Archive for the 'software politics' Category

Defending Dunn

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

Now Scoble is demanding that the entire HP board resign.  I love how people are backtracking now that it looks like Perkins and the others stink a lot worse than Dunn. 
Scoble is lamenting the death of the “HP way”.  Was the “HP way” the completely irrational (and overtly offensive) way that the old boys tore […]

Buy Yahoo

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Yahoo down 13%, “surprised investors, already hurt by a 26% stock slide this year”.  Unless Google also loses at least 50% (indicating industry-wide problems), this is completely irrational.  Yahoo is kicking Google’s butt in every single category except organic search.  Their competence across the board is beyond question.  Microsoft should buy them.

The Disillusionment of Pete Wright

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Pete Wright says “Goodbye Microsoft!“  Several people assumed that he was quitting a job at Microsoft; or that he was quitting his job because of Microsoft products.
But that’s not true.
In fact, you can paraphrase his letter as “I can’t stand the companies, and particularly the people, who use Microsoft software; so I am going into a […]

Sexist Tech

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006

Every three months, the echo chamber erupts with the same old drama about sexist men and glass ceilings in the tech industry.  I’m not going to feed it by linking, and this post is meant to be my only word on the topic, so I can permalink next time the perma-debate pops up.
The pattern is […]

Internet Killed the Real Estate Star

Sunday, July 30th, 2006

News.com is playing on this sensationalist theme; but I think it’s grossly inaccurate.
The basic argument is applied to all sectors of commerce; and news.com does a good job listing the other industries that have been altered by the Internet.  In summary, buyers can connect directly with sellers now, so the middleman is no longer necessary.  […]