Windows 7: It’s not you, it’s us. Really.
dan tynan on Nov 12 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Are journalists to blame for Vista’s failure to catch on? Will Windows 7 suffer a similar fate? Cringely tosses more gasoline on the OS fire.
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Who will be king of the Geeks?
dan tynan on Nov 10 2008 | Filed under: Google, Microsoft, politics
Very soon the nation will have its first chief technology officer. Whom should Obama appoint? Cringely shares some ideas.
Is Yahoo Dead?
dan tynan on Nov 07 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
Thanks to the DOJ, Google has backed out of its partnership with Yahoo — leaving the #2 search company dangling helplessly over the jaws of Microsoft. Can it survive?
Microsoft + Yahoo: RIP?
dan tynan on Jul 25 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
Our long national nightmare is over — or so it would seem. After Yahoo gave Carl Icahn a seat at its table, Microsoft walked away, allegedly for good. Is truly the end of MicroHoo? Cringely has his doubts.
Yahoo’s struggle for independence
dan tynan on Jul 06 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
On this 4th of July weekend, let us celebrate the independence of Yahoo — for however long it lasts. Because just when you thought Microsoft’s bid for the Yahooligans was really truly deeply ultimately finally over, it really isn’t. At least, according to the Wall [...]
Save the whales, save XP
dan tynan on Apr 21 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft
(This post originally appeared in and/or on Infoworld’s Notes from the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
The international movement to save endangered operating systems (aka Windows XP) has gained supporters in unlikely quarters. Cringester J. C. reports:
Just got a call from my Dell rep: Dell will provide XP on business class computers (Latitude and Optiplex) through [...]
Windows is falling — run for your lives!
dan tynan on Apr 14 2008 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Microsoft, Things that suck
(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
That creaking sound, the dust, that feeling of vague but imminent doom? It’s not an earthquake. Your office isn’t falling into a sink hole. It’s the warning signs of Windows collapsing.
According to a presentation served up last week by two Gartner analysts, [...]
