August 12th 2008
OK, I switched to Mac e-mail last summer on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger, or some other pussy cat). I tolerated the bumbling of the e-mail software since I knew version 10.5 would be out soon, and no doubt they’d fix the lame bits of the software by then.
But I was disappointed. Mail is just as lame in 10.5 as it was in 10.4. Continue Reading »
July 23rd 2008
Das Keyboard arrived on my doorstep and I’ve just plugged it in to my Mac. It’s LOUD! And it’s a real keyboard! I really do feel myself speeding up as I type.
May 30th 2008
Ray Ozzie was talking at a conference, reported on by Mary Jo Foley in which he briefly compared the risk to Microsoft by Google and open source. The report also talks about Microsoft’s “culture of crisis.” I think the culture of crisis is the key to their success. Bill Gates was always identifying threats and demanding action: that’s how he kept the company energized even as it grew huge.
Of course, Microsoft is burning their own bed regarding open source. A lot of people stay with Windows because it is familiar and they are afraid of the alternative. They’ve learned how to use XP (which was pretty similar to 2000, and 98, and so on) and it’s easy to just keep using it. Then they arrive at Vista and everything is different! Menus hidden and holding different info. Start menu is radically different. Window frames are completely different.
In other words, at least 80% of computer users could switch from Windows XP to Ubuntu and not suffer any worse than if they’d switched to Windows Vista. Probably the same is true for the ‘upgraded’ Office product versus Open Office.
May 30th 2008
So Bill Gates claims the mouse will be replaced by touch screens.
I’m not so sure myself. Continue Reading »