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Dell to go after the consumer linux market… again

Posted in Dell, Linux, Microsoft, OS X, Red Herring, Technology, Ubuntu on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

According to the March 29th Red Herring article, Dell has plans to again offer a Linux PC to the consumer market.  According to the article this is in part due to the “100,000 or so customers who requested it on a Dell web site.”  It would seem that this is also due in part to [...]

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Xcerion Announces Internet Operating System

Posted in International business, Internet, Linux, Operating System, SaaS, Technology, Xcerion on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

 
 
In the third quarter of this year, a Swedish-based company called Xcerion expects to launch XIOS or Xcerion Internet Operating System.  They predict that their XML-based operating system will allow for very inexpensive thin-clients – for example computers running Linux and a browser – to run a combination of applications delivered by Xcerion and [...]

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Tater Mitts!!!

Posted in Marketing, Rant, useless crap on March 28, 2007 | 8 Comments »

 
 
I was sitting here working on my blog, watching the Military channel when a commercial came on – forgot to hit fast forward on the Tivo – for Tater Mitts.  Seeing this commercial made me realize that the end is indeed near.  Anyone who pays $19.95 plus shipping and handling should be caned.
Better yet, just [...]

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Oracle files suit against SAP

Posted in BusinessWeek, Ethics, Oracle, SAP, Technology on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

When I read the article on the suit filed by Oracle against SAP, I found myself wondering about Oracles license management system.  Time and the courts will tell if SAP is guilty of the charges filed against them by Oracle, but I was surprised that Oracle customers (or SAP employees as the suit claims) would [...]

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Do companies need a second in command?

Posted in CEO, COO, Harvard Business Review, Leadership, Nathan Bennett, Stephen Miles, Strategy, Uncategorized on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

  Recently I read an article written by Nathan Bennett and Stephen Miles which was published in the May 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled, “Second in Command” which discusses the relationship between CEOs and COOs.  The authors point out that no two COOs have the same job description – not even two that [...]

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Wall Street Scandal

Posted in Axiom Capital Management, BusinessWeek, Financial Services, Marketing, Matthew Goldstein, Michael Guttenberg, Sales, Scandal, UBS, Wall Street on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I was reading the Matthew Goldstein article on UBS in the March 26th issue of BusinessWeek, and I found myself fixated on one small aspect of the story.  The story briefly outlines portions of Michael Guttenberg’s work history.  I found myself wondering how he went from being a “sales assistant” with Axiom Capital Management to [...]

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Unbuntu

Posted in Linux, Technology, Ubuntu on March 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

A month or so ago I decided that I was either going to replace the Windows operating system on one of my personal laptops.  I debated about purchasing a new version of Windows or installing Linux.  I quickly decided to give Linux a try and reviewed a number of different version – using the postings [...]

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Slingbox

Posted in Technology, Uncategorized on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

 
For those of us who spend entirely too much time in hotels, the Slingbox could be an incredible product.  I love the idea that I can “sling” my favorite programs from my Tivo to my pc or other internet accessible device.  If this product can live up to the hype, then I want one – [...]

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