Just discovered a Bespin which I believe to be *really* significant for the software industry.
Essentially, all the important parts of the software industry have now migrated into the cloud. Including the software development environment itself.
February 25, 2009
February 23, 2009
Mary-Jo Foley tracking Microsoft's Red Dog : Microsft's non-Windows(!!!) web-operating system for Azure
February 17, 2009
Will live (Twitter) search kill Google?
Unlikely. But an interesting read (and trend to watch)
Especially when you compare what Clay Shirky says about filters in the last part of this interview..
Unlikely. But an interesting read (and trend to watch)
Especially when you compare what Clay Shirky says about filters in the last part of this interview..
Dare Obasanjo on Google's cancellation of side-projects.
Good points. Though I thought that Jaiku and Dodgeball were buy-ins rather than 20% time projects.
Good points. Though I thought that Jaiku and Dodgeball were buy-ins rather than 20% time projects.
February 10, 2009
Larry Dignan, Sam Diaz, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld :
The most likely scenario is that Amazon didn’t want to talk about its Kindle-iPhone connection, which may have people wondering why they need a Kindle in the first place. However, whispersync lays the groundwork for a few interesting possibilities.
He he!
Phil Wainewright wrings his hands :
To which the right answer is "Yes". Because it *isn't* so important. And NOT because of the same ultra-cash-focussed casino games of the financial sector although Wainewright tries to tar "free" with the same brush.
Phil Wainewright wrings his hands :
Have we brought up an entire generation to believe that cash isn’t important?
To which the right answer is "Yes". Because it *isn't* so important. And NOT because of the same ultra-cash-focussed casino games of the financial sector although Wainewright tries to tar "free" with the same brush.
February 03, 2009
Mary-Jo Foley highlights the confusion of Microsoft's Windows upgrade roadmap.
I've no idea what corporate Windows users are likely to do, faced with this mess. But M$ could be making it a lot better. Here's one suggestion : Give Windows 7 away, free-as-in-beer, to all existing Windows Vista licensees. XP users still have to pay to upgrade, but M$ should get everyone off Vista and on to Windows 7 as quickly as possible.
This is, of course, assuming that Windows 7 is as good as everyone says it is. But what about earlier incompatibility issues? Once again I ask, isn't Windows 7 based on the same core as Vista? Are they making it better than Vista by undoing some of the things that were new in Vista? Can 7 be both more compatible with XP and more compatible with all the new .NET stuff that came out on Vista?
I've no idea what corporate Windows users are likely to do, faced with this mess. But M$ could be making it a lot better. Here's one suggestion : Give Windows 7 away, free-as-in-beer, to all existing Windows Vista licensees. XP users still have to pay to upgrade, but M$ should get everyone off Vista and on to Windows 7 as quickly as possible.
This is, of course, assuming that Windows 7 is as good as everyone says it is. But what about earlier incompatibility issues? Once again I ask, isn't Windows 7 based on the same core as Vista? Are they making it better than Vista by undoing some of the things that were new in Vista? Can 7 be both more compatible with XP and more compatible with all the new .NET stuff that came out on Vista?
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