Archive for December, 2007

The Open Contract

« 22 December 2007 | 22:53 | Uncategorized | No Comments »

Fred Wilson makes an excellent case for why users should be more aware of where their data is being harvested. He raises concerns about Google’s aggressive march toward what can be loosely described as a data monopoly, where the scale of the pool of data creates a barrier to entry points for the startups Fred […]



Campaign 2008

« 16 December 2007 | 18:21 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

Some guy on CNN:

“I can’t think of a single credential the man has. He’s been in the Senate for two years.”
Jeff Raikes in the New York Times:

TO Mr. Raikes, the company’s third-longest-serving executive, after Mr. Gates and Mr. Ballmer, the Google challenge is an attack on Microsoft that is both misguided and arrogant. “The focus […]



Overnight Success

« 14 December 2007 | 2:11 | Uncategorized | 9 Comments »

It may come as a surprise to many of us, but not Ray Ozzie, that he has won the war. While everyone from Nick Carr to the group of consultants known as the Enterprise Irregulars tilt at the Windmill formerly known as ERP, Microsoft has suddenly emerged with some incredible momentum courtesy of Scott Guthrie, […]