With Steve Jobs back and clearly motivated to show that he is running the company again, Apple appears to be executing at an incredibly high level at the moment. It appears he is personally managin... More >
The idea of free software largely came up during the dot-com years when a generation of erstwhile college graduates who evidently skated through their business and economics classes decoupled product... More >
A couple of weeks ago I had lunch with Jeff LaValley to catch up and talk about old times. Jeff and I worked for IBM Internal Audit on a team specifically created to deal with acquisitions and proble... More >
I’ve always been a big believer in practical experience. This came to mind this morning when I read an article about a cat getting a GED . I’m kind of sorry I didn’t think of this stunt after... More >
Watching the “ debate ” over the President’s attempt to fix what is clearly a crippled health care system and what appears to be a plan that might actually make it worse, it seems that the focus is o... More >
Windows 7 is about to come out, so why in the world would I want to write about the next generation of Windows? One, because we already know much of what we need to know about Windows 7. It is better... More >
This has kind of been an interesting week of the weird. I spent much of it in industry analyst-only confidential sessions that looked at what was coming in the market. And there is a ton of stuff com... More >
In this final section of my series from the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting, I will give my impressions from the final two Industry Analyst-only meetings. The content was NDA, but I’ll share my i... More >
In this fourth segment of the series, I'll cover what was said by Microsoft’s CFO and during the Executive Question and Answer Period that came at the end of the main program. Chris Liddell CF... More >
This is the third part in the series on Microsoft’s Financial Analyst Meeting from last week, focusing on Microsoft’s Business Division and Server & Tools. Stephen Elop: Microsoft Busines... More >
This is the second segment in my look at Microsoft and what it shared at its Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM). In this segment we'll look at Research and On-Line Services. Craig Mundie: Research &nb... More >
I’m writing this from the Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) in Redmond, Wash. (held last Friday). Redmond typically is cold and cloudy, but is currently experiencing 100+ temperatures, and it... More >

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