This time of year it is easy to get caught up in the problems that the country is going through. But, often, it is only a matter of perspective -- times like these lay the foundation for vastly impro... More >
Windows Vista was an ugly birth for a lot of reasons. I've seen far worse in my years in terms of product quality, even from Microsoft (DOS 5.0, Office 1997, and Windows ME were all worse, in my op... More >
I had an interesting meeting yesterday with an incredibly large multi-national that is quietly moving to the Mac platform. I've been hearing rumblings of this for some time in a number of firms, whic... More >
One of the things that an economic collapse promises is change. We may love to anticipate it, but when it comes to changing the way we do things, we loathe it. This is one of the reasons PCs really ... More >
I'm a firm believer that layoffs should be the last resort of competent management and that doing them early or badly is one of the signs of incompetent management. In the case of Sun, I don't think,... More >
I was at the Phoenix Technology Strategy 2009 conference for the last two days and, as you would expect, the vendors who attended are very concerned about the future. It is interesting to note that... More >
Last week I was speaking at a Digital River event and, as you might expect, the companies that were there were very concerned about making money during the fourth quarter and getting the most out o... More >
The U.S., with the monumental election of Barack Obama, will soon get not only the first president who appears to be technology savvy, but one who has promised to bring the U.S. into the current cent... More >
The answer to the question in the title of this post depends on what part of the industry you are in and how much power Palin, as I wrote on this earlier, would get if McCain won. This is mostly ba... More >

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