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    Thirty Million Lines and Counting: Is There No End to Software Bloat?

    November 3rd, 2006

    The other day I read a short article at Microsoft’s Mac Mojo blog that revealed that the Mac version of Office contained some 30 million lines of code. And that’s now, while they are still creating the next version of the productivity suite. You can expect that awesome number to grow by leaps and bounds […]


    The Browser Report: Would You Tell 20% of Your Customers to Take a Hike?

    July 12th, 2006

    It is an old story. You try to access a commerce site, when you get the dreaded message that Windows Internet Explorer is required. Sure, you could try that aging Mac version, but more likely than not, it won’t work either. Now if you talk to the people who run the site in question, they’ll […]


    Apple Equals Simple; Microsoft Equals Clueless

    May 23rd, 2006

    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 […]


    Some Myth Busting for the Weekend

    April 28th, 2006

    The closer Apple moves to having what many regard as industry-standard hardware, the easier it is for some to say that Macs are still a little too expensive compared to the competition. After all, if the internal components are essentially the same, where does Apple get off charging more for its products, even if the […]