Look at the situation right now. Microsoft has thrown wasted some $8 to $9 billion struggling to get Windows Vista and office 2007 out at some amorphous time next year. Yes, I know Bill Gates says there’s an 80% certainty that Vista will be available to consumers in January, but I take that with a […]

A lot of opportunities in life involve choices. Pick the wrong path, and it all turns out badly. Right now, the forces seemed to have coalesced for Apple to gain more market share than it has had in years, if only it makes the right decisions. First let’s look at the current marketplace. Although some […]

It’s been a while since I felt the need to explode with a short commentary about a pressing issue in the tech world. This week, you have to wonder about the possible impact of the planned near-departure of Bill Gates from Microsoft. The richest man in the world and perhaps the world’s most famous computer […]

Before you dismiss this commentary as the rantings of another Mac fanatic, hear me out. I do not have a knee-jerk position about Microsoft. In fact, they can produce some really good products from time to time, when they allow for true innovation, which is not the stuff Bill Gates talks about. They have thousands […]