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Charging into the landmines

Submitted by Gil Freund on Thu, 2010-08-19 00:56

As was only to be expected, Jon Stewart quickly points out the absurdity of the Google and Verizon proposal for the schminternet 1:

1. Jeff Jarvis is actually less offensive in his critique then others.

I am a fanboy

Submitted by Gil Freund on Wed, 2010-06-16 00:21

The pathetic side to this is what am a fanboy of, Nokia phones. Sansa Media Players and Linux....

So I went out and got a Nokia N900. If you want a real review, check Ira Abramov or Ram On Agmon. Here are a few of my takes:

Skynet vs. The Matrix

Submitted by Gil Freund on Sat, 2010-01-30 00:51

The attempt of both Google and Apple to control the entire content, communication and user experience chain has come to the point where none of the parties are making any serious attempt to mask it. This has been done before - AOL, Compuserve and MSN come to mind.

Circle the wagons!

Submitted by Gil Freund on Wed, 2009-12-16 19:59

Chief freetard, Richard Stallman, is warning that cloud computing is a trap.

SaaS, SOA and FLOSS

Submitted by Gil Freund on Sat, 2007-01-06 11:05

This is not a Google trap nor is it my attempt for the title of the "most obfuscated blog title"

There seems to be an agreement that the current proprietery software licensing model is in a bind. Vendors are are not making enough money and users are not getting enough functionality and security for thief money. Getting users to upgrade is becoming harder, not only because of the direct price of upgrading, but because of the indirect costs of deploying and training.