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Totally over-the-top foul-languaged but ringing-of-truth take on Microsoft’s Seinfeld ads

Posted in Microsoft, Web 2.0, cloud computing, cloud-centric computers on Sunday, 21 September 2008, 5:29 pm | 1 Comment »

I think this guy’s a little over-the-top (after all, it’s just an operating system) with his flowery and foul-mouthed analogies. But if you want to know how a large portion of the planet feels about Microsoft products, check out the venting by “Kirby” on comments on this page: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1251-i-liked-microsoft-better-when-they-were-assholes No dream team of well-loved pop [...]

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Time: Operating Systems Becoming “Irrelevant” to Anyone Under 21

Posted in Apple, Vista, Web 2.0, cloud computing, cloud-centric computers on Saturday, 23 August 2008, 10:04 am | 1 Comment »

So you’ve heard Seinfeld is plugging Microsoft Vista. Past-prime star for past-prime OS. But Time Magazine, in Seinfeld: The Right Man for Microsoft, writes that it doesn’t even matter cuz the cloud is coming and OSs are soon irrelevant: Still, online and elsewhere, the news was met with derision. Why, the armchair analysts wonder, would [...]

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“Cloud-centric Machines”: you don’t need powerful expensive computers to surf “the cloud”

Posted in Net-tops, Nicholas Carr, SaaS, Web 2.0, cloud computing, cloud-centric computers, online office apps on Monday, 21 July 2008, 10:09 pm | Leave a Comment »

Check out this article from today’s International Herald Tribune: New minicomputers for $300 Most important part of the article: Several makers are taking the low-powered PCs one step further. In the coming months, they are expected to introduce “net-tops,” low-cost versions of desktop computers intended for Internet access. A Silicon Valley start-up called CherryPal says [...]

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