Archive for the 'Microsoft' Category

Oct 12 2009

MSFT/Danger Fiasco: Cloudy with a Chance of Negligence?

The fact that it seems most if not all SideKick customers are in extreme danger of losing all their data is being cited be all sorts of technical pundits as an example of the “dangers of cloud computing.” Others are now warning that Microsoft’s black eye will taint the still nascent cloud computing [...]

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Aug 30 2009

An “iTunes Moment?” More than whiff of desperation…

The Guardian has an interesting piece about Microsoft UK’s media chief Ashley Highfield who was apparently spreading FUD at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival at which he warned TV executives that within two years they will face an “iTunes moment” and “hand control” of their businesses over to Apple. Desperate much, Ahsley?
It’s classic [...]

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May 16 2007

“I have a list of 235 patents…”

How McCarthy-esque. How terribly predicable. How silly, sad, and ultimately cowardly…
1) Linus is right, Microsoft needs to put up or shut up.
2) As a shareholder (yes, some of my mutual funds hold Microsoft stock) I am appalled that Microsoft would appear to violate several SEC (to say nothing of Sarbanes-Oxley) rules which preclude [...]

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