Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg
Michael Gartenberg is a technology journalist, analyst and blogger. He is an Apple Inc. employee, and was previously a Research Director at Gartner, focussed on the world of the interconnected consumer...
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There are enough compatible applications at launch so that Windows 2000 will not suffer as a result. With BackOffice, there is plenty of time to resolve issues, particularly with Active Directory design.
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The pricing model seems to be somewhat questionable here. People will ask why they need to spend that much money for a box.
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The first steps will be to reorganize what they need in terms of head count, and the second is to reinvigorate and revitalize the product lines.
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Browsing is a secondary feature that is very important on today's modern devices, but no one wants to spend the time and effort to reinvent the browsing experience when there are already great solutions on the market, ... Nokia is using a best-of-breed browser without the expense of having to build it all themselves.
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This is not such a watershed moment for Microsoft, but another step in a process that's been years in the making to get the right devices and the right partnerships out there and demonstrate to the market that this is a viable platform for these types of large scale projects. Typically what you do see in situations like this is that success breeds success.
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You need to test your equipment and make sure you're ready to jump. You jump only after you've made an informed decision.
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Keeping it persistently available is a pretty big deal. I can position things so I can be working on my e-mail or word processing and still have the information available.
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The issue with Linux has always been the desktop, ... a non-starter on the desktop for all kinds of reasons.
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In general, the older your hardware, the more likely there are going to be no drivers, and there might be BIOS problems,
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There's a lot riding on Vista. Vista must be successful if they want to be an important player in the digital home.
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Not until TVs become far more connected than they are now will this become big. It's right now still going to be far more for the enthusiast,
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It represents a big win for Apple and the Mac platform. But Apple doesn't represent a threat to AOL's business. Apple isn't a media company; it's not in online services. It's not the same threat as when Microsoft wanted interoperability.
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The strategy here of under-promising and being able to over-deliver is the right approach. Typically one of the thing that curses startups is when you peak too early, when expectations are set way too high, they discover there are issues.
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We're talking about Apple, so it could be all of those things, none of those things, or something brand new.