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My (humble) basic idea is that the problem is called corruption. Corruption is not only about bribes, but when you lie, you're in a power position, and you deceive others who have your trust.]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:28:10 -0500
My (humble) basic idea is that the problem is called corruption. Corruption is not only about bribes, but when you lie, you're in a power position, and you deceive others who have your trust.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/88727-msft-8217-s-next-online-business-chief-will-need-a-compass-and-a-clue-in-new-media?source=feed#comment-221938 221938 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:44:50 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/75323-adobe-s-open-screen-project-could-force-more-openness-in-this-market?source=feed#comment-161638 161638 Sun, 04 May 2008 15:48:09 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/74620-7-reasons-you-can-t-kill-microsoft?source=feed#comment-161635 161635
Comparing it with other alternatives like Blackberry, Symbian based and Mac OS X based (iPhone) I can say that from a developer & business perspective Microsoft is in a better position. iPhone SDK is promising but Apple (Steve Jobs?) try to kick developers instead of attracting them, they ask for paying $ 99 & $ 299 for entering the program... Symbian development is slow and Blackberry is so propietary. Google came up with Android but it's not a really open platform and you must develop in Java.

IMHO Apple can be a real competitor if they finally understand that developers are partners. Also somebody can build a Linux based platform with a really nice GUI, and good and fast developers tools.]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 15:38:33 -0400
Comparing it with other alternatives like Blackberry, Symbian based and Mac OS X based (iPhone) I can say that from a developer & business perspective Microsoft is in a better position. iPhone SDK is promising but Apple (Steve Jobs?) try to kick developers instead of attracting them, they ask for paying $ 99 & $ 299 for entering the program... Symbian development is slow and Blackberry is so propietary. Google came up with Android but it's not a really open platform and you must develop in Java.

IMHO Apple can be a real competitor if they finally understand that developers are partners. Also somebody can build a Linux based platform with a really nice GUI, and good and fast developers tools.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/75541-microsoft-yahoo-drama-and-investing-in-google?source=feed#comment-161594 161594
If I were Microsoft, I would build a keyword exchange market instead of another adwords/overture/adcen... system, so you can empower many ad networks in one place. It can work like a stock exchange market.


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If I were Microsoft, I would build a keyword exchange market instead of another adwords/overture/adcen... system, so you can empower many ad networks in one place. It can work like a stock exchange market.


]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/75519-sun-microsystems-burnout-or-takeover-target?source=feed#comment-161579 161579 Java is currently successful not because Sun, it's because the Apache foundation, BEA software, IBM and a lot of contribution from the open source community and companies. There is not vendor lock-in here, there are many Java implementations and now Sun will open source their own. So Java is currently more a specification than a vendor owned product, IMHO Sun is currently irrelevant to the Java business. It's important to remember that Sun promoted Java in the client side, that there were thin-clients to run Java applications, but finally Java won the space in the server side.

Let's look at other hot software areas where Sun has failed:

- JavaFX: While Microsoft came finally with Silverlight to fight Adobe/Macromedia Flash/Flex business, Sun lost a precious opportunity with JavaFX, anybody plan to use JavaFX right now? I don't think so. If somebody wants some objetive data, While JavaFX has not delivered anything yet to really compete with Adobe or Microsoft, the open source innitiative Mono has implemented an early verion of Moonlight/Siliverlight as open source in 21 days: tirania.org/blog/archi...

- OpenSolaris: How many companies are using OpenSolaris? Why you'll choose OpenSolaris instead of Linux/FreeBSD/others?

- OpenOffice: While the product is very good, it's not clear how this free product benefits Sun. IBM has been promoting free platforms like eclipse but they have seen it as part of an ecosystem with commecial solutions like WebSphere, Notes and others.

So, I don't think you can trust Sun in the software business arena.
]]> Sun, 04 May 2008 13:55:25 -0400 Java is currently successful not because Sun, it's because the Apache foundation, BEA software, IBM and a lot of contribution from the open source community and companies. There is not vendor lock-in here, there are many Java implementations and now Sun will open source their own. So Java is currently more a specification than a vendor owned product, IMHO Sun is currently irrelevant to the Java business. It's important to remember that Sun promoted Java in the client side, that there were thin-clients to run Java applications, but finally Java won the space in the server side.

Let's look at other hot software areas where Sun has failed:

- JavaFX: While Microsoft came finally with Silverlight to fight Adobe/Macromedia Flash/Flex business, Sun lost a precious opportunity with JavaFX, anybody plan to use JavaFX right now? I don't think so. If somebody wants some objetive data, While JavaFX has not delivered anything yet to really compete with Adobe or Microsoft, the open source innitiative Mono has implemented an early verion of Moonlight/Siliverlight as open source in 21 days: tirania.org/blog/archi...

- OpenSolaris: How many companies are using OpenSolaris? Why you'll choose OpenSolaris instead of Linux/FreeBSD/others?

- OpenOffice: While the product is very good, it's not clear how this free product benefits Sun. IBM has been promoting free platforms like eclipse but they have seen it as part of an ecosystem with commecial solutions like WebSphere, Notes and others.

So, I don't think you can trust Sun in the software business arena.
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