Slashdot Mirror
Why Eric Schmidt Is Wrong About Microsoft Not Mattering Anymore
First time accepted submitter Gumbercules!! writes "Eric Schmidt said he believes there is a 'Gang of Four' technology platform leaders — Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook — Microsoft isn't one of them. I wrote about why I believe he's wrong and what it might say about Google's weaknesses. From the article: 'It's no secret that Microsoft have utterly failed to make significant roads into the mobile market place. Windows Phone 7 has approximately no marketshare (ok they have live 5% or so) and this has actually gone down over the last year. It's also no secret that Microsoft have failed to gain any semblance of "cool" and that they're also managing to drag Nokia down with them. It's not even a secret that nearly everyone who looks at the new Windows 8 interface-formally-known-as-Metro doesn't like it. However this isn't the whole story.'"
I noticed three of them, whatever else they do, produce things that are useful, and one produces nothing but qiestionable marketing drivel and lack of privacy.
Damn, I can't work out which one you're referring to...
Why would I buy a laptop or a PC for my staff ever again I could buy them a single tablet – or even pocket sized phone – that just connects to a dock or cable and viola - it’s now a fully fledged PC
What I don't get is the requirement for a viola to go with the cable...?
Facebook. Amazon has their marketplace and the Kindle. Google has a huge collection of services and the Nexus. Apple has the entire Mac/iStuff ecosystem. Facebook has...Farmville.
that just connects to a dock or cable and viola
Excellent; now I just need a dock connector for my violin and cello and I won't have to carry around that pesky string quartet any more.
1) A bar of soap ends. Much more quickly than an OS reaches EOL (insert witticism here about it not being so for RMS), and then you have to buy a new one;
2) There's no competition from FreeSoap;
3) One great thing about soap is flawless interoperability - I can glue a leftover soap to a new bar and it attaches flawlessly, no matter the brand;
4) Soap is much more slippery than any OS, except for the GNU/HURD;
5) I believe I had a point, when I started.
My niche: Agricultural simulations built atop large social networking site APIs.
My blog title: How modern technology has consolidated around Farmville and the rise of Farmville Cash will eventually replace the global currency markets.
I hate printers.
Read the whole article. He's spot on. He specifically said "wait 12 months, then this gets interesting". ...
Only problem is the world is supposed to end in 3 months.
Be seeing you...