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FCC move on Apple

Aug02
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Ron Schenone at Lockergnome writes an article reporting FCC move on Apple in order to clarify their beahviour with Google and so does Chris Foresman at Ars technica (full article at http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/08/01/fcc-to-apple-and-att-why-arent-you-playing-nice-with-google/and at http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/08/fcc-probes-google-voice-rejection-att-denies-involvement.ars).

I think that despite the fact that asking this specific question (simplified: why are you behaving like this with Google) is quite tautologic because everybody knows the answer, Apple has built their reinassance on many things (innovation, usability, trendiness) but most of all on a proprietary-strongly fortified-OS and commercial partnership.

Unfortunately Google is not among those partnership and is trying to enter the same market of the mother of all cash cows: iPhone.

FCC has the due (and so does) to permit a freedom of choice (and access to Google voice) also to Apple customers.

This post also as a comment at http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/08/01/fcc-to-apple-and-att-why-arent-you-playing-nice-with-google/#comment-187533 and at http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=50009562&f=174096756&m=709009080041&r=919001280041#919001280041

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Microsoft and the approach in doing things

Jul24
2009 1 Comment Written by hotrao

Matt Hartley at Lockergnome writes an article on possible Microsoft option to change the way they do things (full article at http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2009/07/23/does-microsoft-need-to-rethink-their-niche/).

In my opinion Microsoft approached the market by a monopolistic point of view.

Due to their position they were able to influence and in some way drive both technology and hardware changes.

Now market is changing and new players (see Google and Linux), are entering with a wider market share.

This, as an effect, brings a necessary shift in market and organization approach.

In my opinion Its’s not an option for Microsoft to take this challenge.

This post also at http://www.lockergnome.com/it/2009/07/23/does-microsoft-need-to-rethink-their-niche/#comment-178175

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Microsoft predominancy is over? Long live to Microsoft

Jul18
2009 7 Comments Written by hotrao

Rick Hodgin at Geek.com (http://www.geek.com/users/RickGeek/) writes an article asking if Microsoft days as a predominant player are over (full article at http://www.geek.com/articles/linux/opinion-microsofts-days-as-king-are-ending-2009079/).

No they aren’t for the following reasons:

  • Transition to new OSes is not so easy for the average user and installed base is big.
  • Companies are the largest Microsoft users and Open Source is percieved oftenly as no so reliable
  • Other Micrososft products (like office) are a “de facto” standard and cannot be changed so easily

This article also as a comment at http://www.geek.com/articles/linux/opinion-microsofts-days-as-king-are-ending-2009079/comment-page-1/#comment-1667921

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Google vs Microsoft

Jul15
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Ryan Singel at Wired writes an article representing the facts behind Google and Microsoft (ull article at http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/google-vs-microsoft-what-you-need-to-know/).

Also Ron Schenone at Lockergnome covers the topic (full article at http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/07/14/microsoft-vs-google-great-for-consumer).

What follows is my comment:

“I hope it’s not a death match.

Numbers are big ones, and so a commercial war is a clash of titans.

Hope we, as consumers and users, are not in the middle”.

This comment as a post also at http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/google-vs-microsoft-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-31711 and at http://www.lockergnome.com/blade/2009/07/14/microsoft-vs-google-great-for-consumers/#comment-186940

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Again on Google OS

Jul09
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Ryan Singel at Wired writes an article on planned Google OS (full article at http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/all-roads-lead-to-chrome-os/).

This topic is also covered by my last comment (posted yesterday here).

I’m still confident on what I wrote: I’m feeling that for an economic interest we are taking a leap back, where everybody’s got his own OS.

I’m not for or against Microsoft.

But I also think that the standardizations we have these days are an achievements on IT side and informatics diffusion.

This article also at http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/07/all-roads-lead-to-chrome-os/

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Google OS: a step forward or a step back?

Jul08
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Google os announced that in 2010 will release its own Operative system.

Seems a good news, because of a new Google release, a free OS and innvation for all.

To me, at first feel, seems we are moving a step back, with all the effort done since 80′s to have few well diffused OS and not having many councurrent challengers.

Weren’t Microsoft, Linux and MacOS enough?

The market is big, is growing and is attractive. Unfortunately there’s no place for all.

This post as a comment at http://smarterware.org/2430/just-a-little-excited-about-google-chrome-os

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Microsoft and the open source threat

May22
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Matt Hartley writes on Lockergnome about a former Microsoft employee predicting proprietary software death, or at least Redmons’ products one (full article at http://www.lockergnome.com/linux/2009/05/21/ex-microsoft-programmer-taken-entirely-too-seriously/).

I think that most important thing is something very similar to adverse selection seen in insurance (the phenomena for which those at most risk are those most likely to take insurance for this risk).

Open source software is quite interesting for companies (because of less cost associated, at least at startup), but proprietary software is so present and binded within companies that feels to me quite difficult to substitute it with open sources.

This is true, at most reason, for OSes: if I can agree that funcionalities of a Linux based system (whichever it is) are more usefull and easily available to the power (or not so power) user than those in proprietary systems, on the other side I must admit that Windows is so pervasive in today computing that seems quite impossible to drive it to death in medium term.

There are also other two points:

  • People using computers are, in general, not hackers nor power users, nor technical aware people. And this is a barrier to understand and accept  the open source switch;
  • Companies that use open source systems rely on a set of tools, functions and other means specifically tied to an OS (think of APIs and DLL on 3270 web emulation packages that are tied, oftenly, to specific OSes and browsers)

So, Bill can sleep well for another couple of decades, maybe loosing some of his tremendous market share, but, definitely not closing his business.

The king is dead (?), so long live the king.

This article also as a comment at http://www.lockergnome.com/linux/2009/05/21/ex-microsoft-programmer-taken-entirely-too-seriously/#comment-91321

and at http://www.lockergnome.com/theoracle/2009/05/26/will-microsoft-endure-ex-employee-presents-good-reasons-it-wont/#comment-8727

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Microsoft, crippleware and future licencing issues

May20
2009 Leave a Comment Written by hotrao

Matt Buchanan at gizmodo comments the fact that Microsoft got a patent to   ”[...] making selected portions and functionality of the operating system unavailable to the user or by limiting the user’s ability to add software applications or device drivers to the computer” until an “agreed upon sum of money” is paid to unlock everything.”  (full article at http://gizmodo.com/5261677/microsoft-wins-patent-for-crippling-your-computer-until-you-pay-up).

This doesn’t scare as much, because at this time if you want to pay for an OS you can pay, otherwise there’s a lot of free distros to run your home or your business computers. On this side patent and realted technology is correct.

What is really complex is the concept behind this: software companies can decide one day to disable part of an OS or other software you bought and reactivate it under the payment of an extra licence.

This reminds me somenthing very similar to some malwares or first day viruses or, more sadly, the payment of a ransom.

On the commercial side, this could be the first step toward a flexible licensing model for software in general and OSes in particular, allowing users to buy core functions (at lower price) and get the addons they really need.

But I’m quite sure ther will be no lower prices, just crippleware inside oses.

P.S. every software company (including Microsoft) is demanding more and more money and ask, correctly, for due protection of their intellectual property, but imposes us to accept malfunctions and bugs at no costs. Quite unfair, isn’t it?

This post also as a comment at http://gizmodo.com/5261677/microsoft-wins-patent-for-crippling-your-computer-until-you-pay-up

This post also as a comment at http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/05/microsoft-receives-patent-for-restricting-operating-systems.ars?comments=1&comment_id=301004578931

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