Posted in Computers, Hardware, apple, mac, tagged apple, apple store, mac, mac store, microsoft on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m now the owner of a fancy macbook. Here are some notes on my apple buying and using experience.
Mac and Apple stores definitely have a distinct smell to them. It’s been reported by many on the internet and as far as my last 5 or 6 apple products go, there’s something they do with the [...]
Posted in business strategy, data mining, mergers, tagged google, microsoft, microsoft acquisition, microsoft bid, yahoo on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Yeah, yeah, by now you have the news. Microsoft wants to spend $44bn to buy Yahoo!
Personally, I want this to happen. Professionally, I think it will drive search, online media, and social networking to new vistas (hahahaha, good pun!).
I’m not going to talk about the business case for this. Everyone and their mother will do [...]
Posted in business strategy, grid computing, tagged google, microsoft, grid, amazon, yahoo on December 17, 2007 | No Comments »
There’s just more and more analysis and speculation about how critical it is to be fast.
Slashdot linked to this fairly decent NYtimes article about Google and Microsoft. One of the key points, which I actually agree with, is that GRID COMPUTING IS AT THE CENTER OF ALL FAST INNOVATION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
I have [...]
