Now, Microhoo, the failed attempt to buy out Yahoo — that … Continue reading
May 30, 2008
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Wouldn’t it be nice if just for one day that the top brass of the technology companies would actually tell us the truth? Can you imagine what it would be like? Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer: “Hey, I’m just a sales … Continue reading
May 28, 2008
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On July 1st, Bill Gates will retire. He’ll still spend about 20% of his time on Microsoft projects. If Microsoft is to retain 20% of its economic clout in five years time, the company’s board should start working on firing … Continue reading
May 13, 2008
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Does any major technology company have a worse record when it comes to buying other companies than HP? I mean come on. Do you recall how well the Compaq buy out went? Come to think of it, where is fired … Continue reading
March 30, 2008
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Chances are you haven’t heard of PlateSpin. Trust me, for Novell, which purchased the enterprise data center workload lifecycle management company, this is a major step forward in moving into the data center. PlateSpin’s software enables system administrators to move … Continue reading