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March 30, 2009

TomTom and Microsoft Settle: Now Back to the Real World

  After all the gnashing of teeth and war-like posturing by TomTom and FLOSS, TomTom and Microsoft settled when TomTom agreed to license the technology under dispute. Let's talk about what thi... More >

March 27, 2009

Avoid Suicide by Litigation: Learning Lessons from SCO and Intel

  A few months ago I was contacted by one of the firms that brokers analysts and told  that we should get ready for a wave of litigation and related expert witness work. During a downturn, peopl... More >

March 20, 2009

TomTom, Open Source, Microsoft and Death by Reactive Management

  One of the big complaints about the Obama administration is that it is reactive and, as a result, is increasingly seemingly ineffective in keeping the nation's focus on the real problem (the e... More >

March 18, 2009

Sun + IBM: Economics Making the Impossible Possible

  IBM is rumored to be about to buy Sun for around $7 billion. Back when I worked at IBM, we had a running pool for anyone who was hired from Sun on how long they would last before they quit. ... More >

March 16, 2009

Cisco, Microsoft and VMware Obsolescing IT with Cloud Concepts

Change is often very hard for the technology market to accept, particularly in the server space where we measure change in decades. But with the current economy stomping on virtually every IT budget ... More >

March 12, 2009

Lies, Damn Lies, and Critical Benchmarks: Looking at PC Energy Use and Browser Speed

We seem to see a lot of activity on benchmarks at the moment, and I'm currently concentrating on two.   The first is power benchmarks, which I think will have a lot to do with not only how use... More >

March 10, 2009

TomTom 2: FOSS Copying SCO and Microsoft While Proving Steve Jobs Right

  A few days ago I tried to make the point that Microsoft going after TomTom, a manufacturer of GPS systems that is on the verge of bankruptcy, was not intended as a shot across Free and Open... More >

March 5, 2009

The U.S. CIO: A Fascinating but Likely Short-Lived Choice

We got our first look at the new U.S. CIO today and he is an interesting choice. Odds are, we will measure his survival in the job in days and weeks, not months and years. But before he either burn... More >

March 3, 2009

Is Microsoft Targeting Linux Through Tom Tom? Oh Please…

Watching litigation is often like watching a messy divorce. People will often say things they don't actually believe are true just to get the response they want from the audience. If you want to dete... More >

March 2, 2009

Why Layoffs Generally Result from Incompetent Management

Last week, I praised HP's executive team for sharing the pain with their employees (I'm on a best practices role this week and am using others as examples for the new U.S. President). This week, ... More >

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