A few weeks ago I was struck by Congress pummeling U.S. auto industry CEOs over their use of private jets to get to the meeting. One congressman even asked if they would sell their planes on the ... More >
I started out this morning reading a post on the rumor that Cisco is entering the server business and asking the question whether you'd want a plumber to build your house. Having spent a b... More >
It is fascinating how, as the technology industry matures, it goes through repeating phases. First there is the babble of multiple platforms until one emerges dominant. Then the dominant vendo... More >
I woke up this morning to an article in on Forbes.com asking whether Steve Ballmer is insane, based on a news release from Microsoft. The news is the hiring of David Porter from DreamWorks to lea... More >
I had to provide an overview of the impact on the tech market the package that seems very long on ineffective spending and short on actual stimulus. With CEOs slipping out the economic U.S. nationa... More >
This week, AMD launched its Dragon Platform. It brings back the concept of a technology bundle as the company moves against a much larger and entrenched vendor in its space. NVIDIA continues to pus... More >
The current economic conditions will be forcing a lot of companies in all segments to rethink how they are doing things and address some painful realities that they may have been putting off. Lenovo ... More >
I know a lot of executives who seem to think that, when in doubt, doing something is better than doing nothing. They seem to use this as an excuse for making what otherwise would be avoidable mistake... More >
The Mac and System Z come from concepts and beliefs that were largely dominant in the 80s, which were then displaced by Windows PCs for the Macs, and UNIX and then Linux-based platforms for Syste... More >

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