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Microsoft Gets Its Edge Back

I'm not a MSFT fanboy or an APPL fanboy. However, one of the things that Apple does have in their ads that (unfortunately) Microsoft can't put into their PC Hunter ads is the number of malware attacks that their systems are subject to. I run a moderate size shop supporting multiple platforms and have to stay on top of malware scanning software on my Windows servers and workstations, while my Linux and Mac systems remain unscathed. I hope Win7 is better. Disclosure: long APPL & MSFT

RIMs Latest Apple Apps Won't Catch on Well: Here's Why

Whether you like the idea or not, RIM is providing its customers with a single point from which to buy apps. That's a good thing for them and for their users. Their service may not be as good as Apple's, but at least they have one. Blackberry users certainly can't use apps from the iTunes app store, so they have to go somewhere. Rather than a number of disparate sites, they now have the convenience of a single place with a good repository of applications which they can use on their Blackberries.

As far as I'm concerned, it's not about which phone will win. Each person has their own likes, dislikes and preferences. Those who prefer Blackberries should be accorded an opportunity to buy apps. They now have one.

disclosure: ex-Blackberry user, current iPhone user, long on Apple no position in RIM

Apple's Been iSued

It's not all on Ms. Smith's shoulders. The lawyers who put together this sham suit should also be castigated. Hayden Trechsel esq. and Edward Reisinger esq. are the ones binging the suit. See the abstract here:
docs.justia.com/cases/.../

Apple's Been iSued

Just goes to show that there are people who are willing to sue anybody for anything. The plaintiff probably doesn't even have an iPhone. (Or shouldn't I say that for fear of a slander suit?) Funny how my 3G iPhone gets great reception and is at least twice as fast in 3G mode than it is in Edge mode. Hey, maybe I could sue Apple because mine's more than twice as fast in 3G than in Edge. False advertising, right?
Come on. Get real. Stop the frivolous lawsuits.

I think if anyone should be faulted with performance issues, it should be AT&T. Coverage is spotty. But I get essentially the same 3G coverage on my iPhone as a friend does on his Nokia. Plus, the speeds are roughly equivalent on both phones. My friend, however, wishes he had waited a couple more weeks to get his iPhone (offered to trade - I said no...)

Apple Is Worth More than Steve Jobs

Mr. Coleman, I applaud you! Well done!.
Steve’s health notwithstanding, Apple’s performance speaks for itself. With or without Steve, Apple is full of creative people who come up with spectacular products. Yes, Steve has health issues. Did anyone not listen to the conference call? Oppenheimer came right out and said that Jobs had no intention to leave Apple any time soon. Also, even if he did, doesn’t anyone think that he would make damn sure that there is a proper succession plan (not like when he was ousted by Sculley). Short sighted day traders that don’t see the whole picture can go ahead and take their losses by jumping out and driving the stock down. Me, I’ve been long on Apple for 12 years now. While I’ve had the blues a couple times, my long-term investment has paid off quite handsomely. Regardless of the nay-sayers rants, Apple continues to be a viable company which deserves a PE > 40. I’m LONG!

Windows Collapsing Under Its Own Weight - Gartner

Microsoft could phase out support for legacy applications the same way Apple did. System 10.4 no longer supports "Classic" applications. While the user base needed to update their software, the phase-out was slow enough to allow them to do so without too much pain. MS could do the same - starting with Vista service packs - y concentrating on the future and allowing legacy apps to run in a compatibility box. Virtualization is real enough right now. Using a virtual machine to manage the past and streamlining the OS to do away with legacy baggage would provide a good path to the future.

As long as they don't make driver registration onerous, they could succeed. Also, for performance reasons, they would have to provide the ability for drivers to hook to a kernel which may actually have to use some - dare I say - hand-tuned assembly code. Just because you have the space and the processors are getting faster doesn't mean that you should expand the bloat of the OS an applications to stress test the newest, fastest machines. Remember when Word fit on a single 1.4M floppy? Modular can be a good thing, if it's done right.