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Google’s App War with Microsoft Ramping Up [view article]
I've tried some of the Google apps and find them to be lacking in many ways. I have no great love for Microsoft and wish Google the best but they have a long way to go to displace any entrenched Miscrosoft product. ReplyMcSweeney
Google’s App War with Microsoft Ramping Up [view article]
"Is Google’s App War with Microsoft Ramping Up?"You've got Google fighting WWII against MSFT with GOOG thinking it has an advantage because GOOG has read the history books. Meanwhile MSFT is preparing for WW III and beyond because WWII is over and MSFT won.
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Sun, IBM Continue Open Standards Double-Speak [view article]
So Dennis, your response to their comments about needing open standards is that you don't have a problem because you save your files in a open standard? (yes, text files and rich text files are open standards) You didn't refute their point, you proved it. And if standard ANSI text files provided a way to adequately save modern formatting, I'm sure we'd just stick with them, but because they don't, we do need updated standards.Additionally, pushing for adoption of ODF isn't just about generating software sales, since OpenOffice is free and actually very good. StarOffice and other software pieces seek to add additional features to entice you to buy their product over using freeware, but the whole point is that you are not locked into one particular software vendor and could switch to freeware or another vendor with no impact. Both IBM and Sun have adopted the business model of trying to provide you services you'll actually want to buy rather than locking you into their products. A novel concept. (Actually, to be fair to IBM, they've been doing it for years. Sun's just a late comer to their game). Reply
Is Checkpoint a Potential Takeover Target? [view article]
Do you think CEO Shwed is open to a sale? ReplyThe Real Story About Massachusetts's Open Standards Agenda [view article]
www.robweir.com/blog/2... ReplySun, IBM Continue Open Standards Double-Speak [view article]
I believe that basic Office type tools are bound to become freeware, with support for all the important standards.More importantly, I believe that the tools are becoming components that can be re-assembled with other components to create powerful new composite applications. IBM has already released Lotus Symphony as freeware - with spreadsheet, word processor, and presentation software supporting MS formats, ODF, and PDF output. These are the same components that are supplied as eclipse plug-ins for the Lotus Notes V8 client. I think that this component strategy will enable much more powerful use of office tools within the context of end user applications instead of launching Word or PPT or Excell as a separate application and somehow managing the association of that document to a business application - Get it for free at symphony.lotus.com/sof... Reply
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Fast Money Recap 3/17/08: Where is the Bottom? [view article]
um...17 billion in, 18 billion out? that's how. ReplySun, IBM Continue Open Standards Double-Speak [view article]
Interesting reading. Does the author have a Pay Pal account ready to pay M$ in the year 2012, to unlock and read the documents he created in the year 2008, as they will have the source key, not he. ReplyUnder The Radar News - Monday [view article]
It seem strange to speculate that there is any reason for a corporate marriage for such a successful company in a growing market segment, but perhaps the reports of scalability issues and doubts in Salesforce ability to resolve these issues in a timely manner are a root of these rumors. ReplyThompson
The Real Story About Massachusetts's Open Standards Agenda [view article]
it would appear that MSFT's competitors tried to do with legislative edict and general BS what they claim MSFT does with its competitive advantages. The hypocrisy would be uninspiring if it weren't simply how it all works.Reply
Fast Money Recap 3/17/08: Where is the Bottom? [view article]
how can a 17 billion dollar a year company go broke? ReplyUnder The Radar News - Monday [view article]
"eBay (EBAY) is looking to make its affiliate marketing an in-house venture. If it succeeds, eBay could dump ValueClick's (VCLK) Commission Junction."Doesn't Amazon do it's own affiliate marketing? You'd have thought this is a core competency for a company like eBay. Reply
Sun, IBM Continue Open Standards Double-Speak [view article]
Well, I do not have enough disk space to keep old applications around on my pc - I was not smart enough to save my files at .txt (without all the formatiing that was needed in the document) - I do not want a PDF export, as that is not editable - so how do ensure that I can read my documents?When I no longer pay to use Microsoft Word, and I am using another product - what am I to do? Think of it this way, you know the electric outlet - you can plug something into it day after day, buy a new gadget - just plug it in - a standard. Yes, different countries have different standards and they do sell adapters, but why should I have to buy a new adapter to visit a new country?
Why is MS fighting an interchangable standard anyway (meaning, get with the program and enhance the already adopted (OASIS) standard instead of creating their own). Reply
Sun, IBM Continue Open Standards Double-Speak [view article]
I've been a daily or weekly SeekingAlpha reader for well over a year. Dennis makes a good point here and it is discouraging that more and more posts (especially those mentioning Apple, Microsoft, and Ebay) have these nonsensical comments.Reply
Sun, IBM Continue Open Standards Double-Speak [view article]
To the Ad-Hominem Blogoblather:More importantly, does one actually get paid for writing this kind of stuff? I suspect that if they do, it is based on the number of words, not the quality or content. If selling my soul on a weekly basis to post electronic billboards for Redmond pays cash, count me in.
I can only laugh as critics are called silly names while any comment that goes against the grain is quickly edited.
Dennis - how does one join the SeekingAlpha community and more importantly if I join, will I suddenly start agreeing with this article?
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