“Google is an advertiser. The product they sell is you and everything they do is about getting more from you so they can sell it on.”

There’s nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it’s important to remember when you see more free stuff coming from Google. As with any company, it’s worth remembering how they make their money when you look at any products they produce.

“Google is an advertiser. The product they sell is you and everything they do is about getting more from you so they can sell it on.”

There’s nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it’s important to remember when you see more free stuff coming from Google. As with any company, it’s worth remembering how they make their money when you look at any products they produce.

Open source has a valuable role to play. Consumer commodity is not that role.

However, I’m going to make the majority of my decisions with empirical data, and the minority of my decisions with hope and idealism and the innocence of a child.

I’ve found that to be a good balance for making my mortgage payment on time and keeping food on the table.

Chrome is a prototype. Safari is a full browser. Both are based on WebKit.

Everybody is ganging up on Microsoft unnecessarily. Microsoft will die soon. Not falter and fade; die. It will be quick, painful, and unexpected by everybody – though it shouldn’t be. I’ve watched the tech world since the mid seventies as a spectator and user. The pattern of failure is clear. Obsolescence is an unforgiving and very grim reaper. Microsoft is toast.

I’m betting that back in college days Allen and Gates used to leave Ballmer to explain the mess in the host’s dorm the next day. These things have a pattern about them. Ballmer will be the one who always gets left holding the bag.

Open source has a valuable role to play. Consumer commodity is not that role.

However, I’m going to make the majority of my decisions with empirical data, and the minority of my decisions with hope and idealism and the innocence of a child.

I’ve found that to be a good balance for making my mortgage payment on time and keeping food on the table.

Chrome is a prototype. Safari is a full browser. Both are based on WebKit.

Everybody is ganging up on Microsoft unnecessarily. Microsoft will die soon. Not falter and fade; die. It will be quick, painful, and unexpected by everybody – though it shouldn’t be. I’ve watched the tech world since the mid seventies as a spectator and user. The pattern of failure is clear. Obsolescence is an unforgiving and very grim reaper. Microsoft is toast.

I’m betting that back in college days Allen and Gates used to leave Ballmer to explain the mess in the host’s dorm the next day. These things have a pattern about them. Ballmer will be the one who always gets left holding the bag.

My point is that even though I pay for the Apple service, there are numerous areas where the free-of-charge Google service just offers more. I believe this is a direct consequence of the business models: Google only make money when I use the service, so they put a lot of effort in having it accessible from as many different scenarios as possible. Apple need only focus on making a single service, featureful enough and good enough to get me to renew my subscription.

I wouldn’t discount Android just yet; it’ll be interesting to see what handset manufacturers come up with, particularly in markets where carriers don’t have the leverage they do in the US.

Android makes it easier for manufacturers to catch up with to the iPhone, and one of them just might be able to do so. The manufacturers define and control the final product, not Google. We all benefit from better choices and increased competition.

My point is that even though I pay for the Apple service, there are numerous areas where the free-of-charge Google service just offers more. I believe this is a direct consequence of the business models: Google only make money when I use the service, so they put a lot of effort in having it accessible from as many different scenarios as possible. Apple need only focus on making a single service, featureful enough and good enough to get me to renew my subscription.

I wouldn’t discount Android just yet; it’ll be interesting to see what handset manufacturers come up with, particularly in markets where carriers don’t have the leverage they do in the US.

Android makes it easier for manufacturers to catch up with to the iPhone, and one of them just might be able to do so. The manufacturers define and control the final product, not Google. We all benefit from better choices and increased competition.

“People went absolutely crazy because it was “reading their email” — everyone I know has a GMail account now and no one cares about the unobtrusive and relevant ads that are displayed.”

people stopped giving a shit? i guess that really does make it all better, then. where do i sign up…

“People went absolutely crazy because it was “reading their email” — everyone I know has a GMail account now and no one cares about the unobtrusive and relevant ads that are displayed.”

people stopped giving a shit? i guess that really does make it all better, then. where do i sign up…