Microsoft created a vertically integrated product when they released Clip Art as an image repository for Powerpoint. For years, this integration worked beautifully, if for no other reason than there was no alternative or incompatible technologies. But again, like in so many other areas of Microsoft land, their idea of vertical integration is badly outdated. […]
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Why on earth do we need a tabletop PC?
That was the question my teenage boy threw back at me. He thought it was one of the stupidest tech things he had heard in a while. See story. Hmmm. Either Microsoft is going entirely against the grain or they are creating a clunker. My bet is the latter. I can’t see it either. If […]
Continue Reading...Can Microsoft Make it any Harder
The XBOX 360 is a great machine, but god help you if something goes wrong with it or it doesn’t perform as advertised. Connecting the 360 to Windows Live is a consumer’s nightmare and an engineer’s dream project. First, only selected routers can be used to connect with the XBOX. If you have Belkin or […]
Continue Reading...We are going back to the UNIX-Windows Wars
Why can’t software companies figure out that competing with proprietary standards is a lose-lose proposition.The effort to build and maintain compliance with competing standards is a huge waste of development resources without adding any value. The cost of using the technology to the consumer rises dramatically as the cost is passed on as well as […]
Continue Reading...My Microsoft Days are Numbered
I have been a big fan of Microsoft for over 20 years. I bought one of the first IBM PC-XT’s instead of an Apple II because I could tell that the IBM-MSFT combination would bring killer productivity to the business world — and it has. The problem is that my time is becoming too valuable […]
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