Jonathan Scott

Microsoft's Windows 7 Is a Threat to Linux - But Watch Out for Google

So is any Microsoft product

Microsoft's Windows 7 Is a Threat to Linux - But Watch Out for Google

the conversation around Microsoft is changing. It has a more positive tone.

A Review of the 2009 Macworld Conference and Expo

you start with: "the 2009 Macworld Conference and Expo...was very successful."

you end with: "Let's hope the Macworld Expo is repeated in the future, and let's hope Apple continues to be successful."

Not too long ago your ending comments would not have been dreamed of, to say nothing of put in writing. It has the ring of success is not longer clearly visible. it's as if your subject has lost its mojo.

Is the Microsoft Empire Cracking?

Nothing is crumbling or strong. Everything is in a constant state of deterioration and reconstruction. The idea of something crumbling reflects a narrow view; it is the viewpoint of youth. It is the viewpoint of experiencing one up and one down rather than the overall trend of continuous ebbs and flow. Inside success is the seed of eventual failure and inside failure is the seeds of an eventual success. It's an infinite loop

Is the Microsoft Empire Cracking?

What this author is saying is: Many technologies are changing and as long as MSFT does little or nothing about it, MSFT will flounder and eventually fail. The problem with that is: MSFT's competition has the identical problem, and the other problem is that is not a new development.

Do Google Docs and Spreadsheets Pose a Threat to Office?

>> Two weeks ago, Google Labs announced new gadgets integrating...

>> Microsoft came out defending its turf the next day with...

The author uses 'announces' to describe Google and uses 'defending' to describe Microsoft even though both companies were acting identically...

Do Google Docs and Spreadsheets Pose a Threat to Office?

Office 14 leaves day-to-day heavy lifting for the desktop

What's the alternative? Have the majority of the PC's hardware go dark? This would make sense primarily as a competitive move to weaken a competitor who has a strong position in desktop software. Having all that hardware sit idle and move it to the cloud makes little sense; it would serve the purpose of weakening the desktop software giant, but your customers will not go along and you'll have to find another way to weaken the giant. Why move everything to the cloud, it makes no sense unless you are determined to weaken your competitor.

Do Web Versions of Office Applications Hurt Microsoft or Google More?

If a company makes it policy to use the web version of Office it is probably because they want to get away from the pirated version of Office they are currently using.
I have seen 2 examples of companies that bought 1 copy of office and put it on hundreds of PC's. These cheap scats with happily use the web version and think they're now 'legal'

Google Phone: "Dream Phone" Might Be a Little Strong

Does Google run the risk of isolating itself by competing with companies it should be partnering with? They need partners to reach the market of cellphone users.

Google's Chrome Also a Challenge to Microsoft's Silverlight

What a headline grabber, there is competition against Microsoft and Adobe; it this meant to be humorous? Where's the kid in the basement, who will destroy both Microsoft and Google.

Google's Chrome Sounds Like 1970s Pressure Cooker

"it assumes Microsoft stands still for the 10-15 years it would take to make it happen." = Someone finally wrote the obvious flaw in the arguments regarding 'getting' Microsoft

Google Is Preparing to Unleash the Cannibals on Microsoft

You forgot to make a metaphor to Cleopatra and Achilles heel? I thought it was Microsoft that had an imagination that was showing signs of failing?

Books: The Next File-Sharing Frontier?

"Microsoft’s failure of imagination" Maybe Microsoft moved their money and talent to projects you cannot even imagine.

While Microsoft and Yahoo Fiddle, Google Burns

“Yahoo (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) don’t have much time to get their acts together” What a foolish statement. You’re saying it’s different this time, GOOG will rule forever!! What actually will happen is something unexpected and unimagined and GOOG will stumble. Just like Yahoo and Microsoft stumbled. The story is as old as the story mentioned in your headline for the article.

The Gathering Clouds: Reconceptualizing Data

The transition appears to be acknowledging value in sharing data rather than focusing on hiding it as a trade secret because there is synergy in sharing. There is also the simultaneous goal of hiding data as a trade secret.