…found via Slashdot. I’m not so sure how I feel about this. It’s a ballsy opinion, but usually consumers purchase computers with the expectation of having an operating system on it that is tied to the hardware. Microsoft loves it when the consumer goes to buy a brand new system with the newest operating system (so does Apple, let’s be fair). Without reading the full PDF because it’s 12:12am, I’m hoping that this think tank is only recommending the operating system becoming disengaged from the computer at the business/enterprise level. I don’t see this being a positive recommendation for consumers.
Tonight I decided to give the Windows Live Services beta proggies a shot. I had heard about these from Leo Laporte and Paul Thurrott, but to be brutally honest, I’ve pretty much given up on enjoying anything that Microsoft puts out.
Quite honestly, this little bag of tricks should have shipped with Windows Vista. I remember when I loaded Vista for the first time, I was expecting a lot out of the new Windows Mail client. I got nothing but a crock. The only update I could place was the borders on the windows.
Microsoft Watch – Corporate – What Microsoft’s EU Ruling Means to You
Good work, Europeans. You’ve finally delivered what was needed. Too bad the U.S. government was too much of a wuss.
Folks in the cell phone and computer businesses need to wake up to what is going on outside of our country. Perhaps this is the first step toward that end. I congratulate the EU.
Bah, I had one more thought that I meant to express in that last post and I completely forgot about it. This is what happens when I don’t take notes.
Has anyone else noticed that Microsoft’s competition keeps drawing their attention away from their core business and running them in circles? Google keeps drawing them into the search fight. Apple keeps drawing them into the portable music device fight. Companies are pulling Microsoft’s meat in many different directions and they’re taking the bait. The corporate desire to be everything computing to everyone is such a disease at Redmond that they cannot resist the chum. They bite over and over, all the while chasing their tail and losing sight of the core business.
Sorry about being MIA for a while. I’ve had quite a bit going on, most of which centered around work. Last week I was on the west coast for some work in San Jose.
Excuses aside, I simply had to comment on the big announcements today from the fruity people. I think it goes without saying that the devices unveiled today are compelling and beautiful. Apple continued the trend-setting posture today. I won’t bother to go over each and every device because I’m sure that by now, you’ve read about all you can read on them – perhaps even purchased one or two of them.
TUAW Tip: Stationery Pad option makes a template of any file – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
One of the neat little features built in to OS X that makes it a pleasure to use. There are tons of hidden gems on the Mac that I find almost every day. Compare that to Windows, where the only gems you find is what crapware snuck into your system from the last website you visited.
Jeff Jones Security Blog : July 2007 – Operating System Vulnerability Scorecard
Jeff Jones, who makes a living for himself as a security consultant, has released a scorecard for operating systems as they stood around July 2007.
Not surprisingly, the charts are fodder for everyone to bolster their arguments about which OS is better, which therefore just doesn’t prove much at all… except perhaps the definition of the word “futility.”
Apple beats Microsoft at its own Open XML game
Couldn’t have said it better myself. I like it when I agree with people who are paid to analyze this stuff.
So lots of people are buzzing away about the new iMacs. That’s great. I’m happy about the new iMacs – they are certainly compelling. If the midrange 20″ runs half as well as this 3rd-gen Macbook Pro that landed in my possession yesterday, it’ll absolutely rock the hizzouse.
I would like to point out though – there are several quieter announcements that are a little more compelling – at least to me. For instance, the Airport Extreme Base Station now has all gigabit wired ports instead of 10/100. That’s pretty huge to lots of folks I’m sure. Oh, and it’s the same price.
