A now-deceased comedy performer once used the catch phrase, “If it isn’t one thing, it’s another” as part of a classic TV routine. And clearly that applies to Apple Inc. these days. Indeed, it’s not easy being a star, although many of you have no doubt aspired to that status. For one thing, bottom feeders, […]

In the software development game, few things are certain. However, it does appear to me that Microsoft has little alternative but to get its Windows Vista operating system out the door before the end of the year. Sure it’s late, and yes features were jettisoned along the way, but it’s been years since the last […]

As Microsoft has learned in recent years, dominating a market isn’t always very easy and there are many chances to fail, not to mention occasionally drawing a little too much government attention. In the hardware arena, many of the smaller players have had their own brand of difficulties and that explains why Apple’s slightest misstep […]

When you have a product that dominates a market big time, competitors are constantly nipping at your heels. The skeptics who never believed you’d ever succeed are hoping and praying for the day you’ll fail. Even when the things you do are smashing successes, potential downsides are eagerly sought. On the one hand, we celebrate […]