Joe Wilcox
Joe Wilcox
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I'd be shocked if we saw a scenario where a bunch of people went out, bought Macs, and only ran Windows on them.
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From a latest and greatest perspective, some customers might be feeling bah humbug about their Christmas purchases.
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When you own a shopping mall and someone sets up a small business alongside of it, you still own the shopping mall.
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Both products reached the 'good enough' threshold a version or so ago.
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Assuming there may have been, or may be, talks between AOL and Microsoft, the timing of the (Yahoo-Microsoft) announcement may have been intentional to influence those presumed discussions. AOL has to decide does it want to work with the Microsoft camp, go its own way or form a strategic alliance with someone else.
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The Opera folks are betting their browser has reached a threshold of popularity where they can unshackle it from the fees. This clearly is a volume play that could pay off if enough people use the browser. Opera would be able to drive revenue through affiliate relationships, for example.
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What Wallop is trying to create is a service that introduces 'real world' visual cues about the relationships to the online community.
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Nobody's infrastructure is the same, so it's unrealistic that you could do a vanilla survey that fits everybody.
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Shortages like this are one of the effects of Apple keeping announcements quiet. Many companies will begin moving product through the channel before an announcement. Sometimes you'll even see Microsoft software on store shelves before it's announced.
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I wouldn't call it anti-competitive in the sense that Microsoft has made it very easy to change providers. On the other hand, Microsoft could have made it easier still... I don't see why it didn't avoid making problems for itself by making it drop dead easy to find another provider.
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Many of them, particularly if it's a bigger drive, will come with backup software. That really simplifies things for the user.
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Old habits die hard. Microsoft would really need to communicate the benefits.
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When I look at Linux, the playing field isn't level because Microsoft is the incumbent.
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My expectation is that Microsoft's entrance into the security product market will drive out many of the smaller vendors within 24 months.