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Robert X. Cringely Weighs in on 2006

Posted by Zonk on from the npr-as-prognosticator dept.

Simon80 writes "With the beginning of a new year coming another set of 15 predictions from Robert X. Cringely as to how the tech world will shape up in 2006, preceded by a review of how his 2005 predictions turned out. Most of this year's predictions cover well known tech companies, with a few that are about specific technologies like WiMax, media center PCs, and VOIP."

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  1. Well, he's wrong about IBM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Palmisano has been slashing costs for more than a year ... and not for the customer-facing and service areas, only the admin and other 'infrastructure' areas.

  2. it's probably been said a million times... by rebug · · Score: 4, Informative

    Robert X. Cringely (Mark Stephens) is a complete and utter fraud .

    Why his every bowel movement makes the front page is anyone's guess.

    --

    there's more than one way to do me.
  3. Re:Lots of Apple, Google and No Linux? by westlake · · Score: 4, Informative
    2006 (imho) actually does have the potential to be a great year for the linux desktop, assuming that a big hardware company (Dell, HP, anyone) gives it a chance (a novice-oriented linux desktop like Linspire has the potential to get users aquainted w/ OSS and GNU/Linux

    Walmart has tried every varient of OEM Linux known to man and not one has caught fire. There is little or nothing out there to drive aftermarket sales, a poison pill in the retail market.

  4. Re:One Laptop per Child by Ulrich+Hobelmann · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ok, let me do it.

    I hope that the MIT laptop will succeed, and that I'll be able to buy one in Germany, but I think, or fear, that it will fail horribly. If it doesn't fail at production and marketing (and selling it to those people who want to buy one for a fair price), it will at least fail in bringing any education to poorer countries.

    Those countries don't need computers and universities. They need food, stable currencies, no war, a fair legal system, and less state, taxes, regulations, and corruption. Then they'll find out how much education they'll need, and they'll be able to build that education themselves in a way that fits their needs.